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• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  this post will be helpful. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for ... %. What are the realities here? I know that while we plan for the worst ... MIT waitlist, everything will still turn out well for you in the end

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Do Welsh Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? teaching kids robotics through GTL Wales!

  

  bit too old for these kids. “ZHC was a senior at my high school when I ... you in Europe?!” I rode the high of my “European” adventure for a few ... that could give James Charles a run for his money. When [annotation note

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Years Through A Laptop Case a walk down memory lane

  

  my time at MIT, and I'm forever grateful for a community of people that ... When I started my freshman year at MIT four whole years ago, senior ... alone eight whole semesters at MIT. At some point, I realized that I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 10, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  's giving was even featured on the MIT homepage for today, which is how you ... Julie Gerberding and Compton lecturer Tom Brokaw, for example. We've also hosted the infamous Ollie Smoot '62 (for a lecture about Smoot's Ear

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  did? I set my interview for 10:45 AM on Tuesday, and I woke up at 10 ... work on the robotics board.  The theme for this year is “Wicked FBD ... with them in the beginning, and I am paying for that now. 😬 [carousel

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  but laugh at the sheer ridiculousness of it all. For instance, whenever ... 't bother him a whole lot, he said it was definitely a lot at times. I ... me that she's gotten better with age at holding her tongue (though her

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  of the ways that I’ve changed at MIT. So, for most of freshman year, I ... For this blog, we are going to try something new with format. Instead of writing in one collective voice, as we have done for our past blogs

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  didn't for a few days. That's because I actually got busy with my UROP ... 't leave me alone with this oh for god's sake watch out for the 1000 dollar star plate. It was all resolved and put back together, at least all the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  was...at least for a while. [visually_hidden]Transcription from ... deleted this post at least three times now. It's literally not even that ... love my favorite pieces of media. Turning to fiction for comfort has

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  reach a lofty bar that you set for yourself. It’s a challenge.   ... tendencies, and that shiny bar you've set for yourself becomes the standard for ... significantly above-average point, you're so screwed. You’re meat. For whatever

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  magic or not. for instance, at one point the characters discuss how oral ... dialogue for each episode is taken from a series of real-life podcast ... episode that hit hardest for me was this one: “Most people spend their

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  figurative (and for many literal) feet, not only for the quality of the speaking, but the substance of which he spoke. For many people, Colin really ... with you all. Here's a video of the speech, and below is the text. For

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  invests money from the venture capital firm they work for into those ... for one's company. I wanted to meet as many as I could and learn as much ... ; Reasons not go: The event starts at 8am. My sleep schedule has been

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  gently down the stream whitewater rafting might be easier than driving on mass ave

  

  stopped for lunch at a little campground. It really made me feel like Henry ... , since we had Monday off for holiday. We get four-ish breaks this semester ... countryside to escape the Boston bubble for a few days. I’m in a club called

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • October 16, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unsolicited review of the whitney biennial (not really a review just stuff I liked)

  

  it for a minute or two at a time as they move from floor to floor. I ... for years, ever since I learned that they’re host to (almost) all of the ... American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 25, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  to think about leaving that behind." He looked at me, waiting for a ... that two people both ordered food for the event. I was worried we would ... I ate dinner at Dumpling House with some friends. It's only been a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  eating at me for a couple of days now and what better to rid yourself of ... ? the you is directed at certain people in my life and instead of writing ... without any accountability. it felt at times that no one ever felt the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  Physics demos at MIT are pretty high on the list of awesome things in ... cool enough to make me continue in the physics track, so I showed up for ... the semester by breaking a glass. A lot of people compare at MIT

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  . =) Anyway- tune in this Wednesday at 9 to ABC to watch and vote for the winner ... interesting or something, yeah yeah, sarcasm, she's okay at it, whatever..." and ... for our "First-monthly-anniversary." And I love it! Oh my God, you have

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she ... for Undergraduate Research OPportunities. As my family demonstrates, it ... ‘internship’ at MIT, you mean an internship with an outside company. Research

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021