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• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  to classes for a while. maybe some of you are far away from any ... through the air, i’d stand by my window all day and whisper comfort to ... sad to think that, if i added all the stress i feel right now to the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  day went to setting up decorations, doing some last-minute rehearsal ... and set-up had all led up to a two-hour performance, and i really didn’t want to fuck it up. also, my parents were coming from New Hampshire to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  eruptions bring to mind the old tales passed down from our elders. i’m from ... talk about volcanoes, and my teachers have been old enough to remember ... enough to have been through the worst, but it was near enough that they

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  date; it can be helpful to add them to a calendar app or spreadsheet. Don’t wait until the last minute to submit. Life loves going wrong when ... ’t going to reject you for forgetting an apostrophe, but why give yourself

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  places around and at mit godless and holy

  

  's difficult to compile footage all together and i'm really trying my best. but ... scientific and technological advancement, as well as close to one of the ... 've tried to make an effort to explore campus and its surrounding city area

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  seldom has enough free space for me to actually get work done.  [caption ... ~[/caption] here’s what’s on my desk, from left-to-right, top-to-bottom: my friend ... agent, and I actually got to see her at Boston Book Festival last month

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  that my days are a constant stream of checkboxes on my To-Do list; i ... swept away by my next assignment before i even have the chance to reflect ... find it hard to stay engaged since lecture is punctuated with problem

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for October write those personal essays! submit those early apps! get PUMPED UP

  

  Last month, Petey posted a motivational soundtrack for the month of September. A lot of y'all seemed to like it, so we made another one for October! This month's theme is to get hyped up and get shit done! :) Give

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  dying to check that fateful webpage sometime in the middle of December ... to upperclassmen as a warning not to mack on the frosh, Newton's Third Law dictates that it applies to the frosh as well. An important note

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  I've never been to Seattle before. One of the things I love about college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month ... Seattle because I wanted to try something new. I'd heard from many people

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  . Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play Labs yay an accelerator for VR startups

  

  , and artificial intelligence to improve video games, e-sports, healthcare ... to get follow-on investments as part of their seed round (up to an ... 've been involved with the Game Lab and VR@MIT before, so it was exciting to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 18, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  least one of us knew left and right--students going to London, Iceland, Geneva. It seems everyone on campus was trying to get away from the Institute for a bit if they could, some of us at least to the refuge of sleep

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  i contributed to in my urop at the center for civic media:   ... from mit. even when you're not on leave. i went to a documentary play about race in education and the school-to-prison pipeline, called notes

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  . Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of ... open forum for you to talk and shake it off together. We understand

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a week of class notes airplanes, ethnography, and some bonus doodles

  

  theory is about making messy systems behave the way you want them to behave ... class in space systems engineering) have led to real systems for ... to understand the world, but trying to understand how other people make

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 11, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  after winter and before summer, in which vegetation begins to appear, in the northern hemisphere from March to May and in the southern hemisphere from September to November 2. a resilient device, typically a helical

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

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

  

  community. Today I'd like to take a look at Dorm Room Fund, a venture fund ... partners and scour their campuses for the most innovative student startups to ... a lot of grad student startups, as DRF isn't only limited to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 8, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  . Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some ... what to call; that's okay too.    We'll

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2015