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• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  probably one of the happiest people on the face of the earth. Unfortunately ... MIT had made a mistake or was admitting me on the basis of something ... reputation on the line just to say that they accepted a specific type of person

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The proliferation of "standing cafes" in Germany was ... working on some important stuff for Bayer CropScience. Anyway, I'm not going ... understanding of the language. For example if somebody at the bank says "blah blah

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  As you probably know, the movie 21, based on the true story of the ... (or post it on the MIT 2012 Facebook group). Please include names of ... MIT Class of 2012 Weekend at the Movies So how's it work? Well, the most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  lot of experience, and if you have good, quick feedback on mistakes ... In the CollegeConfidential discussion of my blog post The Difficulty ... basically, it's a perfect setup for the Illusion of Validity Why is MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome People of 2016 part 1 of an incomplete list of the greatest and coolest

  

  ) and February of this year. Last semester, on a whim, I decided to ... reflect on personal experiences. But regardless of the differences, we were ... League of Massachusetts, I completed my final Youth Advocate training (a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  another day of fall when canvas went down and made me think about internet and people and the seasons

  

  reflect on the bigger arcs of my life—ending my tenure in HackMIT, jumping ... week. For starters, it was raining when I woke up. Also, I was running on like 5 hours of sleep from making my  [annotation note="Cell Biology"]7

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 25, 2025
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  all of you (@ me) trying to simultaneously respond to emails, scroll on ... !” By the end of the session, people are slithering on the ground like a ... class, it’s the first time that the number of hours my classes are

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  of my toys across the backyard, and playing tic tac toe with my mom on ... The next few months of my life are pretty well planned out. I'm going ... there. But mostly I'll be taking classes. Thesis Do a lot of work and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  kind of see through the trees on the left. As for the hand thing… every ... on her front porch catching up and eating a whole tub of honey ... on stops along that line further into the city (“Inbound,” for those of

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  opening of the new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex at MIT: On ... -foot building of limestone and glass, the largest research building on campus, stands on what must already be one of the brainiest corners in the world

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  . Hornady's book on the animals of North America and instantly chose the ... Massachusetts Institute of Technology. -- Serving on the 2017 Ring Committee, I ... year and wear the beaver "sitting" on them until graduation. At

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging, but hey, we're MIT students, right? :D So you've probably heard of the ... I skipped 4 days of school to go to Seattle and Vancouver to learn

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  Fens, part of Boston's beautiful Emerald Necklace. On another errand, I ... help the MIT faculty put their hoods on, because it involves a lot of ... It’s funny how one month can entirely change your perspective on life

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  well as the design of the little overhangs on the [annotation note ... , though, for warmer weather, though that fencing on the street side of it ... This semester, I'm living in New Vassar, the newest undergrad dorm on

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  -level gist of it is pretty simple; on a low level, we had to build in tons of ... to fifteen hours to finish. When we emerge from our cyclic periods of ... , it's not...that great. But I digress. I actually wrote the bulk of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  dwelling on that. While some of my friends have completed their requirements ... . Then there's the feeling of relief. Whew - I don't need to cram 6 classes ... I ensure that I've made the best out of my four years at MIT? Will I

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  practically fused with a shelf due to all the liquid on it, a Tupperware of ... miscellaneous glass bottles on top of the fridge. however, the short people in the ... each of the first two psets so i didn't stress about it until i saw my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  We bring the sketch to you! The internet is full of weirdness!

  

  dozen or so of us were sitting in our floor lounge, playing with Omegle on ... I don't know if you've heard of this website, but there's a new invention on the internet, and it's called Omegle! The theory behind it is

  • by Snively '11
  • February 4, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  I have about 30 minutes before the first midterm of the semester. I ... always had eggs before a big exam. It's become one of my pre-exam routines ... nervous MIT students. I'll probably put on my head phones and listen to some

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  without the coating of dirt (note to future Coure 16ers: that downwash is no joke). MV-22 Osprey on display on Briggs Field Simmons Hall patio ... ... fortuitous signage come back soon! One of my colleagues had a much

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010