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• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  there is still deciding where to go for college. happy decision day ... approaches. for those of you who've already decided to come to MIT, yay! welcome! for those of you who are still on the fence, i thought i might

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  , but for a Set of Inexplicable Reasons it did not go up in time and has ... , in spreading the message that Many Things Are Arbitrary. For one thing ... your life plans or self worth on it. For another thing, whether you end

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

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  working on stuff for the MIT 100K Competition. I started helping out with ... acquired by Broadcom for $1.24 billion. The competition occurs three times a ... , some for the first time. The companies presenting this year were

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  Applicant for the Class of 2021, and see how you’re doing. If you ... for “50 Best” representative of the actual applicant pool ... -long Kurt Vonnegut binge that was unrelated to college but did inspire me for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  . I spent the day scanning news sources for updates, any updates, and ... am afraid for people I love. I am afraid for all of us. I want the ... --radical reenvisioning is the only way forward I see. Where can we go for healing and peace

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  ? The guy who did the voice for a cartoon horse." Yet even though he didn ... miles to get clean water for her family. Instead, she could spend that ... . There is not always a freaking app for that. Take water again as an

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  the semester is stressful for everyone. For me, it's a plodding ... dollars for coffee; I like working in the library, but it was closed today ... have changed in the past four years, mostly for the better, and I'm a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  start up in that field (see: genome sequencing). Aim for small wins first ... in 3 months? The answer is to shorten your cycle time by aiming for ... forces you to build for a real customer; when you have deadlines every few

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  took Simmons 40 days and 5 hours. I am incredibly grateful for the help ... ,000 piece puzzle to leave out in Simmons for people to solve over IAP? If this ... for. A group of six of us worked for most of the evening and didn’t call

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Startups in Dorm Room Fund a venture fund run by students for students

  

  Opportunities abound for student entrepreneurs amongst the MIT ... run by students for students. At DRF, college students become investment partners and scour their campuses for the most innovative student startups to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 8, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  far away from home for a bit. One afternoon that summer, while about ... ; Hanna's gone off to New York for grad school, but I'm stuck around because ... FOR THE HOMO SUPERIO-HOOOR!" I picked up the receiver again and said

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  10:30 → Wake up. Panic. No time for real breakfast. It’s too early to ... Wonder’s “Visions” for the third time. It’s the perfect soundtrack. 11 ... that maybe it’s too hard for the class and not the best assignment. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  that sends out alerts for weather reports and updates when needed. I also ... drought conditions for too long Two days later the temperature suddenly ... and dry. Yay. So on Saturday, to prepare for the worst, I went winter

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  . This got me thinking: what would a success profile for an MIT student ... profile for the Ideal MIT Student™, I do have a good sense of what types of ... 't too hard for most MIT students.  Your standard class does a good job of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  decided that MIT was the place for me, I spent my weekend traversing the various dorms and houses to decide where I actually wanted to live for the ... only a little over half), and stayed for just about fifteen minutes

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  for MIT. I had never rowed before college, but I fell in love with the ... was important to stay in shape and to keep my mind off school for some ... (there are varsity heavyweight/openweight and lightweight crew teams for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  difficult subject for me to write about, so I am going to stop and let you ... last Monday for Team MR8 in memory of my friend Martin Richard, who was killed in the bombing two years ago, I also ran it for Sean.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  of goals for this semester: Be less lazy. Yes, it's freezing cold ... . Every day, I've tried to do one nice, unexpected thing for someone. I ... successful at achieving these goals and maximizing my time. For this Throwback

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  have to kick it into high gear for my 6.042 exam on Wednesday. I spent ... of sleep/studied for 8 hours and still failed!" with a "I only got 3 hours of sleep/studied for 20 hours/went to office hours and still failed

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  A few weeks ago, a friend at Princeton traveled up to Cambridge for ... so we (me and another very close friend) met him for a meal before ... we take for granted as residents of the East Side. In a similar

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014