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• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  to be reminded, it is that time of year: the time when tensions run ... when the time came, because who wouldn't be? My usual defense in this ... , how it would feel to be rejected so that the emotion wouldn't come as a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  going. This summer, I've been reflecting upon the fact that soon I will be ... yourself can be scary-- especially as someone who doesn't really "go with the ... for something to be different? train stopped. The reason I moved to the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  selecting the right mix of ingredients from which MIT graduates will be ... misguided. "Academic merit", it is suggested, should be the sole dispositive ... automatically and deny the rest. Would this really be a better admissions process

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  fixed in the future, they will be required to add safe, accessible bike ... can be deceptive. For example, Massachusetts Avenue, which bisects the ... biking should not be an afterthought in roadway design" and will require

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  , getting to know you guys!) You will arrive at MIT at a time when the fight ... good. And know this: you deserve to be at MIT, you are and will be valued here, but it can and will be hard to remember that sometimes

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  the day—[annotation note='I have... many thoughts on being a “woman in STEM”. I see the arguments for women-specific programs being adverse to ... , the Margaret Cheney was smaller and many repairs needed to be managed

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  cousins will be graduating high school as well; many of the Class of 2015 either have already or will soon go through the same pomp and circumstance ... class of 2011, when you get to the rest of your life - there will be so

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  timelapse video of the sunset, thoughts on being in a creative slump, an extended vlog section at the end that tries to be less angsty/more "relatable ... that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  the rest. You will not be treated differently for not getting in during ... indication of how successful you will be in the future. Do not fixate only on ... have a feeling that the scariest dragons that you and I will face in our

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  certainly within my lifetime, only the rich will be able to afford it, at ... of you who were will know what I’m talking about. The universes within ... games as my preferred form of media, but I still enjoy the thrill of being

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  multiples, the impact will be beyond what you can imagine. It is difficult, no ... weather today for the marathon? But it should be done by now though” and ... people could be so nice and welcoming. My host family picked me up at the

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  cases in advance, so we don’t know when this will be. However, decisions ... announces in advance which days it will be posting decisions (without specifying which cases will be decided that day). You can see a calendar of

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  center, the baby will come flying out, to be caught in a net. The obvious ... that some people would be physically capable of running across the ... down, the more likely that cow will soon stand up; and Second, that once

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  brilliantly talented, the very asset that got you in will be the biggest and ... the things I can do as a result. It may be a work in progress, but my ... Webster's dictionary has two entries for the word smashing when used

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  at age 17, then I will never be good. Specifically, I will never be the ... ’t, then it’s clear that the former will be ahead. This gap will generally ... deepest insecurities is the idea that I will never catch up, which manifests

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  the dining. It does note that freshmen are tastiest, and will be paid ... announced that all GRTs will be replaced with ravenous bears. You write an ... a different number on it, but the only companies that will talk to you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  crystals. The colors and shapes are as pure as can be.   Above left: To me ... convenient dust cap and the rotating end can be connected to a rotary switch to ... and the radiator may or may not be falling through the floor. Here is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  on campus on the mainland. It will get progressively exciting, I swear ... opened the package later, it turned out to be two Amazon Echoes. Nothing ... decline the offer. The weather just happened to be beautiful.   This

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  obvious now, but it will be someday. 50 Things supposedly still gets the ... celebration. The invitation is a complete honor. It's great to be back in my old ... content. I'm flattered but, to be clear, the best thing I ever did at MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  Ahh, the application essay. Why is it so agonizing for students worldwide? Which topic shall be chosen, A or B? Can I impress those admissions ... that dream in the sky that I think I wanted more than other dreams in the

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008