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• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  made happy and excited on EA day, and a lot of people were significantly ... today is the 5th day of Mekawit, 2007. On the lunar calendar, today is ... rank. We like to decide on a cold, hard, set of ambitions that don

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  few hours of free time on the weekdays. I just asked everyone in the ... the GRE biology subject test that I'm taking on Saturday... it ... or ecology since I got here -- the MIT department is focused on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  , almost 85 percent of MIT students will have collaborated on research. Chew on that! Well ok, you can, but from the looks of the research, I need ... metabolism. I’m on a mission to figure out what the heck is going on here, and

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  questions! I'm happy to do answer questions, and most of the bloggers are on ... a lot of surfing on each school's web sites to gather as much ... side-by-side number comparisons of schools. It is time to focus on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  of January where students can take a long winter break, take unique ... [/annotation] of the weekend: inauguration. Here's a cluster of weird and very ... greatest dining experience of my life. We were walking around Georgetown

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  oh, the crash and the burn

  

  longest streak I've gone on of not bursting and breaking down. (See ... again. There's been a lot on my plate as of late. There's been a lot of ... concert. Classes are as tiring as ever. And on top of that I've been on the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  , claims to have the largest selection of cold drinks on the East Coast. I ... students I met would expound on how much smarter they felt then the rest of ... advice that I think Laura once gave out and went on a schedule of 20

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Classes of Semesters Past, Present, and Future since you asked.

  

  In the comments section of my last post, Confused Frosh asked: "Can ... 's a nice record of my transition from pre-med/brains to astronomy. More ... each of these classes by typing the subject number into the Course

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  2.009: the product engineering process the best class at mit

  

  For some schools, the biggest events of the year are rambunctious homecoming weekends and rivalry football games broadcasted on ESPN. At MIT, though, nothing beats the energy and celebration of the 2.009 Prototype

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  the end of all that is to go on yet another Zoom call, or even just ... semester, I’ll go easy on any activities outside of classes, and I’ll just ... Last week, non-seniors who want to live on campus in the [annotation

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Copyright, Subpoenas, and You I prefer to keep the "you" part out of the picture.

  

  , the undersigned is authorized to act on behalf of NBC Universal with ... , Subpoenas, and You." I laughed. Of course they'd have to remind MIT students about this, the tech center of the world was likely to have tons of

  • by Snively '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  an AIDS Walk in Boston, and on the morning of the event, a bunch of us ... crown during the walk. Some of my teammates told me I reminded them of a ... , breakfast, and lunch!) Though he's spending his summer thousands of miles

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aeroastro privilege all-expenses-paid tour to seattle and los angeles

  

  basement of building 33. And this year, for the first year ever, the Aero ... organizations on the West Coast: Boeing, Blue Origin, JPL, SpaceX, and Northrop Grumman. So there we are, the students of the sophomore "aeroastro boot

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  the mountains with their shadows. I'm sitting on the porch of a coffeehouse in the railyard with a spoonful of melted ice cream, accidentally eavesdropping on the telephone conversation of the pretty lady behind me, watching

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  with bittersweet. Trust me when I say that I deal with all kinds of insanity at that place on a daily basis. (I'm a lifeguard at a waterpark, for those of you just tuning in.) You think you deal with rude customers at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  on that later. But first, a State of the Institvte address. The school year ended with a fizzle. I must admit, I love rolling out of bed on the ... much for me. On the bright side, all of my worldly possessions are now

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  the order of 10^-27 m and times on the order of 10^-15 seconds. Answer ... by the capital Greek letter omega. The inverse of resistance is ... -down letter omega. Yesterday I had one of those quintessential MIT moments. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  boulders out of the woods to make a 32' x 26' perimeter. On the Monday ... Center (ARC) and not by Admissions, so I'm not really an expert on those topics. For the best source of information, please visit web

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  applications have been evaluated. That part of the process comes later on, more ... , or or Wednesday, or a Friday, or possibly another day of the week, so it's a "Reading Day." I have already picked up a big stack of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  , here, and here, as proof of what I usually say on Pi Day: If you are ... 'd predicated a lot of my dreams for my future self on the premise of getting an ... put on a strong front to avoid feeling the disappointment of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021