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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  The floor on which I live, Conner 2, has a large TV. A large broken ... them. One particularly interesting mailing list is called "Reuse." I ... ). While most students are on Reuse, I suspect that most of the actual

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  very outdated website here: It's almost exactly one year old! I get a ... works. In some respects that's tricky to answer, but I can give it a shot ... , I will again describe how housing works. After being admitted and

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  I believe in quantum physics now. The past few weeks have changed the way I look at the world. Experiment after experiment has confirmed that quantum phenomena, as absurd as they seem, are real. And for once, I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  friends and I decided to travel to Iceland!! This was my first time ever ... trampolines, and the wind was trying to eat us. It felt so very college :D I won’t bore you with the details, even though it was AMAZING and I feel

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12:16 PM ET Your early action decisions, wrapped

  

  I've stopped listening to Jenny's cozy destress vibes playlist while [annotation note="bloggers: i'm looking at your spotify wrapped and taking in ... and i'm pathologizing them too. and creating narratives

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  It is summer in Cambridge, which means that: every morning I wake ... Great Concavity and I need to mask outdoors as well as indoors today my ... I posting the blogger app and prospective bloggers coming out of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  are not offering admission, then I want to remind you success is not ... ), then [annotation note="Last week I met up with a student we denied four ... and realize it all worked out okay.[/annotation] I’m closing comments

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  , and, as I wrote in Early, it would not have been possible without the ... , then all I can remind you is that success is not always a straight line ... back on this Pi Day and realize it all worked out okay. I’m closing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  lawsuit. This is, by my count, the [annotation note='I have blogged about ... . Unspoken, but unmistakable, is one more question: Am I welcome? At MIT, the ... where they come from. I know firsthand the anxiety of arriving in this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  painful. If you are among them, then all I can say is that MIT is just ... Day and realize it all worked out okay. I'm closing comments on this ... . I wish all of our applicants well. No matter where you enroll next

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  of uncertainty and consternation. I write today, as I have in the past ... order. I excerpt from it below: MIT’s tradition of national service is ... our nation with dignity.   I'm proud of MIT's history of military

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  painful. If you are among them, then all I can say is that MIT is just ... Day and realize it all worked out okay. I'm closing comments on this ... . I wish all of our applicants well. No matter where you enroll next

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  finally started snowing. * * * i'm excited to report that two things i ... for hidden figures" contest:   i'm starstruck every day by the people in civic that i work with, around, and next to. they are my honest

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  Today is Reg Day, i.e. Registration Day, when MIT students make ... Cultures, which I'm teaching this fall. Later this afternoon, I'll be meeting ... attract well-matched new residents. I've embedded a PDF of the guide below

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  weeks, I know many of you are eager to start thinking about how you ... manage the situation? (200-250 words) People often ask me, "How do I stand ... admissions, I've probably read over 100,000 essays; after a certain point

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  something. As we move onto 2016, I like to think about what in my own life the past year went well, what didn't go well, and what I could've done better. But, as much as we can learn from ourselves, I believe we can also learn

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  the American IOI team. I first heard about Bebras while hanging out with Rob earlier this summer, and learned more from Kim when I saw him at IOI. One thing I like about Bebras USA is that it has really has taken root

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now (Actually) Available Online

  

  : it has been truly painful. If you are among them, then all I can say ... you can be amazing wherever you go, if you choose to be. I'm ... . Congratulations to the Class of 2019. I wish all of our applicants well. No matter

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  genre. Today I’m just going to ramble about minor happenings this week ... which nobody was very attentive, I’m sure), and, at the appointed time ... the first floor of Burton-Conner (and by first I mean second, because we

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  the face. The initial (terrible) script I spat out was heavily ... down on the steps of Lobby 10, I set up my normal non-slow-motion camera ... . For those of you with the stomach to watch, I offer you this video

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014