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• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  ! And good luck to all. It is a 50-50 chance, after all.   ... ", whenever I apply somewhere. Obviously, this is very, very wrong. But it's kind of assuring to think of it like this. It's a yes or a no. And I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  one of my trips back to see friends in the Boston area. It was one of ... small dashes of whimsy make it go from a list of puzzles to magic. The ... for it to be MIT’s Mystery Hunt in particular, it doesn’t mean the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  -picked to assemble the best possible team to climb the mountain which is MIT. I have to tell you, this is one hell of a team. Every year I tell ... another place. If it is amazing, it is amazing not because of some local

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Another year has begun Welcome to my world

  

  mountains of Colorado and even time to be bored, it is nice to get back to my ... . Being at MIT is like living in a bubble, but it is definitely a bubble I ... It’s amazing sometimes how much life at MIT can seem removed from the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  - which is fun, but can lead to a lot of confusion. When I first started ... begun! And orientation is about to begin! I'm writing from home, but I can ... orientation and pre-orientation is to meet as many people as humanly possible

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now (Actually) Available Online

  

  best possible team to climb the mountain that is MIT. There are also ... is that MIT is just another place. If it is amazing, it is amazing not ... Update: the once-in-a-century alignment of Super Pi Day appears to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  is a true gem in its entirety, but the three main points that Petey ... how to restructure their lives around virtual learning. This is the ... that you are capable of getting it. One of my friends’ response to my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  think i can make it." (real things) so, here it is. a message to me and ... sound trite, but i genuinely mean it. i think that i have a tendency to ... is a hotspot for birders!) joanna always being willing to grab lunch

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  3 Simple Steps for Making New Friends Guide to Meeting People

  

  hears music being played, he can’t help but approach to see who it is, and ... come make it look like I belonged here by talking to me, while I also ... , view the passerby as a person who is waiting for you to speak to him.” I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Events

  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  , it was finally time to unveil the design to the entire class! The day ... , it was time for me and Ann L. ‘26, two of the artists on RingComm, to ... squinting against the bright lights, it looked pretty damn close to being full

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part two) sophomore trinkets

  

  affectionately refer to as our memory mushroom), and when it overflows (which it inevitably does), we pile the stuff next to it. At the end of the year, we ... to see this, but it was an awesome show put on by the Musical Theater

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  Special Relativity with a brief intro to General Relativity is 1) a physics ... cause I will not talk to you if you are not holding a muffin for me.). It ... being able to do physics so quickly that he is a veritable blur. This was

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  they're up to these days! It's not surprising that MIT alumni have found ... dozens of fields, open exclusively to MIT students. Although there is no ... —the pressure is always on to glean as much wisdom and learn as many lessons as

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  excerpts

  

  't bring myself to do them. Such is life sometimes, I suppose. I wanted ... students to use before it's due, and a version with solutions after they ... do feel rust because of how long it's been, it's been so fun to think

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  to real life. A GRT is MIT's version of an RA -- I guess at most ... is not in fact Utopia, and if I say, "Nope! I love everything about it!" that just sounds completely disingenuous. I guess to some degree this is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  majors (perhaps thinking that if they make it difficult to understand, only ... first concept to understand is the General Institute Requirements (GIRs ... have to complete 270 units outside the GIRs, which is substantially

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  product, and proceed to spend every waking hour of their lives (it seems) working on it, hoping to have the full, finished, working (!) prototype done ... afraid to start cheering in lab when we got something to work. Obviously it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  after experiencing this tumultuous year, it's strange to be having a ... way to the Western Avenue Bridge, which is near the Harvard Business ... ! whenever the weather is good, i feel guilty if i'm not outside, so it's great

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  , this is a great commencement speech. So is this one. --- So it's a week ... QUOTE(S): "If I have kids, I'm going to name the first one "Control ... decisions, everyone! :D --- WHY ART HISTORY IS AWESOME LIST OF ALL

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  Music for Pre-decisions De-stressing manifesting calm and cozy vibes to get you through it

  

  Waiting for college decisions is difficult. Trust me, I've been there before. This is a collection of songs that helps calm me down before going into something stressful. Many of these were songs I listened to while I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 8, 2023