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• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  the way where I have to cross a side street, or switch sides of the road ... must have been coming from 90 degrees to my left, from over the BU Bridge ... one. That said, I'm incredibly fortunate to have escaped with nothing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  Ahhh, yes. I know this time of year. Left and right you have tiny ... you’re like 92% of kids who applied to MIT, then you probably didn’t get ... , their decisions are real enough to be on your mind, but not all real

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / CPW

  an orange tour 🍊🍊🍊

  

  's easy to lose track of time with pretty murals. I promise I end up walking ... through a website on the Google Chrome app on my iPhone so pls forgive the ... compelling. I went down the list, and orange felt just right: rare enough to be

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • April 29, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  I will be under a rock until further notice, I have taken the time to ... . Congratulations on your final decision. You are about to enter an intensely wonderful (but extremely intense) four years of your life. I was talking to a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  lord, it is time for a blog post the huge semester has gone halfway by

  

  , so having to sing alone with a piano accompanist for the first time in ... home. It is good to have a space to call your own, and to have people to ... myself, going into junior fall, that I would have to make things better

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  illustrious Dieffenbachia Camille, which is a name I might have just googled a ... some point, the plont email thread seemed to have met an untimely death ... the start of September, but it may have been more recent, as time no

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  "]REX[/annotation] events in my Google Calendar. I actually went to 4 of these; the rest were ... are all slaves to beantown"]Beantown[/annotation] after 2 am six times. I went to Beantown after 2 am eight times. Jeez. I stuffed myself

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  ’s inevitable that you’ll have a lot to catch up on. I’ll start here: Hi, I ... got a job offer last year from Google[x] that was too good to turn down ... first to graduate — I graduated with degrees in biology and brain and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  this time spent living at home to do the things i don't have the time to ... not have time to read at all, i know how inane it is to pursue the ... 's gone, time has slowed to a crawl. my area issued a shelter-in-place until

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  major disruptions outside your control. We try to be as flexible as possible in these situations. When you’re able to do so, reach out to us at ... you and figure out a way to make sure we get your application and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  ’t have much exposure to poetry. The poems I’d read (mostly a few ... every pop song about disaster,  I manage to find your name.    ... , the food your parents cook, and you will keep wishing to be less—less of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  Google that I am summer-internship material. I already have 3 jobs! What ... never occurred to me that it’s run by real people! People who may have ... Computer mouse with retractable cord, which doesn’t seem to work Headphones

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  A couple weeks ago someone asked what I did to pass the time while I ... , I got into my back-up school!!'") 2. Have long talks with your friends ... advertisements on your spam folder page in Gmail.) 5. Write thank-you letters to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  your brains enough, you'll remember that I mentioned we were going to ... Intent from a lawyer or bank on official letterhead stating your intent to ... , making it back to MIT around 11 or 12 o'clock, just in time for class on

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  To those of you who sent in your early apps - congrats! You're done ... 't worry - you're not missing out): 0% of people who do not apply to MIT get ... come here. But otherwise, what have you got to lose? Now that we've got

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  Oh, what a bad blogger I have been. I was lamenting to Matt last week ... . Hope to fix that soon! So what have I been doing... First, a variety of ... 't really see, but I can see it, and it makes me happy. You'll just have to

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  vibrating your cheekbones and speakers that are only audible to people who ... future. Time to get to work. ... played games, watched virtual reality horror films, and listened to my 12

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  requirements, and I felt like I wouldn’t have enough time to pursue other ... time to write, while your chemical engineer roommate stays up all night ... , some have less, but you do kinda have to map out a courseroad if you

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  ,” and I agree with him that it doesn’t have to be. I’m not sure in reality ... distance. Google maps told me it would take 40 minutes if I wanted to walk ... her introspections and family and life. ~ I have a job to pay for

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  your campus as they arrived. We have decided to make company shirts ... It's May 1! Welcome to the MIT Class of 2010! If you have sent back ... comments. We're excited to have you as a member of the class! We've spent the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006