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• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  . Not just any envelope, but the fat one, with a letter of admission ... series record with 12 wins in 14 races. Two years later, he finished fifth

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  Opera House, with my friend I met in Israel (Norway) Fourth Row: 1: With

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  your staff id in your back pocket and listen with rapt interest at ... never seen it before, with "fresh eyes" as it were. The truth is, I still

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  way back to photograph the hack (a full lounge room, complete with pool ... mafia at Next House, with another Rhodes Scholar (who played God

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  to make contact with the balls represents how much I was overwhelmed by

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  GREATLY helps with productivity, since there are no speakers on these computers so you can't get distracted with music or youtube). So far, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  My last rendezvous with an ambulance occurred in the suffocating heat of summer '09, when I so intelligently decided to play Ultimate Frisbee ... , practicing life-preserving skills, and riding with style on the MIT ambulance

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  intimidated by the to-do list. With that said, I did not apply Early Action to ... 't end with high school graduation; silly, but I once believed this. Some

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  ). Each day begins with the 8.40 Bart (it's like the commuter rail in Boston ... American designs. The adjoining basilica is huge, domey, and filled with

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  . But, I digress. The evening started with us loading onto the boat, each ... with the world, swallow any embarrassment and reservations I may have

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  . They showed me their music library, complete with innumerable CDs and ... rushed to was the one designated to artists that start with "L" to see

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  's actually a Laura Nicholson who is my year at Harvard. I was not blessed with ... effective in helping MISTI participants establish careers with firms such as

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  trip to Hasbro I chatted with Don Fardie, one of the model shop guys, and ... , before that summer, I still had to make it through second semester with Toy

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  ordered 4 of these, expect epic rock band pics to come Along with the new ... , rounded it off, and were left with a perfectly massive snowball. Step 2

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  problems are concerned with teaching you how to think, making you understand ... with you. WHAT?!! First off, in my entire course of BC Calc, never did

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  involved with. In fact, there are over 50 different music, theater, and dance ... other characters. All that said, let me just conclude with a few photos

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  overcast day began with a light drizzle. Though simple rain is never enough ... restaurant in Boston/Cambridge is likely just overflowing with graduates and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  completely done with their year at MIT, there are still hundreds of students ... , no, it doesn't make any sense to me). Good luck with the rest of the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  . Of course, what makes MIT difficult is that you are faced with ... take 10+ courses in their subject in a year (contrast this with MIT's 6

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  with your financial aid officer. If you're already said YES to MIT: Yay ... emotional. To those of you who have written in with personal letters -- some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008