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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  cartoons. This week, I had the opportunity to relive some of the good ol ... presented by 5-WITS Childhood Reference: Legends of the Hidden Temple, Blue ... solving puzzles to return the pharoah to his tomb. Not quite as challenging

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  home. I was worried about the academic rigor that was to come. I didn’t know if I was going to make it. Today, I’m at the other end of the journey. This post is scheduled to go up on the day of the 2021 Virtual

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  If You Wish To Receive Your Decision Online… ...please read this entry!

  

  this juncture. Decisions will be available to those who meet all of the ... log in using the same username and password that you use to log into ... the office on the weekend that decisions are released, so to prevent any

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  .  What changed? Me. I changed. Who was once a headstrong, ready-to-take-on-the ... terrible things at me, and the only way I could find myself reacting was by ... Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Deferred Applicants Q & A Have a question about your MIT EA deferral? Read on...

  

  once again be considered by the committee during regular action. You are ... Committee will primarily look to the Midyear Report for your updates. What ... trimester. The Midyear Report also includes an opportunity for you to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  , my degree will say 2020, and for the most parts my day to day ... matter before I apply to graduate school. I am taking five classes for the ... pushing to do well on the four finals I will have next week. However, The

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  this isn't a bad way to find a starting point: ask me anything in the ... more interesting than I expected, but I didn't get to devote quite as much time to the projects as I wanted because I was busy with other

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  had to name one aspect of myself that has changed the most in the last year, it has to be the volume of hair on my head. Although I always ... a Gibson and get the girl (Angelina Jolie). He started off simple

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  was passed to get an ice cream machine for Simmons, but the plumbing to ... ). My dad tells all of us to take a turn doing something cool for the ... discuss changes and events at Simmons, as well as allow anyone the chance to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I figured it would be cool to take ... spoiler, think again. I've been given permission by admissions to deny or ... home where I finished the book the next morning by 1 pm ... if you'd like

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  comes to you in 4 parts. Part 1: The menu I write from ye olden days of ... 11 man-hours. Nevertheless, we did it! By the day before Thanksgiving ... , we had to hit several locations–Whole Foods for the pre-cooked turkey

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  outside the MIT bubble. Sounds crazy, right? Well, do you want to leave home ... comfortable there? The answer to that is usually no, especially when your home ... and tell myself that everything’s going to be alright. How the class

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  generally hanging out with friends. On the other hand, I didn't get much ... your friends, on your professors, on the random people you sit next to in ... This past week has been a mixed bag on many levels. On the one hand

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack or Treat A time for tricks.

  

  To celebrate the spirit of All Hallow's Eve, MIT hackers left a special treat (or perhaps a trick) near the Great Dome. I saw the hack this morning on my way to class and it absolutely made my day - although

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  So over the past couple of days, our FPOP has done some pretty cool ... Dynamics in the Tiny Bacterial Cell, in the Fall. - we toured the Broad Institute where they sequenced part of the human genome. - we walked

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  fully intend to have the time of my life too. But I need your help! What ... something to say about all the awesome things you're doing (and that I ... backstroke.) Learning to play the harmonica.  Not bad, but it could

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  the Z-Center (no, really) and I'm so disheartened by this that a ... the other night, I was about to go whitewater rafting in Maine with my ... happened to be in Cambridge for the weekend, called me up and invited me down

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Tips for the EA deferred send us your FUN form by February 15th

  

  I send? The only "new" thing you need to send in is the February Updates & Notes form. You'll use the FUN form to tell us your midyear ... can send via fax (617-687-9184) or mail. The FUN form is due by February

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  . Let me get this out of the way, first: I think this cover isn't great. I ... to forget. It feels all the more easy in places like MIT, where ... hearkens to the etymology of the word amateur—someone who does something out

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  To make up for the apparently unlucky (but ultimately normal) Friday the 13th, fate decided to rain upon Sam and me loads of good luck last ... Sam detests sushi) two front-row tickets to Avenue Q!!! (which was the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006