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  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  professors at each school to find out which ones I might want to work with, but ... advice I'd received in high school about college decisions. I'll give it to you in the form of a short poem I found recently by Piet Hein

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Sometimes we have fun Pictures, pictures, pictures

  

  Winter break is finally over and I'm back at MIT. As much as most ... , maybe I just miss the freedom that comes with being away from home, but I miss being here just the same. There was so much I wanted to tell you

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  neediness in terms of paying for college, are from middle class families. I ... . While trivia can sometimes be useful and interesting, I wish this ... rapidly! Here is a picture I took of the building, in progress, as of this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a doctor. The summer ... statements the same? Nope. So since I'm from the 80s, I can tell you that I ... surgeries and hold a defribillator in my hands and say "Clear!" As a kid, I

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  tie my shoes in the morning. There is no EXCUSE!" I have no excuse. It ... kickin it in the sunshine out in Killian Court, or eating whipped cream out of a can.. or some combination of the three. So I'll start from the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  story of how my friends and I unleashed a birthday explosion in his office. So in case you didn't know, I should probably tell you that Ben is ... Caroline and Tina snuck in and decorated. Basically, I knocked on the door

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Solar Eclipses and Bloggers bloggers around the country all watching the eclipse

  

  Earth. To someone standing on Earth, the Moon would cover the Sun. In a ... direct sunlight. The day becomes dark and you can see the stars. Some ... out the sun over a path that included the states of Oregon, Idaho

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  the past month, I’ve done everything from holding a ferret in our ... our fields. I’ve seen students participate in a petting zoo in front of ... : Early Move-In So it turns out Virginia is a fairly long drive from MIT

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  letter to MIT, I glimpsed a beautiful future in which all of life ... . One day, when he was finally free after class, I jumped out from one of ... Sadoway, can I have a UROP?” and Professor Sadoway was like, “Email me your

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  of uncertainty and consternation. I write today, as I have in the past ... service, who have been commissioned out of MIT. ...   In 1996, with the ... In late August, the Trump Administration issued an executive order

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  -40 undergrads per class year in course 9, although I think that number has been ... /systems/psychology. If you like all of it, you can dabble in everything. Have it your way ... Today was supposed to be my first day of lab work in our new lab

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  ’s just put that out there. I mean, I’ve seen the list of previous ... to tell, and it was one we can all relate to: the story of falling in ... out in the world and meeting people like this little girl is what put me

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

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  ago, Matt and I spent a solid summer afternoon trying to figure out if ... an actual wizard. Loren applied to MIT while I was in grad school, so I ... interested in Comparative Media Studies, which is where I earned my graduate

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  into our backs at the end of every term and I didn't want to go out in a ... post. And it’s real! I’m working on a low cost, high-risk project in the same lab I’ve been in for the past year. It’s extremely unlikely to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  that high above my head. Yeah, I know, I should work out. This past week ... time of my life – outside in perfect 75-degree weather, the one jacket I ... the most difficult concepts taught in 8.01 (Physics I: Classical

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I got in. It was my first college decision, and I was so excited, and so ... . :) I haven't done a Q&A in a while. I'm sure that the new admittees

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on ... MIT waitlist, everything will still turn out well for you in the end ... our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come for CPW or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  States. I’d love to tell you that the film has a happy ending, in which ... MIT. Dreamers can continue their studies in the U.S. thanks to DACA ... is very significant. After that, how can I give up? How can I stop just

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  four of my wisdom teeth taken out. Five minutes before the surgery, I lay ... , which freaked me out a bit. "How are you doing?" Well, I thought, it's the first day of my spring break, I have an IV sticking out of my arm, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  weekend on their MIT portal; in fewer than two weeks, we will send out a ... CPW! If we can help you plan for CPW in any way, please call the CPW ... info, check out the MIT Bhangra Club and Bhangra Blast. A.M.C. asks, "In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005