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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind ... have the official form that you'll need to sign and send back by May 1 ... campus. I'll get to work on that next week, no problem. EC. Matt and I

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  go for delayed gratification; it's easier to work work work for a few ... actually a very good case for an entry with the title "How to do everything ... you need a set of perfect test scores and grades to get into this joint. :)

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  passage of time I’ve had a better opportunity to get to know them. This year however I’ve reached the maximum time that I will have to ever get to know a ... and brought them to the point that made MIT the right college for them

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  to study for the 8.022 exam when your notes are neat and have pretty ... day would be fairly dull to keep up, at least in my opinion. It's really ... lost it before you could get it down on paper or somewhere else you

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  a blog that explains it step by step i figured id just cut to the part ... eating at me for a couple of days now and what better to rid yourself of your demons than to write them away."]it's taken me days to even get

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  to be part shameless plug for my website CourseRoad, and part ... ? Whenever you get a chance, try to read as many of those as possible. You ... classes to a timeline of their academic careers and get immediate feedback

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  , thanks to free nights and weekends, I actually get to keep in close contact ... 't live without my fridge in Next. You might be able to get a used one, I ... packs of 5 for $3) and they're great to store in the bathroom. Wash them

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  sessions: getting to observe and be inspired by other people's processes ... for a circle of artists to sketch. Life drawing is essential to a traditional art education, for many good reasons that I've come to realize

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  shoot an email to be less unknown!).  You probably have a passion for ... .  Welcome to the party. I fell out of my parents' nest in New Jersey and ... winged mechanical beast that brought me to a new world, and I rode in the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  manner, by which I mean that I had probably forgotten how to add properly ... at MIT happens more often than some people do laundry. Best to get it ... upperclassmen scrambling to finish their quantum problem sets also provided for

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  industry for a bit first. My intention has been to work in the industry first ... ."]PhD[/annotation] programs.  Well, I don’t really have to make a decision until if I get in ... tomorrow lmao"]finishing up[/annotation] my PhD application for the chance to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  restaurant hangout for the students at Lima High School. I am here to say that ... order pizza, but then ask for a bag of those famous pizza dough rolls to ... startlingly similar to an ELL. “You need to talk to people, you need to get

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  actually do get to practice in real situations all these skills that we’re getting trained in and feedback on. At least for me, I have trouble ... afterward and forgetting how to quite approach it. Getting that practice is

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  , we had to hit several locations–Whole Foods for the pre-cooked turkey ... … locations, we set to work. This isn't our first rodeo, and by now we ... I’ve been home for winter break since last Sunday, and it’s been a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  NSBE MUSE Colloquium my first video

  

  . I promise to get a better camera for my future productions. ;-) ... Last week, I attended the MUSE Colloquium hosted by MIT’s NSBE ... , information sharing, and networking for aspiring young Black engineers

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  campus to give a lecture next week, and I'm trying to get him to be in the ... to figure it out. I'm pretty sure I don't want to work for a big ... parts of your personality, because you're going to get enough of the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  getting to experience to dorms for yourself - use it! Go in with the ... , then, for us to know what dorm we want to be our temp?" Omar '10 answered: "Drew, it is important for you to know which dorm do you want to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  classmate forgot to bring her glasses for our end-of-semester shooting ... it is physically impossible for me to travel more than a few feet ... shift your focus to making five perfect shots. For all you know, the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  several weeks ago, slowly adding to it by browsing bookstores on my birthday ... 's no reason for me not to begin, all i can do is stare at it and want to ... sunset, or taking the t to chinatown, or studying for the 18.03 final with

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  roasted for trying to turn this essay into another opportunity to humblebrag. Lesson learned. It's actually okay to do things for fun, guys. I still ... courses would allow me to explore new ways of bringing visibility to this

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019