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• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  two, not three - so there's room for Snively. At least that's how we justified it.) Evan Broder's Holiday Card ...is perhaps the cutest thing on ... , I will scan it in and publish it here. Valentine's Day ...is coming

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  applying to college. A funny moment while filling out applications. What it ... part about applying to college. What it felt like to submit your last ... remember that it will be published on a blog. Vignettes and short stories

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  another hint. Typically on my commute to work, I read the Boston Metro. It's not as substantive as other newspapers but it's good for finding out ... with power supplied by humans by making it a multi-passenger bike. So far

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  It’s official: my blogging hiatus has ended. It has been a crazy ... summer projects at the National Institutes of Health (I’m close, but it ... papers (coming soon to an MIT journal near you), working at Camp Kesem (it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  ’s advice on how MIT could best explore its historical connections in this ... leading authority on how the emergence and growth of American colleges and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  entry, Kevin '11, Joe '12, and I had an on-camera discussion about how GEL ... undergrads out there, I hope these experiences show you how the Institute ... journey. Photo by Kevin. It really worked! Photo by Yasemin Gokce '11.

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  This App is MAGIC!  I used it so much during CPW and rush, and it is how ... this is how I plan on leaving it with my prefrosh. However, if she wants ... last year, and it is, once again, that time of year! This year I'd like

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  Media Lab's press release site! How insanely awesome is that?! It totally ... Time for some more questions: MIT App Mom asked: "Maybe it's just me ... preference. So it partly referred to the school and partly referred to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  the blogs turn twenty 👴🏻 the posts start coming and they don't stop coming

  

  It is a venerable tradition of the blogs to begin a post by ... -eyed twenty-three year old MIT Admissions officer used to be; how did that happen?  And would it have been worth it, after all, After the cups, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  freshmen at one point. No matter how hard it seems, you'll get through it, it ... lists. It's impossible to avoid getting added to many MANY mailing lists ... they lack clever names it's usually pretty easy to recognize patterns (or

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  'll see how it goes. 4/22/09 MIT no longer has a pistol team. It was ... happens here is that oftentimes there isn't enough time to get it all down ... year it gets to just be too much. MIT is much better summarized in little

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  So both Melis AND Laura beat me to it, but last night was the early ... how you guys are doing by calling all 390 of the early admits (sometimes ... . OVER THE PHONE. AAAHHH. AAAHHHH. AHHHHHHHH." And it's not like you have

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  , while you're thinking of it. And I certainly recommend contacting your EC ... [email protected]. What can you expect from your interview? Well, it should be ... Jeopardy-style questions. It will be more along the lines of Tell me about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Five Years of Admitted Student Gatherings MIT community is getting bigger

  

  other 17's. It was my first time on the other side. My turn to tell the ... - as a Senior This past Sunday. Bittersweet. It was my last Admitted ... App. You set your session for however long you want (3-60 min) and begin

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 29, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  MIT Logo on it. Next to my birthday cake were two robotic arms (the ones ... time as long as the GRT’s could remember, was now all guys, with at least ... with our logos on them. Next year it got bigger Oh dear, what have

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  humbling and amazing. I found out that it takes 20 years, on average, for a ... Merck for the day and start my 1.5- hour-long trip home. And this is where ... August. It's going to be awesome!! But there's also a tonnn of planning

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  - which I had planned a long time ago - coincided with Maker Faire 2011. Maker Faire is run by Make Magazine, and it's basically an enormous fair ... see it. That said, there's one in New York in September, and I think

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  copious dandruff ensures that it's always Christmas, at least on my ... Ebbel. It takes place August 20th at the Kona Village resort on Hawaii's Big Island. ... Angle co-founded iRobot in 1990, not long after

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  amazing, the real star of the night was WestWind itself. Coming up the long ... see a 25-ton, 3-story tall steam engine. It's beautiful. The house is ... ), but you can find pictures on the Internet here. It will be exciting to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  buckets of mail, plus all of the online application pieces. It's pretty ... weekend-long conference in Chicago (what a city!) sponsored by the College ... it clear that the original name was all Ben's fault. While we're on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004