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• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  cringeworthy in the email that caused her to redflag me. She forwarded the email ... procrastinators in the audience. Those people who wait until the last minute to ... cheaper for me to go to MIT than to go to a public tech school in a state

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  , grumbling about having to make one of these posters in the first place and ... in Building 68 in the past two weeks, from least favorite to most ... was like I want to study synthetic analog feedback circuits... in... umm

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  saltines for a meal, hoping to recreate Chicken in a Biskit to slowly ... things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day ... it straight. It's easy to forget to check in--I don't call my parents

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  yourself is going to lead to the right outcome for you. This is true in whatever you do, not just in applying to college.Fun fact about yourself: In ... think change is great! (I do plan to stay in my current house, job, and

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

  FAQ

  

  grades may take longer to process in some school systems this may take ... anything you send in as a supplement. I think it is important to remember ... arrived in the Admissions Office. For students for whom midyear grades are a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  day to school. Even in those days MIT announced their decisions earlier ... home than MIT and I was the first child in my family going off to college ... place for me to be, I kept thinking to myself. But, in the long run, what

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  is really like. You’ll get to stay in a college dorm, go to college ... assigned to Next House (I still run into my host, and I ended up living in ... ” (pictured on the right) to fit in. The Admissions folks spend months crafting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  the comment section below. To tide you over before questions come in, I ... in order to build a strong application to MIT, and most students are ... to you? Does the work in your portfolio help us better understand

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  choice in going back to China. But I felt a pang of both regret and longing this year, one that I wrote about it in the “我没去过北京/I Have Never Been to Beijing” post, because I realized that I hadn’t been to China in six years

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  I had not the greatest week, but tune in tomorrow for my misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to destroy the organic unity of this entry. Anyway, in the midst of this not

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  In middle school, I repeatedly listened to Lupe Fiasco's hit singles ... various ridiculous schemes to get in, since we were sure it would be ... check if Lupe was in his office. I went to the fourth floor of building 14

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Enjoying the Little Things In which I ramble about happiness and taking breaks

  

  In lieu of posting about any huge on-campus events or grandiose life-changing moments (of which I've had none in the past two weeks, to my knowledge), I decided to make a vlog about the little things that make me happy. If you

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Tale of 8 Instagrams Low resolution, high flavor

  

  can change from pleasant to ominous in a matter of minutes. And that ... Once upon a time, I developed an Instagramming problem and started to Instagram everything, including the view of the Prudential building in Boston

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life as a Talent Scout I could be the next Randy Jackson.

  

  Battle of the Bands 2007? I guess you'll have to wait and see ;-) In other ... week, in preparation for a CPW event that my fraternity hosts every year, Battle of the Bands, I went to check out a potential band for the

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  's a question) if you could tell me how easy it is to double major in two ... literature but I'm concerned that it will be too tough to try to get degrees in ... . In order to double-major, you need 270 units beyond the GIRs. So in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  who, in the 3999th comment, provided a link to this interview with MIT ... prominent scholar in the country devoted to examining pastimes often deemed ... uncomfortable for some in the culture industries, which aren't accustomed to this

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

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  of excellence in math, science and engineering will tend to fare well ... Someone emailed to me a funny post from one of those rumor ... found the secret on guarenteed [sic] Admissions to MIT This comes

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

  Busy times

  

  quite busy here in Admissions lately. In addition to the requisite 4 ... me. This morning was a meeting about our new viewbook, discussed in Ben ... entry, I'll be going home to relax tonight. Things are starting to get

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

  Varsity Pistol Team Wins National Championship

  

  -Team selection in both the free and air events. Michael Horvath was named to the ... play on the MIT Alumni Club of Boston team. As I like to say in my ... their fifth consecutive crown. MIT captured its fourth crown in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  ’ve grown close to the people in the club: those who are just as eager to ... different times in the same week—twice for classes, once for a club—and each ignition taught me something new. For the Spinning Arts club, I went to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025