Search

Search Results

• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on ... students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to take from the ... the card or reply to the email to let us know of their intent to stay on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  hit me at Chipotle because I was too focused on the due date to pay ... , four friends and I drove to Mt. Monadnock in New Hampshire, which somehow ... to philosophy and consciousness.   The picture on the right is

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  has to say (seriously, go read it). But I wanted to hone in on the point ... try to always make the best decision, your life will later read back as ... scanning through job listings on Indeed.com, this position happened to come

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  decided to go into Boston and buy new shoes from Marathon Sports. They ... running shorts to make trying out the new shoes easier. I thought I would ... ran on the Marathon Sports treadmill. It's one thing to run on a machine

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  process: you need to have ESP’s git repository installed on your laptop, as ... . Which brings me to why I was riding through Central Square on my bike on ... question got pointed to the help desk pretty quick. A lot of students come

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a Pirate Now just in case I don't get a real mit degree lmao

  

  Certificate. It looks like this.   I'm showing it to you because you're ... prefrosh are reading this, pls get your PE classes over with quickly so you

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 3, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2025!

  

  to experience Interphase EDGE/x, or live on Conner 2, or host an ad ... perspective, and the disciplined exuberance to post at least twice a month on ... Valley save file with my partner and am trying to squeeze in some night

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  wholesome gingerbread house and person decorating event quickly went off the rails, thanks to some wonderful teamwork—we’re all about the collaboration ... ’s decorating party, with new people and a different creative direction (plus

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  and tried miserably to do it all, Getting new emails by the hundreds, on ... make time for new passions, Struggling to find ever-elusive balance; pj ... reminder to stop and smell the flowers, I’m living on cloud nine.

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  IAP thoughts two weeks late, but with an illustration!

  

  quickly gave up on the ASE’s, figuring I would be better off just taking the classes on [annotation note="my year is allowed take up to 4 classes of ... -internship. I’ll be honest, I applied to this on a bit of a whim. I was sitting in

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  you have given your teachers sufficient time to write on your behalf ... letter on your behalf. Please recognize that teachers are very busy ... your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much better

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  virtual setting, especially considering that it's hard to bond with new people when your interaction is consigned to a closed Zoom room. Over the ... -years in particular to meet new people, so the show was a wonderful means of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  said if I were planning on going to medical school I should definitely ... that graduated in June also went on to med school. One of the reasons my ... ... nobody's holding a gun to your head. If anything, MIT students are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01 ... 't sure what method to use, by writing 2 answers on the paper, you actually ... on your side. Then again, I do feel my critical reading score was a

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snacks on a Plane And other minor horrors of leaving MIT for the first time in a year.

  

  barriers, on a scale where Level 1 includes talking to Intro to Linguistics ... -up-the-stairs-without-knee-bending contests; watching math majors play Guitar Hero while I pretended to be ... ? Interestingly*, I haven't gotten out of MIT recently. (In nearly one year, to be

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 20, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  didn't have them in the earlier part of last year. I'm moving to a new ... hang dry some things. Stop Leaving Lectures Confused. Edit: Go to Your ... to hold your hand through multiple examples. If you don't know that

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  geekishly fun and downright scary. On one hand, it's hard to complain about a ... not human. ² To stop the coop on a dime would require absurdly ... easier to find than my room keys, or the chunk of free time missing from my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  you come to Boston you will see names to a lot of new cities, cities ... you just called your friend a wuss. Now add "ter" to the end. Wuss ... . Snively Advice Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Don't sound like a

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  forcing upon me. As a new MIT athlete, the first thing I had to do was ... . I'm tired just thinking about this. Moving on to....FEE results! The ... are required to take it. You sign up on-line, access the required

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  : $3), you can consume Boston's favorite treat to your heart's (stomach ... example, the New York Times called Toscanini's "the best ice cream in the ... * Bananas On The Run * Chocolate Fudge Brownie Breyers * Vanilla * Mint

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006