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• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  senior year of high school, saw that every blogger seemed to have at least ... seen the joy of at any other place. ... . This place is hard, in all senses of the word. It cuts you to the quick

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  ceiling of the Simmons auditorium and display my work of many days. There ... past the rows of viewers. I donned my best cardigan and favorite boots. Underneath my shoes, I concealed the mark of laziness, two mismatched socks

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  , which is a month of courses, events, and other activities around campus ... fix it. That being said, Monday through Friday now start off at this ... cooking for myself this month. I bought a lot of soup. A tad too much most

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  As something of an absent blogger over the past few months, one of ... -1 only has two days left on Hulu!", or d) all of the above). However ... , right? Also, true to form, I have returned bringing you something of a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  sorts of majors here at MIT to choose from that have nothing to do with physics at all. I could be an electrical engineer, I could do brain and ... ,000! I don't like physics. A lot of people seem to think I do. I'd like to

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] The night still hung in the air at 0630 ... of the only hub of activity for miles, I waited. I was crouched, poised to act, my eyes focused directly forward. Out of my periphery I could

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Images of Rush preparation

  

  leading up to Rush/Orientation. So I decided to bring you a few pictures of the activity in my neck of the woods. But first, a pic of my hallmate ... , confounding stereotypes not only of MIT women but of Course 6 majors. Anyway

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  I realize that the title for this post could be the title of a hymn ... to watch the progression of the emotional state of MIT students. The ... that they're worthy of MIT, and prove to themselves that they can handle

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  gripping Last Night at the Telegraph Club, I devoured the story of the ... myself take whatever train of thought arrived at my mind’s platform.  I ... large swathes of time to feel and think deeply at MIT. When you’re in a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  ’ll remember for the rest of my life - sitting on the beach at 3 am, surrounded ... their equipment is located at the top of the Green Building, so he has ... of power tools and construction. I’m not handy in the slightest, but at

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  experiment into a small beaker. We named him Krasty. At the end of the semester ... failure did not determine the rest of my academic career. Fast forward 16 years and here I am a senior at MIT. Interesting how that happens

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  ; the Dream: Reflections of the Black Experience at MIT, & Pedagogy of ... I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status, and I'm just sending pictures of my office. Matt and Ben are doing

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  18.02 exams. Sitting in front of my desk at 4:57pm, I realized that ... -inducing, and downright discouraging at times. But that’s one of the reasons why I ... displeasing. The whiteness screams out, “Look at me, I exist!” And we reply, “Go

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  honor to be here at MIT. Not only did I spend some of the best years of my ... been a bit of a track star at MIT, and I had finished watching Chariots of Fire one night at 2 a.m. I told him that it made me feel like

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  place it on the dining table of the 132 suite at precisely 12:10 AM on ... felt missing, at least Pi/3 radians of my heart...It's great to have him ... you ever want to see him again, you must meet all of our demands. The

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Democrats, Republicans, sportsmanship, books The unbearable awesomeness of literature at MIT.

  

  sheep, at least one side of which is black." So today I came home and ... least two books that are elements of this library system. 3. At least two ... DID YOU KNOW? The combined weight of all the termites in the world is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  slightly outdated) version of Marty's talk on the same topic at last year ... I blog a lot of retrospective trip reports (see, e.g., ISEF 2016, IOI ... at 1:30PM on Saturday at the center stage in zone 7. It will be a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT have a first generation community on campus?

  and personal development of first generation students at MIT. MIT's 17 ... building a sense of community among first generation MIT students, faculty, alumni, and staff, and raising awareness of their unique experiences
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  -computer interaction conference) at the end of April in Montreal! I’m super excited ... stressful. Over the course of my time at MIT, my relationship with work has ... . Typically at that level, there are some stressful weeks, but generally I feel

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  a dank bread mold on the underside of a loaf hidden at the back of the ... We often discuss diversity here at MITAdmissions: specifically, the importance of having many cultures and learning from them. Today, I would like

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011