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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  You Are LUSCIOUS I lusciously answer some of your questions

  

  might strike as perfect after circus school and this show." Haha, I don't ... lucky enough to receive. You didn't mean for me to parade by myself, did you?! Aliza wrote: "I love your blog name and the subtitle. I didn't

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  discipline of current students. I don't know enough to say outright that ... available for public viewing. This doesn't mean that you have to remove ... applicant's Facebook profile to you, would you look into it? I don't really

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  , we would take the T. But today they were running a shuttle between MIT's stop and Park Street, and a crowded shuttle bus wasn't on the list of ... . It's very nice there, and it smells like the sea! We haven't had a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Bonn, Games, Bonn Wherein we teach the world the true meaning of democracy.

  

  camera. Picture entry. Actually, we didn't even bother consulting a ... beating Brazil. Yeah, maybe I just wasn't believing very hard. But I was, of ... some classic American cuisine. No, really. You don't know what American

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  , you don't apply to a specific department, but rather to MIT as a whole ... science). So in short, no, we don't weight specific majors ... from kenya." If you haven't enrolled in a bachelor's degree program, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  never ends, and now I won't be so lucky to get my application read by Matt ... starts at 9 am and generally ends at around 5 pm) but it wasn't so bad ... reading the newspaper in my free time. I swear this entry wasn't just to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  year" between high school and college isn't for everyone -- and that just goofing off isn't worthwhile -- they say many students who take one return ... any reason as long as students don't apply elsewhere. "It's reached the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  allowance charge? Don't parents need to put money in an account for food or ... preferences. You don't have to make this decision now; in fact, this might be a ... also add that MIT's debit meal card system isn't a "use it or lose it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  's the deadline by which we must file the form, which doesn't mean much ... try to flip that around. I really don't want to major in management, not ... heard of before. If you're undecided, don't despair! I know many freshmen

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  than your high school in ways you can't even begin to imagine. A thousand ... in your first year at MIT isn't how to integrate that particularly ... just doesn't get biology is often the one who helps your entire group

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend ...begins a week from today!

  

  attending this year. If you haven't yet registered (via your MyMIT account ... these blogs all year, this is one event you won't want to miss! All of the ... - don't miss it. And then... the ultimate end to CPW... ZBT's Battle of

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  when. You can count on me, can't you? I think I eventually come to love all of my professors in a different way. I don't know, call it Stockholm ... ultimate teacher in my estimation. As if this weren't enough, he's also

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  might be and when I didn't see a "did you mean..." message, I assumed it ... I fixed it. Thanks a bunch. Moral of the story: I can't spell, but ... pretty much a mess and I haven't folded all my laundry, but I'm making a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  [top college], it'll all be great. I won't have to worry anymore." I ... has this steel is self-evident. But you don't have to have it ... to need it. You're going to test it. Remember this, so that you don't

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your ... want to reread Marilee's recent post. [But MIT is my dream school, I can't imagine being happy anywhere else!] [This doesn't apply to everyone, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  talking about my UROP (and for those who don't yet speak MIT, my lab job). A ... . Anonymous asked if Stanford was grade-inflated. Well, I don't have any ... the grapevine that it's inflated. I don't think that causes Stanford

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  how some people might find it to be a little slow, but I personally didn't ... Salvation Army, and they didn't ask us to leave or anything, so I figure we ... secret snowflake was not so cool anyway and didn't really deserve a reward

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  , weren't even plowed, but I managed to score a ham/sausage/cheese omelette ... sabbatical next semester to write a book, so won't see him around for a while ... . Wednesday brought the admissions mail mixup, which really wasn't a big deal at

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  even more difficult, but doesn't change the fact that it's still ... until the group comes to a unanimous decision. If one can't be reached ... 're almost there. At the end of the day we count. I can't give you details (so

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  picture (if someone hasn't already said this yet). I beliieeeve the silver ... applications to be considered?" No. Usually we don't see Midyear grades until ... school report and transcript haven't shown up as processed yet. Is this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005