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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  fewer-than-half of applicants insufficiently prepared to do the work at MIT) and then threw dice to stochastically select among the remaining ... takes you to an article from New York Times magazine by Daniel Kahneman

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  whatever MIT has to throw at me. That last paragraph is supposedly my identity -- how I define myself to other people when they ask me who exactly ... Calculus I 3.091 = Intro to Solid-State Chemistry 21M.011 = Intro to Western

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  camps - at every single camp I went to, I was housed in a dorm room that ... subconsciously expecting this from my dorm as well. I didn’t go to CPW, and even ... beautiful, detailed paintings of landscapes, while others are abstract to the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach with the taste of fresh complaints in my mouth, trying to wrestle down ... child to the pika alumni trust fund and spending one fine weekend in early

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  to walk through. In my head was a mix of regret, anger, sadness ... to pieces, and ironically, this was the year when more people than he knew existed scrambled to put him back together again.” - Pride

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  favorite movie. If I saw or heard anything Tarzan-related, I'd beg them to ... my residual fascination with Tarzan contributes to how much I love the ... clueless is normal. We are beginners in everything we do, from reading, to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  Transitioning from first to second semester has actually been pretty ... schedule. Compared to first semester, I now have more classes, more homework ... ! Academically, it was the best part of my week. It felt great to be back helping

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  2018 is turning out to be quite the adventurous year. I kicked off the year by packing up all my stuff in Boston, hauling most to storage ... mattress pad, cooking utensils, etc.), and the rest to bring with me on a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  This past summer, Hasan Minhaj FINALLY made his way to my hometown on his homecoming tour. Keep in mind, this is a person I’ve been wanting to ... Facebook event, I went hysterical to say the least. Yall! Second chances

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  MIT students tried to better their Spanish, interned at local companies, and wondered why they chose to go to the Southern Hemisphere during ... monotonous routine of a 9 to 6 (or sometimes 8 to 7) work schedule, almost

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  in session yet. the snow's only just turned to rain and we've had two ... package of semisweet chocolate chips INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat oven to 375 ... dish. Use a knife to draw a pattern on top if you're feeling fancy. Bake

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  Wow. So this is what official blagging* is like. It’s nice to meet ... admissions blogs myself, and so now I feel like I’m obligated to post something ... everyone was posting about first coming/coming back to college, and all the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  a little abnormal. It was Halloween. I was surprised to see the lack ... . Regardless, I covered my costume, went to a really cool meeting in the morning, went to my class, handed in my problem set, and went home and crashed

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  means by "magnitude." In astronomy, we use the word "magnitude" to ... and somewhere near the bigness of a star. There's no golden chain to be ... astronomy. Here's another one (context: Satan is traveling to Heaven) "Down

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  for me, seeing all you guys excited to be here and the prospect of studying here reminds me that I'm pretty fortunate to have had the opportunity myself. That's an easy thing to forget when you've got your head

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  Happy New Year to all of you! I spent a good 30 minutes this morning hogging wifi and using the textplus app on my iTouch to wish my friends back ... ☺ And that happens to be just a little too far away, haha. Following two

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  doles out various awards and honors to those who've made significant contributions to MIT life, culture, and academics. In the realm of arts@mit, this ... : Sam Kronick '10 Last Friday I had the chance to check out all three

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  . To kick off my new blog, I thought I'd do some blogging from the road, with some "day in the life"s, similar to others that have been done in previous years (see left-hand column of the "the road" link). So feel free to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  I decided to come back here a little early to go see an AMAZING concert and spend New Years in a place that I wasn't allergic to. (No, really, I'm convinced I'm allergic to Florida. I've never had allergies

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  friends seem to be coping pretty well. In fact, a few students apparently had so much spare time on their hands, they actually decided to provide the rest of us with a few games and toys to play with over the next few

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007