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• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  application. You should, however, continue to get good grades, as we may call ... , 2013. Next, be sure to enroll in a college/university by May 1. You ... grades drop. Not choose another college to attend by May 1. What should I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  to smooth surfaces by taking advantage of intermolecular forces, which ... wonders have inspired scientists to innovate. When a group of MIT researchers wanted to create the next and best surgical band-aid, they turned

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  of our favorite media. goodbye mit :’) for a fun challenge, try to ... And I still think back to that summer And I hate that I still remember ... 's laughing in the background So this is how it ends I promise to never go

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Touching grass scenes of spring

  

  Last week I saw someone screencap my blog post and post it on /r/ApplyingToCollege. I'm flattered for something I've written to get 211 upvotes, and I'm sad that I can't keep the karma for my main. I'd have loved to comment

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  , sometimes amused by who i used to be, sometimes saddened. whenever i think ... i've realized i spend most of my time trying to divorce myself from ... used to feel like home, dusting off once-beloved keepsakes. these days, i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  ;   When I come back I plan to post the blogger application by July 1 ... 'm currently at nerd camp, but anytime the blogs go unblogged for too long, I get antsy, so I wanted to make a quick post and point your attention at two

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  I was getting ready to attend my own Campus Preview Weekend (CPW). I ... to taste, and I live in East Campus.") but I feel a weird level of pressure trying to summarize myself in a few sentences. Should I mention the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Another year has begun Welcome to my world

  

  read purely for pleasure, time to learn a new language, adventures in the mountains of Colorado and even time to be bored, it is nice to get back to my ... , funded by MISTI. I spent the summer pretending to be a grad student

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  finally understood I had to get out of my neighborhood I got into one little ... Inspired by the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme Song Now this is the story all about how My life got flipped turned upside down And I’d like to

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  one to do when one discovers an un-blogged aspect of MIT??? BLOG IT! As awesome as it is to wake up 10 minutes before a class and not get to eat until 4 pm, sometimes a college student has to take some responsibility

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  freshmen get a flavor for what they might want to study next year), and we ... department and opportunities available to its students. :) Well, you may have ... period than if you were to pursue them separately or elsewhere. But it

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  slightly taller than the trophy recently won by the team: I was going to ... thanks to my prefrosh George for being really independent and finding his way home at 6 AM without my help, to Kristin R for her wonderful (if

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  lockers. All MIT students get Athena accounts, which allow you to have your ... looked at my page, but I have no one around to help me make a new banner ... gorgeous I really am in real life. As you probably know, it's kind of hard to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of the 2.009 Final Presentations rough, tough, messy!

  

  there was extensive interviewing and reviews done by Green Team to fully ... Floe, not as a product to get rid of ice dams, but to create channels ... students were divided into 8 teams. Each team had three months and $7000 to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • December 26, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  —we overshoot and get too cold; too little—we take forever to reach 67°. Do we ... unfortunately dwindled to near zero by week three. Despite this, I actually really ... certain level of pressure to push myself to get better, but I also want to

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  you get the state police, who redirect it to Cambridge, who dispatches from who only knows where. You need to call the MIT PD to get the campus ... at MIT Medical and may have to splint my teeth or even get a root canal

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  Lawn again, accompanied by instruments to strum and bubble teas to sip ... whizzed by like a door violently swinging open on its hinges, revealing to ... the warmth still feels like a tiny miracle. Campus is starting to

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  be accessed by walking through my room. For all that, I didn’t want to ... through a thick nostalgia to get myself in my car, start the ignition, ease ... from Los Angeles to Tucson when I was three"]once.[/annotation] I was

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  then (finally) get a dog. Everything was going according to plan. I was getting lots of responses to my applications, did several phone interviews ... seemed like everything was the worst and it was hard to just get out of bed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  that number isn't actually that high by comparison to the coastal cities ... . I can't wait to get back up north and start skiing with my family at ... Mountains, we spent every New Years outside by a 64 square foot bonfire

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009