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• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  first). I was lucky to get the opportunity to be here. And while luck may ... graduate school to being a professor, or from medical school to being a ... you can't get to the 1000th step without taking the first. Or the second

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  -violence, creativity, courage, and responsibility for one’s actions. The award will go to ... watch the webcast here. I'm probably not going to formally liveblog the ... Last July, the MIT Media Lab created a $250,000 award to recognize

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  willing to talk one-on-one with the conference-goers showed me that no one ... the reasons I have an interest in journalism today. What’s incredible to ... so well within a career that is still considered to be male

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  dallas. she acknowledged the need to mourn and grieve and be angry. and ... email from the president, three days ago: i decided to go. i ... talked at the table. we talked about how to build community and care for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  phases: Flying from Boston to London Taking the train from London to Bristol Taking an Uber from the station to the flat I’m staying in (I could’ve taken the bus, but I didn’t want to drag my luggage all over the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  incredibly intimidating. (Not going to lie: I was legitimately scared the first ... to document on my blog, is the sheer nerdiness of most everyday ... ordinary that I often forget all about them before I get the chance to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  immediately running to class (from the farthest possible dorm to run to campus ... closing of the door, the camera cuts away to a peaceful Next House Dining ... East, the more it dawned on me that they won't be here next year. We were

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Beaver Nation An intro to athletics at MIT

  

    Friday night I went down the river to the annual MIT- Harvard ... say is pretty well-summarized around the first minute of this video: To be honest, from the outside looking in, it may appear strange that MIT

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • November 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  that it was once not obvious that people would come to the blogs any ...  Instagram now. The account is curated primarily by my colleague Holly, who will be ... Nearly five years ago I added a Facebook share button to the blogs

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions, Round Two What's going on in this picture?! Another installment of our new little game.

  

  always, points will be awarded for creativity, not just for the right ... Occasionally I'll show you a picture and give you some clues to see if you can figure out what's going on in the scene. Welcome to Round

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  recording a set of movements onto paper, the goal would be to "avoid words ... Now that the semester has started, it's an opportune time to ... consist of Doritos? Will the effects of eating so many Doritos have a long

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  spent on the iterative design process and what it takes in order to be ... kid, I've always been intrigued by invention and design to the point of ... hanger into the socket and expecting my robot to come to life. Professor

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  .01L. I opted not to go to the review session because I was just too ... the best when it came to making friends. But somehow I managed to be ... 'm trying my best to be productive, to move on with all the shit that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Judd Logan is my homeboy He's amazing, so amazing

  

  foundation has notified him that it will be kept in reserve for him to use for ... scholarship to Syracuse University, until the prestigious Massachusetts ... will pack his bags for Boston. It is not surprising that scholarship

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  I belong. The people here are not intimidating. They are easy to ... Wesomeness." (The C didn't want to join the little acronym party, because its still ... Wesomeness that is MIT...As I would do right now if I had the chance to - high

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  you feel like you're not actually the right fit. To know that you have ... -chris-peterson-and-scrambles-his-brain-to-send-the-acceptance-magic. Fear! Panic! To address the worry that follows the question what if I actually

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  . Congrats to all of you who got your applications in on time. :-) And being a ... of EA admits from last year's 390 to this year's 522. Fear not, we have no plans to increase the class size, nor are we abandoning the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  WILL BE IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS CAUSING ... CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. THE JACKPOT... 10 TO 15 INCHES... WILL PILE UP IN THE ... . THUNDER MAY ALSO BE HEARD. SNOW WILL TAPER TO LIGHT ADDITIONAL

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  will be no extra content to this post. Kidding, of course. I've been ... 're not coming to Boston for the world-reknowned universities or beautiful ... I would love to take credit for the brilliant entry title, but

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  "be yourself" is not a trick just to lower your guard, uncover your ... make the best impression. Just my two cents. Just be yourself. It's not ... was easier to get into MIT than it is now) and have insights into the

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006