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• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  optimized. Sometimes, things happen that are meant to make your story ... , you want to make a choice that leads to the least regret. So, how else ... more details. You learn from your mistakes and get better at making

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cool running Well, it's warm running now, but just wait about two weeks.

  

  existing product (in this case, the ability to control your playlist) and ... Dartmouth on the bus to visit and I gave him the grand walking tour of Boston ... can probably use to buy a comfortable chair for my room from the online

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  classes like these are such a great way to get your body moving and back ... into that too much since I do want to make a post dedicated to Pearl ... bought me sushi to make me feel better.) Post Callbacks During callbacks, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  . So when you're cutting down on the things you're bringing, make sure to ... new room at my fraternity giving you a list of things you need to make ... months. So make it like your home. Declare it your second home, a treehouse

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  Common Reply Date. The day by which you need to let your colleges know your decision. If you're still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  make its bread. I have unlimited respect for anybody who managed to pass ... -out day, make a train reservation for 6 AM, and then go to 6 flags until ... Tuesday, but it's dedicated to Tuesday, because on Tuesday morning I pulled

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  getting to page 104 in The Giver, making me the only person at MIT who was ... this week, but I was just never really in the state of mind to finish ... worried little kid, because we all had to line up at stations and get our

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  to be family friendly, it's better that I didn't :p In case you're ... of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much of this in context, I ... for my brain to remember things, as I'll tend to ramble on and on like

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  company actually shuts down their factory for the one week each year of ... to the spring of 1929. C. Brigham Allen, President of the Class of 1929 ... , 1931, and 1932. Their mission was to design a ring to be used as the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  they do it by weight but you can ask to weigh your pot in between getting ... CAD makes for this to be pretty cheap anyway. ambience was really nice ... friends do make it all worth it. Shoutout to the friends who spent new years

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  If you’re wanting to apply Early Action (EA) to MIT this year but ... of you are still dealing with damage to your homes and schools and power outages, so if you’re worried about making our deadlines (like the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  Heads up: I'm not sure if any of this makes actual sense. This is really just me trying to work through my t h o u g h t s ... back, head laid down on desk seemed to have a 1430. Each turn down the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  copy) if you want to do your own digging: COOL DATA HERE Quick Numbers ... The Quiz: HEY GUYS UPDATE THE LINK DOESNT WORK ANYMORE ILL TRY TO FIX ... to find interesting patterns and learn more about the people in dorms

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  Two days ago, Sophia '10 drove Kathy '10 and I to Cape Cod, where we ... would be worrying about how much stuff there is still to do tonight." I ... , and generally had close to zero human interaction (with the exception of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  sophomore fall (sophomore decline? sophomore roman empire?) (actually the word sophomore comes from Greek but shhhh)

  

  things that make you feel alive. every week i think to myself, well, this ... , but my awareness of it doesn't make it go away. i desperately want to do ... probably the things that make me happy (quelle choque) Go to the gym

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  Country Club Plaza If you're in one of these areas, I look forward to seeing ... the door. If you've RSVPed (please do!), you'll be able to check your ... America to meet with prospective applicants and parents in more than 70

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  want to make that my minor, with a major in management, but I'm going to ... , though -- freshmen who show initiative: you've got to make a little bit of ... guys got to see some of the nice weather we have hidden around here

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Regular Action Decisions: Saturday 3/14 We will post RA decisions online on Saturday at 2pm... or probably a minute before.

  

  and password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your ... @mit.edu with your full name and mailing address. We'll use this information to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  have yet been exposed to. Don't blame me if you fail your classes. Dr ... makes you feel like you're accomplishing something (because you are!), but it is, of course, not what you're supposed to be accomplishing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  , I just find it to be a little bitter, which may make me a supertaster ... and we have to make sure that my turkey waste is hygenic, so I completed ... conversation. I discovered that spinach, which I previously considered to be the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005