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• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  'm trying to get over this feeling). The feeling that I shouldn't blog until ... best to get you psyched about MIT. But anxiety runs high, as you ... regardless of where you end up for school, you'll be able to get a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Snowy Birthday Party the #IAParty2011 is just beginning

  

  birthday celebration. Alumni and community from all over are making trips to Cambridge to see and remember all the great things that have come out of our ... months now to gather all the history and artifacts they can muster to make

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Paris or Nicky). Headed to Loomis Chaffee for a school visit. Didn't get ... . Arthur gets to travel a lot for work, including a recent trip to Nigeria ... could get woken up by my babies. They were glad to see me. :-) * Today

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Instructions on how to receive your decision online.

  

  never received it, you may call our office to get it (please note that you ... Hi folks, I'm pleased to let you know that we're on schedule to ... . Decisions will be available to those who meet all of the following criteria

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  glad Which reminds me, to save more money Gotta get Dial Gold - as my ... to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless nights Time kept a rhythm, while we scraped along Now we start to peer

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  fact, all that hard; it's a lot harder to get into law school or medical school than it is to get into PhD programs in biology. And because not as many people apply, it's a lot easier to get into top-flight science

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  . To get some headspace, and reflect on the semester and year. To have ... the holiday decorations, and explore a part of the city I rarely get to ... TO SET THE MOOD: Eyes SHut - nocturne in c minor - Ólafur Arnalds

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  , you may call our office to get it (please note that you will be asked to ... shortly thereafter. I'm pleased to let you know that we're on schedule to ... , March 17 or Tuesday, March 3/18. Decisions will be available online to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  up via Bluetooth to my GPS. I had to get out of bed and look at the ... I'm always one to celebrate the more obscure holidays. After all ... importantly, the least amount of employers willing to accommodate a paid

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  to get to know the real you. And definitely schedule the interview ... action folks), I've been thinking back a bit to my college interviews. My MIT interview was with an elderly alum, known to me as Mr. Neighbours

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  still manage to get into accidents pretty much every day because of the ... I don't have many pet peeves when it comes to MIT, but one of the biggest is people who do not understand how to drive on the Infinite

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  an idea to bringing it to life are things I don't think I can ever get ... actually brainstorm all the logistics behind getting the sign up. So to do ... have sizing restrictions so we ended up just getting four 12x24 sheets to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  want to get things done. i have projects i'm, in theory, excited about ... get taken. the third row goes from just me, to another person near the ... ever get to do these? would anyone ever do this for me? five three years

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  undergraduate, even though that had always been my major. I had hoped to get here ... part in terms of math academics, I had fallen to believe something ... didn't want that to happen.  The question of whether I wanted to do math

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  reminded me of my own experience getting piercings my freshman year. To me ... gained from going to college and getting my first paid (on-campus) job ... lobe piercings. For a while, I had wanted to get more piercings, but

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Classes

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

  

  because I enjoy them. I'm getting better advice, or at least I'm learning to ... of time to shower (hair soaking wet in the Boston winter), get dressed ... to force myself to go to more office hours next semester to get over

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

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  to get back to reading, and hope you all have a great last month of ... First, just to allay the inevitable questions in the comments: we ... to post something I've had in the backlog for awhile.  Last year, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  get back to my p-set. First, as the title of this entry suggests ... of the game is to forget that it exists. It's one of the most popular ... whom is about as obsessed with xkcd as I am, so he showed it to me on his

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  Hey guys! Remember me? I used to blog and stuff, until I became so ... I do have a few quick things to talk about. So, our good friend Ben ... so strongly of this that I had to buy it for him. (Seriously, Five

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  , urging the graduating class to get out there and "do interesting and ... miles to get clean water for her family. Instead, she could spend that ... blind spots, we need to confront the problems and get to know them before

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016