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• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  happy, as it will be the first time in my life that I'm not home to help ... ate it up. I will be having more turkey on Thursday in Plymouth, MA ... The thing about short weeks at MIT is that they're not really all

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  finite. You wonder, at some 17-25 years old, how you will fill the blank ... graduates, amplifying the imposter syndrome that many of us will have ... , the unbreakable backbone I will need to continue in this field is no

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? We're still processing many, many documents. Don't worry, be thankful.

  

  points will be given for the most creative expressions of thanks. ... after the document is entered into the system, it will show up in the ... documents have arrive, been entered, and been filed -- a cover sheet will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  about applications for the next round of fellows will be available at 20 ... Yesterday, the Thiel Foundation announced the first class of the "20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows." Though actually numbering 24, all of the Fellows

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  for EA will be extended to accommodate things. Also, Grommit (where ... know about. Send it to the usual Admissions address and be sure to put ... Last night after work and before the Red Sox game, I went out to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  should be very soon, at which point I will blog very loudly about it (hint ... to open-source creative computation at the Welcome Center. https://youtu.be ... best practices will guide us in the years to come. [carousel image1

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  brothers) was willing to take a dunk. Oh, yeah, but the marathon. See, it ... Yesterday was the third Monday in April, meaning it’s Patriots’ Day ... ). The third day in a four-day weekend, it also marks what has been a

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  school is all I was focusing on? But the next round will be better, right ... much. About how the class will be significantly easier the second time ... arrow goes from the nucleophile to the electrophile. Enantiomers can't be

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  , and stress this semester, it will be the strolls in Chicago with my ... drained. I needed to re-discover why I needed to be at MIT in the first ... mentality, I got on a plane to be back in my beautiful Chi Town!! I took the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  ). Although this might viably be a mistake on the movie producer's part, it ... be. General Observations: * The movie is very loosely based on the ... very end of the movie) are completely only present in the movie. To be

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  think I just will never be able to fully let go of my inhibitions in the ... . emma To my dearest, sweetest Emma. I feel like this will be a ... did or said. I wanted so desperately to be liked. But by seeing the way

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  the summer, asked if she would be willing to let me visit her lab. To ... particular, I really enjoyed being able to talk to the undergraduate students ... the Fourth, as an MIT student, and I couldn't be any happier. I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  contact the appropriate branch (Army Navy Air Force). Be sure your ... is the last acceptable testing date for MIT. Be sure to designate MIT ... . It will save you and us some angst in the long run. [For example

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus, version 2.0 More pictures!

  

  next trick, I'll be talking about the MedLinks Dating Auction this Friday night, at which I and nineteen other students will be auctioned off on ... being just the slightest bit terrified of the whole auctioning myself off

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s new and exciting? You get to pick a blog topic! Yes, you! Definitely not me!

  

  This afternoon, as I was walking past the Center for Ultracold Atoms ... foot through many a congested intersection to the Cambridgeside Galleria ... shoes exhibiting the minimum amount of traction possible, and so it

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Evaluate your MIT Student Experience Dear {{FIRST_NAME}}, Every four years, MIT surveys all undergraduate students about vario...

  

  many questions as you wish. Be assured that the data are confidential, and the results of any research or analysis using the data will be ... thank you for your time, we will be awarding 150 TechCASH prizes (valued

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 27, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  Hi everyone. As you all know from Matt's post, decisions will be ... should be stressing out about that, this blog post is about something else ... cubes in a 3D world...The game is divided into two main modes, Alpha and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Dilemma Free (food) for all.

  

  between the fruit-filled cookies known as Hamentashen and the fried potato pancake known as the Latke. Two teams of MIT experts will present their ... Banda from Health Promotion and Wellness will be not only talking about

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  ." Your application will once again be considered by the committee during ... action applications. We will admit the best applications we can during ... are available; by the beginning of February would be great, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Start shaping up in January! I like.

  

  Despite the constant intrusion of multivariable calculus, I think I’m in love with IAP. The recurring theme seems to be: Things get thrown ... muscles will count as exercise”. Well, the possibilities seem endless now

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 22, 2010