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• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Decisions: Wednesday 12/16 Decisions will be available online; be sure to verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  materials to admitted students, cylindrically. I wish you all the best!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  of the money MIT collects goes to charity. I've now invited all of you

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  other one win, but I think it's a healthy competition," said Taylor. Their ... friendly, they both said. "I think we push each other and that is a positive ... up. "I would tell them to have confidence in themselves and to push

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  I know folks love to see the numbers, so we've updated the Freshman Class Profile page for this year's incoming class, the MIT Class of 2012. Check it out! (If you were looking for the Admissions Statistics, just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  . (Okay, not really, but I feel like a childhood with his name had to have

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen

  

  Last Friday, I went to the AMC Cambridge to see the big-seen adaptation of The Namesake. The film was based on the fantastic novel by Jhumpa Lahiri. Lahiri was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for her

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that it’s already 2007. 2006 was the year of YouTube, iPods, gas for $3.50 a gallon, record-high temperature, Wiis and PS3s, the World Cup, penguins and pandas, eight planets

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Update from selection We're working through the weekend towards admitting the Class of 2011.

  

  work continues. As I've said, prepare for the worst and hope for the best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  Well, you probably saw Mitra's entry mentioning Senior Lecturer Gilberte Furstenberg (teacher of French III, a class we're both taking). The homework I'm doing right now is part of a unit called Cultura, where we

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Gave Love A Bad Name A night of talent.

  

  Borskis. I kid you not. You might know Borski as a frequent commenter, so

  • by Bryan
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  for rising juniors interested in helping people. In this entry, I will list the ones I know with a brief description, and then I'll write a ... participated in it last summer. If I have forgotten any, please let me know

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 2 The Boston skyline at night.

  

  Here's another Orientation photo contest entry... it seems that everyone likes the panoramic photos! This picture was taken by Daniel '10 just prior to an annual event we call the Sodium Drop (I'll leave the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  World Cup Challenge Results The answers and winners of the World CUp Challenge of MIT international admissions.

  

  all tied for the most correct, with 6. The mode was, I believe, 5, with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You Heard It Here First Short Skirt, Long Jacket

  

  had Live. Next year, I'm pushing for Cher's 17th farewell tour or a

  • by Bryan
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Other summer programs A further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors…

  

  Since my earlier post on MIT's summer programs was linked from the MIT homepage today, I've been getting lots of traffic interested in summer programs. To that end, here is a further list of some terrific math

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding The Tech Article Some clarifications.

  

  , Yale actually did beat us last year. I was looking at data from previous

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming non-MIT deadlines Other forthcoming deadlines.

  

  , I should make the juniors (and, for some of these programs, other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  this year is 12% down from 14% last year. I know that many of you will

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Reading Commences The applications are in, and now we're reading them.

  

  progresses, but I did want to take a quick break to at least give you all an

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

  Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.

  

  snort a salt solution up your nose, I guess, by osmosis, the cells of your

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 18, 2005