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• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  , this weekend, working on a puzzlehunt, from 6 pm on friday to midnight on ... on the hunt; indeed, if we were a little more competent with the puzzles, maybe we could've finished on sunday morning. coming into the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  This was originally posted on my personal Medium blog @selamjie,  but ... time on Admissions :)  _________ When I was in grade school, I distinctly ... speak the best English could rely on. Others had restaurants, liquor

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  I landed in Boston on a cloudy day about a week ago, and...it sure ... Zoom University. On top of setting stuff up in my apartment (unpacking ... : [annotation note="introductory biology with a focus on modern trending topics

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  to go to the wait list, and almost always do. The students on our wait ... students accept our offer on May 1, and also a great deal of uncertainty ... best decision for them once MIT announced its plans for the fall. On July

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  who didn't get into MIT but went on to thrive elsewhere (like this, and ... , who, as an applicant, was a frequent commenter on the blogs; was ... for those of you still patiently on the wait list, as she once was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  ="aligncenter" width="557"] note the "dtyd" on the window[/caption] Someone even made ... on the front and a funny nickname and number on the back"]Bomber shirt ... orange sheep[/caption] Meanwhile, we started on our DTYD hack; each year

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  a small number on our waitlist and informed the balance that we will ... on, it’s something you make yourself. And if you spend the next few ... already are), then someday you’ll look back on this Pi Day and realize it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  a knob to raise the handguard, turn the machine on, and push ... Lodge, a training program for first-years on how to use various tools. I ... part of the bar on top. It was challenging to use the bandsaw to cut an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  more information on next steps for deferred students here.

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  -time employee is time. As a student, depending on what you're involved in, you can ... Ramen in Harvard Square? Sure! Lying in the grass on Killian Court for an ... , on the other hand, is much more rigid, depending on where you are. For

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  career fair haikus this post contains your Daily Value of sodium

  

  hear “app's online” 😒   “Tell me ‘bout yourself” “I code in C on

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 28, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  the money." This made a pretty big impression on me first semester, and ... this class, on a lizardbrain level, is coding's cycle of lots of small ... fail on my own. Stretching my failing muscle and kicking learned

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  not offer admission today, we have placed a small number on our waitlist ... . That your path isn't something MIT sets you on, it's something you make ... back on this Pi Day and realize it all worked out okay. I’m closing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  ;   We have posted more information on next steps for deferred

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  summer. I even stuck a note on the door for myself and my roommate (who ... tasks and caught up on other things I've been meaning to get around to ... move next year (we move a lot), feeding the cat, catching up on books

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  you don’t like MIT… I think you’re on the wrong page. Maybe you ... . The basketball team had our first practice after break on the 27th, so ... completely on basketball, and have extra time to do all of the things I put off

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  . Allan: Wow, this is actually super apt. I literally just turned on Ghost ... r s t on so far in our entire time here. Besides being a punch in the ... to do well on the next two exams, final, and psets for us to pass the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  ’s also LITERALLY MY FAVORITE THING ON THE INTERNET AHHHH. Basically, it ... information by clicking on each node, such as your interactions with the given ... will get a lot cooler to play with as time goes on. Some of my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  Hi Everyone! In my previous post, I announced a blogger AMA on ... this before on the application process here. This time, however, I wanted ... based on reputation alone. So, this AMA was about life, the universe, and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch the Tea with Teachers Video Series! and learn about the wonderful students behind it

  

  series and the experience of being on the TwT team, in the words of the Tea ... on open team positions at the bottom of the page. Everything written ... , focusing not on research, classes, or academic life, but who the professor is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017