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• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  've seen both of them present before on other topics, so I knew to expect ... case. Need blind admissions have allowed more students to have a chance ... students from across the country and across the world routinely apply to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  Thanks to Kiersten for being my 4000th comment! Also, thanks to Jeff who, in the 3999th comment, provided a link to this interview with MIT ... prominent scholar in the country devoted to examining pastimes often deemed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 1

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   I wore a tie today, which might clue you in to ... choosing only 100 students quite difficult. Already we've had to make

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  Someone emailed to me a funny post from one of those rumor ... found the secret on guarenteed [sic] Admissions to MIT This comes ... 's mad as hell because he didn't need to waste 2 months on ISEF research

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Busy times

  

  quite busy here in Admissions lately. In addition to the requisite 4 ... entry, I'll be going home to relax tonight. Things are starting to get ... to take this class; it's really awesome. Are there any classes you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... geography. That is to say, many international students live in the US, and ... that definition, there are two very important things to remember about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Branching out

  

  With two Central Meetings down and two to go in the Bay Area, I ... , with no Central Meetings to do, I'll get to catch up with some friends ... building a mini-Sukkah (MIT's is currently up on Kresge Oval, thanks to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hello, world

  

  job, I am frequently asked to tell various chapters of my life story ... , Our Lady of the Hamptons. I then made the big leap to the public high school (my graduating class: 65 students!), and managed to take all three

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 6, 2004
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  /principal to leave spaces blank on the form. Please ask your counselor/principal to upload your official transcript (with three years of subject grades if available). We also accept the high school transcript alone to
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  The idea of taking a gap year, like to most, initially terrified me. Instead of spending time in school, I’d have to find other things to do. There were no class schedules or club meetings to provide some substance

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  letter to food written jointly by me (Sophia) and Tananya.    I ... on Instagram to learn more about our events, recipes, team, and general ... . Tananya is the current head of MINCE. I started this organization to create

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  wanted to preface this post real quick by jumping in and giving a little ... we were in Random. As a joke, Raymond decided he wanted to "secretly ... very happy and full to see this project go public and I hope you love it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  ^ how not to do it.   "Help! I'm from [Los Angeles/Orlando/other perpetually sunny place].  What do I need to survive an East Coast winter?"   I'm glad you asked!  As a lifelong Californian before I went to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  While at MIT CPW, I had the wonderful opportunity to sample all sorts of ... also simply awesome beyond all reason (koodos to Cross Products, muy ... attempt to personify a big, philosophical theme into a “smell”

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  , since it wasn't a very full flight and I had a whole row to myself. 7 ... undergrad and grad school), and she offered to drive me back to the dorm, an offer which I gladly accepted (taxis from Logan to campus often cost

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  2016. Today Claire has achieved her dream and is goin to share this ... unpredictable, as things usually tend to do here. Here’s the unfolding of my research, from an organized beginning to a furious blur at the end. Step 1

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/15/16, at 6:28PM ET

  

  I've stopped watching this sneezing puppy long enough to ... decisions online next Thursday, 12/15/16, at Tau Time (i.e. 6:28PM ET). To ... your MyMIT username and password.   In order to verify that you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  coach, Dave Hunter, attempts to motivate us for the next period using a strong appeal to emotion (pathos). Sometimes he focuses much more heavily on an appeal to our logic (logos) by quoting statistics on shot blocks

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  ago, I decided I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up. (A brief introduction for the uninitiated: My name is Keri, I used to write here, and as a student, I did not want to be a doctor when I grew up.) As a result, I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  1 Week of Meals for $8: How-To’s and Tricks Tackling Food Insecurity

  

  problem. Mealplans are expensive, coming out to be $12-15 per meal. And in between classes and everything else, it is a challenging skill to go buy ... Support and Equality) Food Insecurity Group creating ways to tackle it

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • May 2, 2018