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• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  for those of you still patiently on the wait list, as she once was ... excerpts from the mit best of the blogs. [caption id="attachment_52458 ... room[/caption] you know how the feeling of having someone

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind ... 'll know that the decisions have been mailed. The Name On The Door. Why does ... cooler to capitalize on the dual "E.Jones" thing instead of having "E

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2007 Dancing and dining with 950 engineers; candids of Bryan and Sam included (~25 pics)

  

  The 2007 Senior Ball was last Saturday night, and as a member of the ... other things, the first two consecutive days of nice weather since ... the building with the red lights directly to the right of the Prudential

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 11, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  reading Rosalind Franklin: the Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox. I say ... Bookstore the first time I ever visited the campus back in my junior year of ... it's considered the definitive biography of Franklin's life. Everyone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  academic year is completed, and as such, it's also the time of year that MIT ... contributions to MIT life, culture, and academics. In the realm of arts@mit, this means recognizing the winners of the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yellow, Blue, Green, and Red Free art and how to borrow it at MIT

  

  that most of the freshmen who are placed in Maseeh end up moving out, I ... hallways. In an effort to spice up the recurring blandness of Maseeh’s white ... work? 1. Gaze in wonder at the 600+ works of art at the Student Loan Art

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 29, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PrimeShooter An addictive factoring game.

  

  game which actually relates to the name of this very blog. It's like ... check out the Math Department here and its plethora of resources. Here are a few other good math opportunities and resources: Art of Problem

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  will never be able to use this word again without thinking of the ... knowledge -- the campus, the events, the city -- but most of all it was the ... seven hours of sleep each night? (That was me, by the way. Take care of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  uncertain when you hold them too close. Still, I add to the list. Markers of ... and uncontrollable, I return to the list. I remind myself of what I know to be true. Some truths are easy. For example, the addition of peanut

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a compilation of creative projects creativity? at MY institute?

  

  discoverability (including a variety of easter eggs), but the end result does have ... .[/annotation] In the process, I ended up doing a variety of creative projects—here are a few of them, organized by class: 21M.401: Concert Choir At the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  stand inside !!!). We also spent a good deal of time taking in the view of ... is in good condition, but the paint on top of it is old and peeling ... : the view from on top of Cambridge's tallest building. The MIT Radio

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  of rock climbing. So while the blip was more like a bloop, it was still a bloop nonetheless, and I went about the rest of my week unaffected by this new nugget of knowledge. Turns out the rest of the week was

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  beautiful posts about the current feelings of black people throughout the ... couldn’t. I began thinking about the type of things that you don't think ... some people try not to think about the inevitability of death. I put my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  A view of Next House from across the river: I have gotten a lot of ... was one of the main reasons that I chose Next House. In RBA, you live ... take advantage of the fact that they lived near me... we were not a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  classes begin next week. But over the last week, the Class of 2026 arrived ... . For the rest of you, REX is a great opportunity to find out about the ... what the MIT culture is like, at least as reflected by the kinds of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  makes a good summary of an application. I just finished reading and ... of Chicago. This is a school serious about its academics. Check out the ... Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  (sorry, Nathan) and utterly incomprehensible. Sense of place is perhaps the most permanent aspect of how (if you’ll excuse the pun) [annotation note ... grandfather’s grave.    When I came to MIT, the repertoire of places I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  SoOoOoOOooooo it’s the most wonderful time of the year: IAP! That ... the crushing guilt that comes with not using every moment of your free ... a “super long break” with the incorporation of IAP, but everyone who

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  . It is the first installment of the Guide to MIT (coming next: residential system), inspired by the recent comMITment of the Class of 2022—WELCOME PREFROSH!!! The sections of this post are: 1. Degree Requirements

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  or less, except instead of going to the NFL Combine, I'm going to FIRST, or Olympiads, or Maker Faire. So what does this change for any of you ... things to focus on, we've crowned Lydia Princess of the Internet, and Her

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014