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• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  - I can't remember a time in which I was alone here. I hope that all of my colleagues are still asleep - they deserve it! I'm sitting here ... as a function of admitting, not admitting, and time. Maybe she'll let

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  stories and decision paralysis

  

  graduating in a few weeks, i haven’t stopped meeting new students here and ... a few weeks ago someone wanted to shoot a music video and needed a few dozen extras in the background, so they made a big group chat and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  weren't explicitly forbidden (and because who'd want to piss off such a ... Cornell isn't tired of losing yet. The whole thing can't even be called a ... good things" goes, but you can't deny that he's super smart. Maybe just a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  said "Luck won't do me any good. I'm sure Admissions has already made ... a ton of MIT internal email lists that I am on. I proceeded to get ... it a few days ago! (Sorry Rishi!) Anyhow, this is certainly one of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  every few days. And I’m sure it all is a fraction of what her family is ... the second part. A few key moments: “Hey.” The somber tone didn’t sound ... earth-shattering. I started to imagine the worst-case scenarios. I’m a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  necessarily believing it, but just seeing if I relate. (I'm an Aquarius and a water snake, iirc.) I would definitely say I'm a superstitious person -- I ... creative person and I'm a firm believer that sometimes the best ideas come

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  pause. and because this was a spare tire, it couldn't go above 50 miles an ... a free gift from the front of the store. actually, we didn't even ... 've been accumulating more, even though i don't have a car here in boston or

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  -- everybody in biology gets fellowships, no RA or TA necessary, so I haven't a ... . 2. a sophomore asked, i'm gonna be a sophomore next year and i rly ... reason to do anything. 6. Anonymous asked, I'm considering a double major

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  This semester, I’m taking a class called 21.01, “Love, Death, and ... [annotation note="I personally don't think Beethoven is a genius, I'll just say ... up for FOUR HOURS of a thing I didn't even understand! And the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  would like to live in them (1 = I WANT TO LIVE THERE! 17 = I'm a guy, you ... assigned a dorm, a room, and a roommate (they don't tell you your roommate ... dorm. Readjusting doesn't always mean you get what you want, but it's a

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  wonder what I'm still doing here. It's true, what am I doing here?. I can't ... looks like (don't panic - take it from a reliable source that there is a ... has a talent for solving problems, and I can't remember a time when he

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  tedious to outright AWFUL and i'm still recovering from struggling through a ... each of the first two psets so i didn't stress about it until i saw my ... 's not even talk about how quickly I put a [annotation note="6.009 homies

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  ! There were SO MANY of these sing-a-long thingies. Be happy I didn't put up ... My most vivid recollection of a July 4 celebration came from a book ... . Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  didn't have to do that) and took me out to get a pedicure (my toenails ... ) I'm a pretty good shot, 2) I like revolvers better than Glocks, 3) I ... Caitlin '15 If you haven't been to a Renaissance Fair, no words can really

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  you get to know  Now I’m in a big city. I don’t go out into Boston as ... blog to show that there *isn't* a 'best way' to choose where to apply ... was a sample size of 20, and master's aren't required by any means, but

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  -too-familiar-yet-not-familiar-enough campus. I'm just some girl who overshared a tad bit too much on some ... lined up, and it's good. I have a boyfriend I'm ready to move in with, to ... accomplish enough. That I didn't do the thing that I set out to do. That I'm

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  -wracking. You don't really get a chance to redo college, but that doesn't stop you ... 's quiet and it smells a little funny. I don't feel very different. If I ... was a quiet kid. Not because I was shy, but because I didn't really have

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Genshin Impact and a better introduction to me

  

  MIT I don’t know what there is to say about MIT. Honestly, I’m a little ... person in the picture is Albedo, who’s an alchemist. I don’t have a lot of ... , *said singing* the only exception, doesn’t have a vision but can go around

  • by ana~
  • October 7, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me

  

  though I don't know whether this truly is just a phase or not, I'm happy to ... . Things aren't upsetting or exhausting, but exciting. I'm not sure what ... , really just light up a room." To which I quickly replied, "Oh, I'm just in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  you, or do you wish me a good morning, although it is obvious I'm not ... brother Deak: DEAK'S IMAGE: Whippersnapper, I didn't make it...I'm sorry ... ... LUKE: But I'm not angry... not anymore... I understand why you didn't

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006