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• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  choice doesn't exist, and you will have to decide eventually. the things ... choose mit at all. the things that matter to me have changed a lot since ... one concern i hear from a lot of people on-the-fence is of mit

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  allegedly forced to replicate "the same humiliating hopping algorithm" 200 ... was locked in a room and forced to calculate pi to the 1083 decimal ... programmed to repeat the phrase "I am a faggot" while locomoting across campus

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opera No, not the browser

  

  . And hey, while we're all waiting for the Opera to show up a little closer to home, why not help the Personal Robotics Group train the next ... One of my housemates here in Boston is a grad student at the MIT

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2020 Hacks Back

  

  for the pictures)  I strongly suspect the Class of 2020 is trying to ... As you probably know, we've taken to sending our acceptance letters ... few years ago, for example, we challenged students to hack their tubes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 46 ‚ô•

  

  December, the registrar sends out letters to some freshmen, offering them Early Sophomore Standing. The freshmen who choose to accept this are, as ... freshmen are privy too. The greatest advantage to Early Sophomore Standing is

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  Christmas music every morning on the drive to school, but I haven’t heard much ... through the Boston light pollution. I let myself pretend to be the main ... earbuds, so I trudged back out into the field to begin strip searching the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  THE APPLICATION IS LIVE! because why bury the lede

  

  my god... it's full of words       > > > click this button to apply to MIT < < <     

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  you're waiting for the show to start. I'm too busy reading applications to 'attend,' alas, but I can't wait to watch the archived footage later! ... This is a very brief blog post to remind you —  as our announcement

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  π Day

  

  /14) was also Einstein's birthday, and seeing as I was right next to the ... of the finalist projects of the Intel Science Talent Search. I got to ... impressed with the projects and the finalists themselves. I enjoy going to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spring Break! Spring Break Broke.

  

  So I'm sitting in the airport in Toronto on my way to London where I will be next week for Spring Break as well as Paris. I'll be sure to post photos and entries all this week. If you happen to be in London or

  • by Bryan
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  would like to let you all know that they are the 23 coolest freshmen on ... is similar to the Associate Advising program, in the sense that it's a ... advisees to register for classes! In the meantime, back to unpacking.

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Only You Have The Power Only YOU have the power to decide your own worth. Don't ever, ever, ever give…

  

  I'm still reeling a bit from the last thread, I must admit. Let me say it simply guys... only YOU have the power to decide your own worth ... the power to decide your own worth. Part of resiliency is playing the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Honduras: D-Lab students in the field D-Lab students Chelsie, Miho and Nina report from Honduras

  

  with people around the world to create and disseminate affordable ... Nina writing to you from the computer room of the Fundacion, the NGO we ... 4 years, not to mention the fact that it was unsafe in its functional

  • by OEL
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Home, not just a Haus fighting the good fight

  

  summer time. I try to believe that stress doesn’t change me, so the bubbly ... to venture into the Museum of Modern Art with a friend from Senior Haus ... the email that loaded said, “We write to share with you some troubling

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 12, 2016
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests ... the ACT? We will continue to require the SAT or the ACT, because our ... tests, but we will require all students to take either the SAT or ACT. In

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  Hi everyone, There have been a lot of comments in the blogs that we're going to mail on Pi Day this year. This was indeed the case last year, but we don't yet have a mail date set for this year. Just wanted to clarify

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing Snowflakes Back It's finally winter.

  

  IT FINALLY SNOWED!!! Pictures etc coming soon to a blog near you. 3:27 PM - The snow has ceased. There is little to no evidence of the little snowstorm that could. BUMMER.

  • by Bryan
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Rome! Gelato, Saint Peter's Basilica, and Vespas for an entire week.

  

  In about 6 hours, I'll be boarding a plane and going to... ROME! Seeing as I haven't packed or exchanged money yet, this blog entry will have to stay short but look out for entries live from the capitol of the

  • by Bryan
  • March 25, 2006
• FAQ / Testing

  Will MIT accept November Tests for Early Action?

  consideration. There will be an opportunity to update us with any test results that become available after you submit your application. To submit new results, simply click the "Add new test scores" link in the application
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for ... . Franco? The technical awards go to engineers and scientists that make most ... love the word nerd, I was quick to post a reply that said something about

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011