<p>... there's an article about them in today's The Tech online. You can access the blogs through the MyMIT portal, or directly by name (e.g. <a href="http://ben.mitblogs.com%5B/url%5D">http://ben.mitblogs.com</a> or <a href="http://matt.mitblogs.com%5B/url%5D">http://matt.mitblogs.com</a> or <a href="http://nance.mitblogs.com%5B/url%5D">http://nance.mitblogs.com</a> for the Admissions officers' blogs). Often, a topic of concern to prospective students on CC has already been discussed by Admissions officers on their blogs (a good case in point is the question of what supplemental materials could be submitted with an application, and how to do so, which Matt McGann covered in an entry just this past week). And visiting the student blogs (also linked from the right-hand columns of the Admissions folks' blogs listed above) gives you a great idea of what student life is really like. Plus they all accept (and welcome!) questions and comments!</p>
<p>Visiting the blogs regularly is highly encouraged. :)</p>
<p>If there's ever a topic you'd like to hear about, comment here or PM me, and I'd love to write about it to the best of my ability. I mean, try to keep it to questions I can actually answer -- specific admissions-related questions are best directed at Ben or Matt, obviously. But if there's anything you want to know about MIT, MIT life, MIT students, etc -- hit me with your best shot.</p>
<p>I started reading a blog by Amrys Williams almost 2 years ago. She was in admissions and I just happened to stumble on her blog while looking for something when my son was applying. I continued reading it for interesting factoids and events in Boston and at MIT, but she's in grad school somewhere else now. </p>
<p>Texas, I also enjoy reading the current blogs. They make me want to move to Boston. And I still have a math/science high schooler.</p>
<p>Mollie: Son seriously considering grad school at MIT, coming from CMU. Does he have to go to BU, BC, Harvard, Radcliff, or Wellesley to date non-strange girls? </p>
Mollie: Son seriously considering grad school at MIT, coming from CMU. Does he have to go to BU, BC, Harvard, Radcliff, or Wellesley to date non-strange girls?
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<p>Now, considering that I'm an MIT girl, do you think that question will be answered fairly? :) Haha, I'll add that to my list of things to write about.</p>
<p>"Mollie: Son seriously considering grad school at MIT, coming from CMU. Does he have to go to BU, BC, Harvard, Radcliff, or Wellesley to date non-strange girls?"</p>
<p>Well, my husband (RPI) doesn't seem to mind that I went to MIT ('75).... oh wait, he thinks I'm strange. That's why he likes me. </p>
<p>And our son ('07) is dating an MIT girl, and he thinks she's wonderful.</p>
<p>I personally suspect that, if an analysis were conducted of the attractiveness of MIT students, we would find that there are more attractive girls on campus than attractive guys. So even though the odds are good for women at MIT (although less so than they used to be BITD), a certain percentage of the goods are decidedly odd. :)</p>
<p>itstoomuch: I've been trying to get ahold of one of my cheerleader friends who's a masters' student in EECS (so I could scrounge up some perspective on grad student life), but we didn't have practice this weekend so I haven't seen her. But never fear, I will scrounge yet!</p>
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If an analysis were conducted of the attractiveness of MIT students, we would find that there are more attractive girls on campus than attractive guys.