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• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  some brief updates. Sandy: If you have been affected by the storm, for ... . The same goes for materials submitted by your teachers, counselor, and ... materials to show up on the tracking system (even for electronic documents). I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  start the essay. Of course, it's different for everyone. But I found that this is what worked best for me. It's typically better of a supplemental ... . Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  , memorabilia, and snacks for college away in my mom’s Kia Rio as the dynamic duo ... was selected as one of the seventy members of Interphase EDGE that is ... the picture perfect start to ease my wave of nerves and angst, for what

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  .03 pset. I unfortunately feel like this is going to be a theme for the ... After two weeks of pure torture (that's what MIT is in the end, don ... ) Conference. Since MIT is hosting the conference, MIT-EMS needed to provide

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  —this recording session is for the video, so we just have to follow his cues and ... this sense of loss for me comes from the exodus, that this is the only ... surprised me; where, despite the odds, my heart is full to bursting, bringing

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  Trinity. Rock, Paper, Scissors. The Plastics. And for Simmons Hall, our three elevators, Alevator, Belevator, and Celevator, each named for the ... during midterms season. In fact, he is so reliably unreliable that the

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  time for all. I think the pressure of the impending summer's end is what ... included in the cost of your tuition is now a $40 extra membership fee for ... the sun is coming up. Tomorrow after moving my things back to EC, I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  - the late nights, ordering Dominos, using the coupons for 2 Medium Pan Pizzas For 8.99 Each, the occassional late night conversation, sharing the ... all these memories fill the the now empty expanse that is allan's room

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  classes and UROPs, the homework piles up throughout the week. Also, there is most likely assigned reading for your classes that just add to the time out of class contributed to mastering the material. For me, I cannot

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  tomorrow night, Joanne will be competing with 16 women for the title of "Miss ... -Jo the best of luck this weekend! ... There's a story from the MIT News Office today about my friend Joanne

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat the heat in the Z Center Pictures of the MIT gym

  

  'd post some pictures. Plus, you can use the Z Center for free during the ... filled up, to avoid being spotted and identified as the creepy girl who is ... -20 feet, or something like that) and the training pool: And for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  preparing for the Class of 2010. Now is the time when we can take a step back ... students do. But that's not the case; admissions is a year-round job, and while we're not doing any admitting over the summer, there is still a lot

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  competition for me in the field of SPAM. Here's my award-winning speech. "My ... whole brevity thing." This is sure to be one of the prouder moments of my ... Tonight I won the MIT Marching Band's coveted SPAM scholarship. As

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] For the second time in my life, I had the ... , Distinguished Visitors (DV) for the event. Lieutenant Reyes and I picked up the ... the door was shut. While closed doors don't impede the view, it is truly

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  considering a career in science would be to close the science textbook for a ... them. What you should steep yourself in is the ignorance, in what we don't know. What is fascinating about science is to define the questions

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  remember the battle by, save for memories and my war diary. Here it is, enjoy. ... amounts of snow, snow means fun! For all of the upper-classmen who see snow ... is that it's really too cold to go outside and play for any significant

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  : Literature. The event (which occurs weekly!) is open to everyone, so even if ... : Chemical Engineering), who is at MIT on the Cambridge-MIT Undergraduate ... the Stata Center. "The Student Mural Project is a competition open to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  interviews were waived) is about three times the admit rate for those who didn ... interviews has changed. A description of the current interview process is ... 's start at the very beginning. (A very good place to start.) 0. Is an

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  -smart MIT student"), which is definitely not accurate for the majority of the ... . Synopsis: (some spoilers for the first hour of the movie) Ben Campbell (Jim ... brilliantly and is ceremonially welcomed into the team by all of the members

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  wake up. the analogy is that when there's something i'm alarmed about ... too much. or, when a deadline for a decision is coming, i don't have to ... backburner until i have to actually have to make the decision, waiting for more

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022