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• Blog / About Decisions

  Facebook. Because social networking makes you cool.

  

  ). For your benefit, so you can all get to know each other in one central ... 'll hear from me after that :) However, in the meantime: Congratulations to ... " groups started to form; however, there was one semi-official one that we

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  promise that attacking people is not going to help. Funnel your energy into ... 's time to say it again. While admissions will have you believe that ... -13 minutes prior to that, so be on the lookout. Good luck, pre-congrats to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday ... Boston. P.F. Chang's was packed, but we zipped to the front of the line with a large table awaiting us. It was a great opportunity to catch up on

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!

  

  ? How about this...whoever gives me the best costume suggestion gets to ... celebrations in New York City. I returned to Boston last Sunday (which happened to be my birthday), and what do you know? My train broke down! I spent

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT hacks Caltech

  

  Some of you may remember last year, when Caltech students came to ... decided to have a little fun with Caltech. You see, Caltech has this famous cannon, the Fleming Cannon (belonging to Fleming House, naturally). They

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  Tonal Forms II this term? Just a thought before I get some sleep: I made ... at Star Market. They cost $2.99 plus tax. Upon starting to address them ... affection--they all feature sentiments like: Anakin: "To a most powerful

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Other summer programs A further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors…

  

  MIT homepage today, I've been getting lots of traffic interested in summer programs. To that end, here is a further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors to consider. All of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  applications of the year, I note that I'm getting a lot of new traffic to the ... non-student visitors to the blogs (including parents, MIT students & ... props to the only other admissions blogs I know of: first, the mawrmawr

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  idea being to get as close as possible to the fireworks on the 4th of ... - complete with photos. I am sad to report that the story doesn't have the ... , ever try to launch a very sketchy-looking homebuilt watercraft on a

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  stressful competition to get into an elite school is harming young people ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... closer to Friday's expected mail date. Also, today's Boston Globe

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  student — let's call her Jennifer — said she wanted to get a master's degree ... your chance to help them get to know you! Your statement of purpose ... purpose to get into Stanford: I want to teach English at the university

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  more typical 5.5 to the exceptional 7.5 of sophomore fall. So, once again ... of my life—the SuperUROP corresponding to 6.UAR, a year-long class ... different folks to help make residential life at MIT better; my ongoing and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  , then read it again. Kirstyn sat out in the hall, on her laptop. To get to ... 10:25pm, Friday. I was sprinting down dorm row from French House to ... ) and together we ran across the street, to pick up another junior named

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  25 things and another reason to come to CPW. FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. OH GOD.

  

  FIRST OF ALL: In case that you haven't thought of enough reasons to come to CPW, in case a weekend of free food, free shirts, and hanging out ... anything to do, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS IS GOING TO BE IN BOSTON ON APRIL 17

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  since I was seven years old, the idea of getting to know new people was ... during coffee chats that I wanted to get to know the rest of the chapter ... them again. But in the meantime, I love getting to call people to watch

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  Final Presentation. Everything you need to know lives on this site ... !']If you weren't able to secure a ticket—worry not:[/annotation] there's a ... Kayode D. '27, who are posting their live reactions to the whole event

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Stop You're hurting the wrong people.

  

  To the person who keeps posting hurtful things to my blog and to Matt's, pretending to be "YJ" and others, please stop. It's one thing to mess with me ... - they've done nothing to you. Thanks.

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  ever wake up at around 6am every day to get to school by 7ish. This clock ... In a recent concentrated effort to create a 'professional Tumblr' for ... application way-back-when. Turns out that getting accepted as an admissions

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  tunnel near the esplanade." Nice. Clearly a plot by security trying to get ... me had never heard this poem! If you haven't, you need to get smart and ... good night, I'll try to get some footage of fireworks to post!

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008