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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  café, or (dare I say it) constantly refreshing the decisions.mit.edu page. I remember when I was in your shoes. Back in the day, I had to do it not once but TWICE because I was deferred the first time around in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  I've never been to Seattle before. One of the things I love about ... or a few at a time. I specifically sought out a summer internship in Seattle because I wanted to try something new. I'd heard from many people

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Proposed: MITAdmissions Labs a wonderful, terrible, awful idea

  

  Earlier this year, I blogged about how we are redesigning MITAdmissions.org. We still are, and it's going well. I think we're ... blog. But there's one in particular I've kept turning over in my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  elephants what I've been up to

  

  I've been pretty busy lately doing stuff like this a little of ... life that I end up just sleeping through the stress (last semester), I ... brain itch. I was going for Dali's "Los Elefantes", but of course I had

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 27, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch Ceri on SciShow! teenage mutant YOUTUBE NERDFIGHTERS

  

  Longtime readers (i.e., those of you who didn't first tune into the ...  as part of a science quiz series. I watched it and found equal parts educational and adorkable so I thought I would post it here too as a little

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  I am currently a ball of feelings. Some people might call me an emotional wreck, but I think it’s just something that comes with being in a ... old me. There’s change in the air too, and with every breath I take

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  month, is decidedly dead. The sky is white and my bed is very warm. So I can now see the summer as something whole and fully past. Back in May, I made a "syllabus" for my summer. I gave myself goals and intentions

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  my dreams, and senior-year-me couldn’t be happier to be there. I was seeing campus through rosy colored glasses, and because I had already decided that MIT was the place for me, I spent my weekend traversing the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  hard for eleven years, and even more so for the past three. I hope you ... that in mind, I would like to impart some advice regarding the ... immediately (I’ll attempt to help with this soon). The worst essays are surely

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  I was walking to the Pacific Science Center with a friend one ... : "..." Friend: "...I freaking love this city." Here in Seattle, you see, there ... minute -- did I mention F/A-18s? Those would be the Blue Angels, the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  Microsoft, working on Surface keyboard (that's all I can say, the rest is confidential…) I won't ask any more questions about that, then. Let's talk about ... ; knit a scarf I wish I knew how to knit. Anything else you want to say or

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  So here we are. I'm sitting in the AeroAstro Gelb Lab ... . In about a week, I'll be home in California again--in three, I'll be working an internship in Seattle. It hasn't exactly settled in yet that I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  are admits. Earlier today, I was working with a colleague to clean and ... , and approved the text of the email itself. We never even knew. When I was your age I applied to ten colleges. Eight of them were elite liberal

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  course, Thanksgiving weekend. I have...a lot to be thankful for. Mom, if you're reading this--thank you for everything. I know I wouldn't be able ... growing up. I'm grateful every day for all the opportunities and experience

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  ." I had previously listened to a grand total of Zero alternative country music, so when they came to perform in Charlottesville last Sunday, I was ... chanting "DBT" I thought that they were chanting "GBT.") We had dinner with

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  wrote down a list of all the classes I was considering, worked out pros and cons, and played the process of elimination game. The whole time, I was distracted by the thought that he might find this boring or inane. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night's sleep so that I could wake up early the next day to figure out how to pack ... , cofounder of Lingt and inventor of the iDoor, which I lived behind one summer

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  What up, y'all? I don't go to MIT anymore! ...okay, so I work here, and I'm actually on campus about as often as when I was still a student ... ! Nice to meet you! I'm Keri Garel, class of 2010, and in the blogger world

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  wondering why it’s been so long since I last updated you with anything. It’s definitely not because I’ve decided to relax too much and lead a quiet ... writing voice remained as silent as the sudden, somber, and “I’m so old

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  't know what I'm talking about, I direct you to Snively's post, which noted ... get our schedules and get to talk about our classes, yay!" I will tell you a secret because I have that much love for you all - I was really

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011