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• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  In yesterday's entry, I wrote, "With 5 days [now 4 days] until the ... five questions: On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest and 1 ... scene is awesome too. Everyone was really nice and only about 10% of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  The Holy Grail of Hacks Returns and everything it took to get there

  

  It’s nearing 10 PM on the last night of  [annotation note ... -pivoted to mass production. With 2.5 weeks left until CPW, there was still a ... assembly. Production ran from noon to 5 am every day, with three to nine

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 3, 2026
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  running 6 days a week, 10-13 miles per day (except for weekends, which were trail runs and more like 16-20 miles). Full time job, two kids under 5 ... do my morning runs at the YMCA's indoor track. They opened at 5AM and I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  opportunities. I lived in Paris for about 10 weeks during the summer of 2009 ... physically by biking, ellipticaling, and swimming about 4-5 hrs a day as well ... when I was just 5 miles from shore, which I knew it would. As we headed

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  awesome too. Everyone was really nice and only about 10% of the people I met ... 5.111 in the fall and 7.03 in the spring." To which "Some crazy sophomore" helped me out by replying, "Most people take 5.111/5.112/3.091 in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  upper body tilts by maybe 5 or 10 degrees when i’m trying to walk quickly ... of building 10, they walk from building 1 to building 10 and then go up ... the stairs down to the first floor of building 10 and then walk to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  've had more injuries the past 3.5 years than my last 10.5 years combined ... the US Championship. I had less than 10 weeks to train new programs and ... day, 5 days a week, with a cool-down workout in the afternoon. In the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  movies. After my classes are over for the day, I head to the Z center for 5 ... some homework and then go back to campus for 5-7 pm practice. After ... Group"]Syncopasian[/annotation] rehearsal. Now it’s around 10 pm

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  people at a club, and I saw another 20 or so on my 5 AM flight back to ... 'm not joking—5 AM on Thursday. packing was done immediately prior since I ... our favorite spots. our flight left at 5 AM, which meant we had plenty

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  worked most days, was about 10 ft away from this ladder! I lived in a ... campus of UC Berkeley, since it was a 5 minute walk away, and I somehow ... more than two players. Less than 10 hours before the deadline to submit

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  . Being a hopeful Course 10Eng-Biomedical and without fluency in any other ... up around 7:30, arriving at work around 8:45 and getting home around 5 ... spoke 10 languages in a country of 11 official languages, and I continued

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  - January 24th) from 10:30am to around 1-1:30pm, depending on what we were ... -hundred percent potato, I decided to walk the 2.5 miles each way instead of taking ... Reyes Magos] On January 5th, 2017, some MIT students and I wormed our way

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  morning (10-1) with Profesor Gessa, and stayed with a Spanish family ... , that looks too American wannabe. Try it with kana: かわいいね〜 5 ... -people-while-sleeping-while-the-subway-is-still-running." 9. I think the samurais perfected the art described in 8. 10. By the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  less Zen, 5's on the AP Calc. BC exam and the AP Physics C exam will get you out of corresponding introductory classes at MIT. A 5 on one of the ... 10 minutes of every linguistics lecture, but I've learned how to cure

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  .2% above the A cutoff!) for me to net that 5.0 GPA in 8.02. Steve was there ... partied too loudly in the lounge ("late-night" was defined as past 10pm for him). There's also Kathy '10, who taught me the secret of making really

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  when seen from afar).   10:00: off to the MIT tour. It was pretty much ... friend in Simmons Hall so that we could visit. It was a 10-minute walk ...  because students aren't counted as late unless they arrive more than 5 minutes after

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  (including biotin and vitamin B12) Taste: 8/10 “Like lemonade, without the lemons”  Is this safe??: ?/10 The [annotation note="safety data sheet ... .” Milli-Q [water] Ingredients: really, really, really pure water Taste: 6/10

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  ="117237" image5="117232" image6="117231" image7="117229" /] [video width="1920 ... it takes to go from 0mph to 60mph"]0-60[/annotation] is 2.5 seconds ... ="117246" image2="117242" image3="117243" image4="117244" image5="117245" /] These

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  Students who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed more than two and a half years (five terms) of college may not be eligible because of our…
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKMxRBYQs5k Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, remember to go celebrate and be happy with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023