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• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  I'm long overdue for a blog update. To dispel your mental image of me ... : You're pretty chill! I was expecting you to be...more...well... me ... found a tenor saxophone on Ebay, so Angela decided to get an accordion

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  've gone through Rush enough to get a bid, you probably already know ... heuristic get to you. MIT fraternities are very different from fraternities in ... . Get curious. Collect information. Then make your decision. Good luck! 

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  sure about whether or not to attend MIT, please let us know your decision ... 't need to send us money to hold your place. If you're still on the fence ... CPW is over. The May 3 reply date is quickly approaching. What to do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  country and the world. They all come to MIT, stay in Simmons hall, and get ... your problems. Facilities worker says the projector isn’t going to be ... office has got your back. Need to register a six-week lecture series as an

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  —urged to attend by other people on my hall involved in the production ... game, to someone to open your heart to despite whatever anxiety you feel ... introduced to it by the Ira Glass quote: Nobody tells this to people who are

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  in 3 months? The answer is to shorten your cycle time by aiming for ... isn't getting bigger, then for your life to improve you have to take it ... companies, Sam says, is that they can aim to get 10% better every week. Short

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  honor of that anniversary, I'd like to hear your stories. I know you all ... a month. I was barely reading the blogs, just trying to get two ... to call our entire extended family. So now it's your turn to open up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s all about the numbers… Jump back into the basements for the first of two entries early this week on…

  

  Here at MIT, just about everything is referred to by its number. To get from East Campus to LaVerde's Market, you enter Building 66, pass ... .01, 18.01, and 21W.784. Tell someone you're taking "Physics 1," and they

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  let the desire to get good grades block out your love of learning ... hardware language, even though we didn’t get to work with hardware :( I ... . Although I didn't get the chance to take this class with Professor Sheffield

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  , one of the country’s larger news websites. Then it was refusal to renew ... party for dozens, he gets to walk free. In two different senses, I feel ... , every time I get on social media, every hour, every day. And of course I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  I'm generating graphs, and have been since 8pm. They tend to start ... market types: Bulls attack by thrusting their horns up in the air and bears attack by swiping down. So a bull market is one in which the market is

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always A Toys ‘R Us Kid Poll: Who was your favorite superhero?

  

  Flashback to the days of elementary school: Did anyone else read comic books? Batman was by far my favorite superhero. Poll of the day: 1. Who was yours? 2. What is the ultimate super power? My responses

  • by Bryan
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Swing of Things I've been getting into it.

  

  . Fortunately, I now know how to make a website, something that I never actually ... to another HackMIT event for the free food before heading off to get ... present to you my schedule from this week: Highlight Reel: Monday: Nothing

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 18, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Leadership & Double Dare 11 pictures of the leadership conference, and 16 pictures of the Double Dare sex challenge

  

  (SLP) speaks to conference attendees Attendees and special guests have lunch in a banquet hall in the Hotel@MIT (Note, this is a link to the hotel's website, NOT to its email address) Dean Jones (Dean of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  , and what not to expect. Your host: There's no one standard for ... for you to explore on your own. You may want to talk with your host about your needs for the weekend, the help that you'd like, and to what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  eyes, and allow my feet to trace a well-worn path that gets me from where ... into Kendall Square, I took some time to stop by MIT's Media Lab, where I ... else. I hope this a reminder that, even when your nose is to the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  plans for the fall, most people reading the FAQ immediately scrolled to big-ticket items like "who gets to live on-campus next year?","how much ... least once a day, so I was intrigued by the data plan, to say the least

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  'd never tried Opera before, but I was inspired to download it by all your ... . But more on those when we get closer to reg day. In other news, I ... you get used to how awesome Firefox is, you can never go back to IE

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  finally settling to a maybe-this-isn't-so-bad idea by the time you get to ... disillusionment, even after you pack your suitcases to the acceptable airline limit and ship yourself to the college of your dreams. Writing this would make

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  with ten or so others the minute they get wet, and think it's okay to ... moving to another dorm next year. So to sum up, don't get tunnel vision; your dream school most certainly isn't going to be flawless. I'm here to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007