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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  definitely not unnoticeable among the masses of people who obviously slept the ... 7, 2011 : Take note (ahaha) of a few things: 1.) The reason you ... even. You start to think the dome is a mocking symbol of the work you

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  schedule for the remainder of your week, to take advantage of the adrenaline ... interaction reduces the amount of time you have to think yourself into misery. I ... Pi day is almost here, when all the hard work from both applicants

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  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 ... you find some peace through the storm as well. https

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 8, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  time for you, but we ask that you converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our process. ... pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  converse in the comments below civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our process. ... unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  converse in the comments below civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our process. ... unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Vol. III Everyone gather 'round the laptop 'cause it's movie time!

  

  's a video. Boom. Sorry in advance for the singing. If any of the other ... poopy situations, and Anna has been dancing the night away in Cambridge, I've been going on to Facebook, enjoying plenty of potty humor and having

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • July 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  the level of distinction. List any non-scholastic distinctions you have won since entering high school and indicate the level of distinction ... tried to make the distinction. One way to think of it would be this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’M BACK!!! This, kids, is why you should store your passwords somewhere safe, just in case Firefox…

  

  finished blogs too for that matter). So I started the arduous task of trying ... Ok, so long story short (I'll blog the whole thing later), I use firefox to remember my password to login to the MIT blogs website. I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 9, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  more importantly, and more to the point of this entry, some shirts I ... , you may be wondering, dear reader, why I'm pontificating about the joys of getting mail. Well, for one, I wanted something to take my mind off

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  Location: 4-270 There'll be four panelists, all of whom have a strong ... , with the remaining 50 minutes reserved for questions, answers, and debate. This event is especially important in light of Benazir Bhutto

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Thursday

  

  defense of Phil '05 5:30-6:30 -- piano drop at Baker House (in honor of Drop Date) 6:30-9:00 -- "Three tongues of the Muse" -- A tricultural poetry night with dinner, live music, and dance The event will include: -A full

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  Hi everyone, There have been a lot of comments in the blogs that we're going to mail on Pi Day this year. This was indeed the case last year, but ... - it will indeed be in mid-March, but Mail Day depends on a variety of

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  I first stepped onto MIT’s campus in the summer of my junior year ... ’t quite supplement the feeling of actually being on campus.  That being ... that I would feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of STEM in comparison

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  Hurricane Michael, which struck the United States last week, has deprived thousands of  people of power and property across the American ... until Regular Action if that allows you to get the rest of your life in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  same classes (often the timing of our schedules were different, but our ... spent mostly apart: 1) This semester, the ratio of us meeting people as ... thought, it was also fascinating to see the reactions of people when they

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  reschedule exams (like my exam on Friday potentially), the Dean of Student Life ... of influenza that was tested to be neither A or B. Flu season hasn't actually started, so the verdict? Probably H1N1. Wonderful. MIT Medical gave

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  experience at MIT. Now, ending my junior year, a mere 1/3 of my life at the institute so far has finished. It's the natural motion of the world. More experience leads to a smaller proportion of the time it took to gain that

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  i'm taking this course called "The Science of Well-Being" on Coursera ... me nothing but grief?? but i'm really enjoying it now. the majority of the course is composed of an overview of the psychology behind being

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2024 i3 videos megapost

  

  and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these ... with the advent of YouTube/Vimeo/etc they are now posted online ... As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 12, 2024