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• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  Dear MIT Protofrosh, If I had a time machine, I’d travel to my ... admissions. I was a staunch planner back in high school, one of those people ... suddenly the unknown. So if I had a time machine, I’d tell myself that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  blogging. Which will be a sad day. ---- So I'm now living in THE NYC, on ... ), and you have class with everyone else all the time. A major difference ... being 23. I'm 22, so I fit just below the average age of my class. It's a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  to stress or due to a (relatively) healthy sleep schedule my senior ... EST. I sigh a breath of relief and think to myself "maybe-- now that I've figured out the puzzle-- maybe now I will have a shot of being admitted

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  "make your own python". i'm having a lot of fun thinking about ... uninteresting. 6.1420 [6.054] fixed parameter and fine-grained computation. a ... contrivance where students take turns presenting topics, usually following a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  In less than a week I'll be hopping on my flight back to Boston, and ... [annotation note="is this okay to say in a blog? let's hope so ... -journaling-sleeper-agent in my brain kicked in orientation week freshman year, deciding that a

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  On Tuesday, the MIT Institute Community and Equity Office hosted a ... this vigil was a compelling and moving event where speakers shared their ... . You can watch a [annotation note='We can only easily embed YouTube clips

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  group at the Media Lab put together a VERY COOL THING (that seems to be ... ’s a node graph that shows you who sends you emails and who sends emails ... person in a given time period, and also the people who they’ve introduced

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Haven’t Been Blogging I, uh, don't really have an excuse

  

  's worth $400 now... ---- Looks like I decided to write something at a ... to writer's block is to have a nice cup of tea while listening to some ... stop typing for more than 7 seconds.   This works to cook up a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  Last July, the MIT Media Lab created a $250,000 award to recognize ... , and is consistent with a set of key principles, including non ... a living person or group engaged in what we believe is extraordinary

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Tips for the EA deferred send us your FUN form by February 15th

  

  (EA) applicants. There was a definitive resolution for those students ... to wait a little longer as we reconsider their cases in Regular Action (RA). Many of you may still have questions so I'm posting a quick entry

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  picked up a brown paper bag with a grilled chicken sandwich, and sat down ... engineering and in sloan business school, and a visiting student from germany ... --especially in a position of such great voice and influence--especially as a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  of the Putnam--but for those who haven't, it is a six-hour proof ... --the median score is frequently 0; in 2015, it was 2 points out of a possible ... Fellows." Each participating university also selects a team of 3 students to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  It's been a week since the Career Fair, which still feels like ... amassed a large collection of various colorful shirts and trinkets This ... learning the importance of placing school first and jobs second. But a very

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  in an otherwise formal job, like taking a selfie before giving his ... , President L. Rafael Reif was doused with ice water from a ten foot tall wooden ... as by volunteers in the audience. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  held at one of the alum's house and started with a typical question and answer session. A New Jersey MIT freshman had come from her spring break to ... span of just a few years. The gathering also got me really pumped me up

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  /17, we should know this. Please fill out this form, so we can add a note to ... looking for missing documents until we post a blog entry saying that we have ... this form. If you have a recommendation from someone who is not teaching

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  in high school, she invited me to go to a MIT info session with her. At ... information session was a stellar opportunity to "spend time with my friend in ... , I thought, Wow, this is a sign I don't belong here...   But the info

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  got them at the COOP on Monday after coveting them for a year. I had been waiting for a rainy day to wear them, and today was the day: it came ... like stepping confidently into the center of a deep puddle, knowing your

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  school and to get accepted into a great college. Sometimes this dream can ... family. I’m going to a whole other area." Graduating with a 4.0 GPA ... crime per person." Terence Dalbert: "People have broken into our house a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  I, like most college students, have a Facebook account. Actually, for ... 's right, I have a Twitter account, but I DON'T USE IT, SO STOP FOLLOWING ME! Honestly, I'm amazed, I have tweeted exactly 10 times in over a year and I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009