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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…

  

  politics. davis was a good place for me to end up, especially with the ... stayed in drafts. However, I thought it was still relevant, both for those ... for those of you still patiently on the wait list, as she once was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  different times in the same week—twice for classes, once for a club—and each ignition taught me something new. For the Spinning Arts club, I went to ... , and training for months, I learned to befriend the flame. Similarly, I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  MIT. This semester feels particularly special for a number of reasons ... the swim test lol) For the first time, I have no mandatory soccer ... .  Dance. I kind of want to try out for Dance Troupe??!! I think DT would be

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  *THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo

  

  love for a few square feet that I'll have to pack up in about six months ... our minds. Sometimes, when I found myself gazing for long enough upon my ... events for all of the newcomers to our building. And while that promise

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  looked forward to entering ~introvert hours~ all day... alas. A chase for ... ='with the Accelerated Materials Laboratory for Sustainability, headed by my ... happens [for] ~4 days every [annotation note='these are 11 years long

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  , making friends you see for but a few months. that's what summer camp is, and i enjoyed my summer camps. but part of me yearns for relationships that last longer. for the selfish reason of having someone i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  credit for 6.0001, by taking an advanced standing exam, didn't go so well ... actually not required for the computer science major, and I was a comp sci major for my first ~2 years at MIT, so I didn't take it freshman spring

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  doesn't cut it for my social battery anymore, so I make an active effort ... activation energy for doing so was dummy high and because I didn't want to miss ... suitable for children in the slighest. be careful lol

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  We've gotten some questions about our essay prompts for the ... you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100 ... the world you come from; for example, your family, clubs, school

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Fitting in at MIT as a Latino family weekend 2014, day 2 and what I learned

  

  Center acting as the central hub for Latino students and student ... suspense for that question either, I don't know the answer. I would sure hope ... for the 2014 Cena a las Seis was MIT Professor Junot Díaz. He spoke

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  : 1. Take the candidate outside. 2. Wait for the familiar rumble of ... looks up at the airplane, the candidate passes and gets the job. Having ... . My reasons for choosing aerospace engineering (Course 16), however, don

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  7-9, 10-12 system) was being a member of FIRST(For Inspiration and ... in two alliances of three teams each going head to head for a few minutes. The game is also broken up into 3 sections, autonomous (where the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Design in Boston [By Doug '14] Events that showcase the creative capital in and around Boston.

  

  [By Doug Sanchez '14] After taking 2.97 (Design for People) I ... . If you are a web designer this book will be your bible for internet ... that I DMB’s event are great for networking but for some reason I

  • by ARTalk
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  of people who make up the admission staff. It is the collective wisdom ... parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant ... I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  rights on eBay for $36 and used the money to build stadium seating in the ... :     Chad ’13, in the green shirt, stopped by the kitchen for ... watching the West Wing. A few minutes ago he was reading up on hyperinflation

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  -dozen current students in a room with a bunch of pizza and soda for 48 and let them come up with a bunch of ideas for levels and build very simple ... , you may click here. A few pre-emptive FAQs: MTG isn't loading for me

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  morning, I peddled a small piece of my soul in exchange for my academic ... about classes with my advisor for 10 minutes, and walked out with seven ... earlier tonight while waiting for iTunes to load*. *Not that this is

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  waking up at 7:30am on weekdays (this is hard for a college student. really ... city for analysis so recommendations could be made for energy ... staring at The Weather Channel for hours on end as a child, and having a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  I've been putting off writing this entry for a week, because I simply ... the long, introspective part for a later entry, once I've had a chance ... Boston, which has been my home for more than a decade, and which will

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  hosted a luncheon for the cadets where we heard an incredible war story ... importance while we were at CHICON. First, we voted for the Charles E. Yeager ... Arnold Air Society for 2008-2009. This resolution passed after heated

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008