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• Blog / About Decisions

  The waiting is the hardest part

  

  understandably, very anxious. I've seen this twice a year for the past four years ... things a little... It was one year ago. Decision letters were in the mail ... MIT in a designated space marked off w/electrical tape. Then I rigged up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2004
• Blog / People & Identities

  Quarantine and Social Life trying to maintain some connection

  

  face-to-face interactions in the hallways and classrooms. Obviously, this ... compilation of some of my favorite calls/interactions in the last few months. I ... either by the technology used or the reason. In addition, I will only use

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  two behind; forward forward lock forward, which, in my mind, is step ... , lifting my left, as my partner nudges me in front of him. i shuffle my feet ... forward, is that it’s a call with four steps. waltz music is in three

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  "]wake up at 7am,[/annotation]and head down into the cramped gym in the ... person who would come as we were finishing. In the quiet of the building, save for the mechanical whirring that plague every dorm basement, we got

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  fun new interfaces for musical expression. Professor Ian Hattwick ... [annotation note="For our first assignment, I made a synthesizer patch that ... glue would dampen the triangles’ acoustics, Tetrahedron would account for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  paint with five other girls in my sorority. Further down the bridge is a ... ’s rewind 65 years ago to when it all began.  POV: it's 1958 In the fall of ... the shortest pledge in the class — none other than [annotation note

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  writing gary wang’s wikipedia page why did I fill out the wikipedia page for the ftx cto?

  

   Gary Wang’s newly-created Wikipedia page. Gary Wang, for the uninitiated, is ... it out. Then I got banned from Wikipedia for vandalism. I’m not ... questions for me about what an MIT education should mean, what

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  of cool things i had applied to (externships, GTL) in order to go hard ... ="when i'm feeling motivated, i go in to lab at around noon, leave at 4:45 for fencing, and then sometimes go back at night to squeeze some more

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  just finished gulping down a breakfast burrito. Back in high school, I ... can't take an exam without scrambled eggs in my stomach. I've been ... upbeat music to get hyped up on my march over. Pray for me. Thanks.

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  MIT! I arrived in Cambridge one month ago, but it feels like its been ... ’ve averaged 15,375 steps per day – more than triple my daily average in July ... FPOPs). In my FPOP, I got to see the wonders of MIT’s mechanical

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not all heroes wear capes – but some carry tubes. 2021s are happening

  

  decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same username and password that you use ... in to decisions.mit.edu. To ensure that you will receive a decision ... . The verify page is available now for applicants to confirm their login

  • by Riri Williams '20
  • March 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  I'M DONE WITH FALL CLASSES! and am now back home in London, doing ... that your uncle is in fact crazy.) Cutest observer ever: A note ... pset, which was optional and intended for final exam review: ^ That

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  A cappella is one of those things that is really weird to type.  It's one phrase - "a cappella", Italian for "in the manner of the church ... instrumental backups.  like in Pitch Perfect!) Anyways, as you may know, a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  : (This is how I brainstorm most of my doodle entries, for those of you who are curious.) But in any case, if you don't know who I am, all you need ... up a fake science show where Ryan and I would do experiments in our

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT honors Officer Sean Collier (photoblog) photos from today's memorial service

  

  turned out by the thousands today for a memorial service to honor fallen ... memorial service found other ways to pay their respects: Rest in peace ... -Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 24, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  -to person for all MIT happenins') to ask him if he knew anything about them. As usual, Steven was in the loop. He mentioned how he had stumbled upon ... an anoymous artist has been placing these little guys in cities all

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  forward a little bit at a time in one tiny, specific system. But she loves ... 's a terrible metric for uselessness.) But the same is true, to varying degrees, in every career field, with the obvious exception of the five or

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  thought. When a nurse came in to see me and asked what I was in for, I ... ; is the blogger get together known in all it's syntactically misleading ... every year for a few years, I suppose it's supposed to signify the first

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  , graceful, and the kind of person who, when I'm tired and crying at 2 in the ... 've seen her in a variety of roles over the past year and a half or so: she ... questions for Anjali, feel free to contact her at [email protected] - or just

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  for this day to come, for this year to end. But now, a large part of me ... . For those of you who haven't applied already, I strongly recommend that ... memorable events in 18.02 (Multivariable Calculus) took place the day just

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010