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• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  mattered. Friday, December 13, Early Action decision day, was to be “the day ... of APs to the warm spreading feeling of “but I’ve taken X number of APs ... self to stop worrying. Nor should I. Worry was inspiration. It’s why I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  "Yes I said etc...... Just don't think about it to much (oh and I ... nevertheless every piece of your life seems to fit into the right spot. You ... ,” and then proceeded to do so….   When I came to MIT as a super

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  , because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel a little since I tend to talk about glass-blowing and truffle ... office to catch up on non-reading work and meetings and I spied a bunch of

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for ... floor. The rest of B entry had gone out to Memorial Drive to watch the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  students to submit their final decisions so we could figure out whether or not we could go to our wait list this year. Every year, we always plan ... unprecedented, record-breaking percentage of admitted students choosing to enroll

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  For Newtown

  

  Newtown, CT. I got home that night, ready to study for the final that I just ... the phone that night. "I'm about to watch a movie," he hastily answered, clearly oblivious to the day's events, continuing with his trademark

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  I just came back to my dorm room from all the graduation hooplah. I ... strange feeling (being graduated, not being sunburned. I'm plenty used to that by now.) On MIT’s list of 101 things to do before graduation for

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  Here’s a little tribute to lobby 7. Since my start at MIT in January, I’ve walked through this lobby nearly every weekday to get to my ... taking pictures in front of the seal. I’ve stopped to watch the practice

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  time of day. My name is Lydia. We have a lot to catch up on. I was born ... salaries and some help from the government, was just enough to buy half a ... to Chicago in 1996, when I was almost four. Most of the stories from

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• 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 paired with a mentor in the Boston area to do an original scientific ... year I had applied to be a counselor, but I landed the job of AD. My boss

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Stress Management @ The MITstitvte What's a student to do when school gets rough?

  

  Facebook asking how to deal with stress, and got a massive influx of ... students do to manage stress, so enjoy the brief lapse into generalizability ... music!) The anonymous personage on the right did not wish to reveal his

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  . As I walked her around the myriad of different labs that serve host to ... me off guard. To me, this was fun. I get to spend every waking hour ... carrying on a conversation with my friends who are desperately trying not to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tweet, tweet plus: swarming, oil spill cleanup robots and virus-made, clothing-embedded batteries

  

  been so crazy busy, I don't ever seem to have time to sit down and blog ... 're interested, feel free to follow me - I'm @MikeyMIT. Meanwhile, I've been ... 'll try to post (or more likely, tweet) to share with you all. Today, this

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  them leaves quite a bit to be desired. On a tangential note, I've been ... 'm taking in two weeks to give a presentation at Mainz Universitat (that's a whole other blog) and if this course is to be believed, the Germans spend

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Your friendly neighborhood webcaster ignore if you can time travel within your own lifetime

  

  /password we emailed to you). The video will come down soon after the CPW ... the wonders of MIT I planned to register for” to “that potentially life ... inexplicably decided to watch all 5 seasons of ‘Quantum Leap’ back-to-back, which

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  goodbye With one test, Adieu to five point oh I can study my heart out With ... ashamed Just one test sets my head inflamed Silent music starts to play One ... down I feel like I'm gonna drown To GPA yet to come Still out there yet

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A little something while you wait. Don't plan on doing work until we finish this.

  

  , largely consisting of doing nothing, making random trips to Steak 'N Shake ... right there with year-ago-me. Yay, you now know where you're going to college (MIT, clearly), your teachers have given up on trying to make you

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  students here had dwindled down to single digits. I logged on to take a short study break, and... This entry is going to be really spontaneous, since ... class!) decided to blog about schoolwork, I decided to pitch in my own

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  to go off. I go and look at my computer (which is supposed to be my alarm clock) to find that the power adapter askew enough that my laptop ... trudge through the rain to Sunny's, the greatest breakfast joint in

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  And I'm back! I'm determined to make up for not posting at all in the last month by being incredibly prolific in the next. I expect this to ... wrote it to show people the way that I chose to tackle an electronics

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007