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• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  out a year hoping to be favored by chance. Plausible, however, does not ... your personal and professional goals is available to you, and it makes ... admission decisions should certainly be sinking in by now. For those offered

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  i was in a bad place and was desperately freelancing to make as much ... holding tomorrow, and how we’ve been working really hard to put everything ... ago. i should be able to write about that? i scroll for ten minutes

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  (This was originally going to be one entry with the grad school admissions stuff, but I got tired of typing and went to eat a piece of ... mythical. Darn, there needs to be a Snopes for MIT urban legends. One day I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] Choosing a set of colleges to apply to can be ... (thanks, Mollie!), MIT rose to the top of my list. Even so, I couldn't help but worry as I waited for the Admissions Staff to send back their reply

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  that it would be best not to chance it, even with a concurrent entry by ... by Ruth Graves Wakefield in 1937. She was working at the Toll House Inn ... lot of things I was going to blog about. I was going to blog about all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  There Will Be Pi (Day)

  

  We have something to tell you - with a little help from the bloggers ... and password that you use to sign into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your

  • by A Delicious Pie
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  in London, so decided to make a trip out of it. Unfortunately, I'm not ... to make heartbreaking decisions. How to spend four days? For some ... and a highlighter. Make plans – but don’t force yourself to follow

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  degree program, and head into the “real world”, by March 2013. Prior to ... finally moved from the present to the past. But, for some reason, this wasn ... to be more elation, more joy, and more optimism as I looked toward the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-ing the Weekend (Guest Entry) ...even though it is technically two days longer than a weekend.

  

  , which mostly everyone went to, as evidenced by this picture: There was ... By Pamela Ban ('12?) I had eagerly awaited CPW, and it was heaven ... the bible to free food, free stuff, parties, meetings, and other

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  down the page at this point) about increasing class size at MIT, and how this would merely require more students to live in uncomfortable living situations. I was originally going to post this in Ben's blog... but it sort of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  take-away. Earlier this year Eliza asked us to install wireless Internet ... now I quite enjoy being able to stream BBC Radio to Zanzibar while on ... the pond to explore the secrets of the old colonies and whatnot. I must

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... some face-to-face time alone with each teacher to ask them in person to write your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  if rupi kaur went to mit milk and funny

  

  —distance makes the heart grow fonder[/visually_hidden] [visually ... follow you i wish i knew your name but for now i’ll call you by your ... say those three little words three little words to change my life

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  shall provide. This list is not intended to be comprehensive by any means ... in less than twenty four hours... Doesn't it just make you wish you ... -drawn dystopia set in post-apocalyptic England. Penny Arcade For, by, and about

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

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  River. This excursion was arranged by a grad student (who happened to work ... internships elsewhere) and I are trying to take advantage of the random ... Dragon Boat team and were introduced to the sport. We spent some time on

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  City Strangers a comic

  

  many people, so many of you, makes me feel anxious and invisible.  You ... , but I'll try to find my peace in this sprawling city, in you.  You ... from the fire escape. We listen to a drag queen read children’s books in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 25, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  package, come for CPW, or anything else that you need to make your decision ... to make your decision (and if we can help, please let us know), but be sure to let us know by May 1. Overnight Program Registration: If you can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  next batch came out fine. But then I ruined them by trying to turn them ... can't seem to find a place that makes good ones in the area). I had ... The other day I tried to hard-boil eggs for the first time. The first

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  , remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable”. -Clifton Fadiman “I ... The other day I dropped off my application to the International

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  booths set-up by different departments to talk about their research ... decompress, so also make sure to take care of yourself in the rush of CPW ... take at least one sunset picture by the bridge" "Go to events even if

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024