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• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  housing to setting up your shiny new MIT email account.) 21: Speaking of ... room with my parents standing on either side of me, ready to either ... something like, "On behalf of the Admissions Committee, it is my pleasure to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  , in this case Chris Su - met to choose new bloggers who will be joining ... -Without-Borders trip to Uganda, blogging throughout them all. She's on the varsity crew ... everyone say hi to the new crew!

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  place to hide and c) get out of New York altogether. But your character ... in order to create something fun and new. For example, painting skills ... -aged politician who is in New York City on a campaign tour when Godzilla attacks. As

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  yourself in different worlds and try to predict the outcome based on the ... optimized. Sometimes, things happen that are meant to make your story ... for a new plot. These stories depend on each other, but no story itself

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

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  rent yet another new car (Carlos) to make sure we could leave on time. In ... the tippity top of Vermont and 10 hours back to arrive back home on a ... last two trips i went on match up with lyrics from You're So Vain by

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Travel

  spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen

  

  were off! New Orleans We flew to New Orleans on Saturday evening ... -filled time, a time to relax, hang out with your friends, and have the ... "]Miami.[/annotation] Instead, we came up with a somewhat unorthodox plan: we'd fly to New Orleans

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 16, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  of the week based on how you plan to spend them. Athena and Leo have ... to, very objectively, determine whether or not you’re overcommitted. It ... , so I wanted to know exactly what was going on. And so, I tracked

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  declared Course 6-3 on Friday! And there's also a new Minor in Design that is part of the Course 4 department that I'm planning to tackle on as well. More on that later...). I look up to John Maeda as someone who has

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  , current students, feel free to give your opinion on the best day to visit ... , bad blogger) but I do have this fancy webcam on my new Macbook (yes, the new Macbook) and so I just used that. I don't know how to resize them

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  needed to be shot on actual campus with actual drones and actual tubes. So ... :   Noah was going to be on campus for MIT's SAT test prep ... A few weeks ago we posted this video to announce our decision date, 3

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Canceled? HOW COULD THEY!?!?!?!

  

  MIT gives students the month of January off, it's something they call the "Independent Activities Period," or IAP. Turns out, due to budget ... , this is a hacked website. IAP will be proceeding as planned, psych

  • by Snively '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  and I are working on measuring the power it takes to pedal a rickshaw ... squeeze) to see how many data points the Lab Quest can record. This quickly ... D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT committed to working

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  of things to write about—there’s always something going on in my life ... talk about it on the blogs, but when I actually sit down to write it, I ... on Florey (5E), bringing my cat to college, cleaning out an extremely

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  five buttons and a strummer you have to move your cursor and click on ... you can make your own for much cheaper. Toons Prior to MIT, I have never done or wished to do acapella in my life. On a whim, I decided to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  provide (new awards, changes to your activities, etc.). We will accept ... Committee will primarily look to the Midyear Report for your updates. What ... on your MyMIT account in January and should be completed as soon as

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

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  more questions, here is a quick FAQ to provide some more answers. I hope it is helpful to you. Q. Do you prefer the SAT or the ACT? A. We ... those of you applying this year and for whom English is your primary

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  Before I go on, I need to comment: this was the day of the Doctor Who 50th ... was at 10am on Saturday. I showed up at 9:40 (we're supposed to arrive ... to try and 1) turn on the lights and 2) make the projector system work

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Be thankful if you’re ... genre. Today I’m just going to ramble about minor happenings this week ... to person before Professor Minicozzi arrived: Of course, this hack

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  to your preferences. Many of the folks I met during Campus Preview ... , "Love Your Beaver," are a tribute to MIT's mascot. Liquid nitrogen ice ... new freshman at a ...certain liberal arts school on the other end of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  the previous run-on aside cause you to forget what I was talking about ... , though, and the reason I want to waste your time with here, was that "they ... behind that is fairly simple. You get to write about yourself! You're not

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010