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• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  send in extra materials? The only thing we ask that you send in is the midyear grade report. You can download one off of the MyMIT website if you ... in your life. This is not required nor is it expected, but if anything

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  in the universe, death, taxes, and MIT students complaining about how much work they have to do. I guarantee you that one day will not go by in ... something therapeutic about complaining. So in keeping with MIT tradition I am

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  by two attendees of the Hong Kong Comics Festival & Game Fair in one of my vacation photos. In this case, getting the right answer took two ... character in the picture is a modification of the 'Masked Rider' who was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  I feel like I’ve been involved in science bowl forever. In 8th grade ... can, [annotation note='speaking of buzzing in, RIP to Alex Trebek, who died 1 week ago :(']buzzing in[/annotation] as soon as they know the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  on our plates as well - training to become officers in the United ... around campus, dressed up in our Air Battle Uniforms (you know, the green ones) or in our blues (they’re quite spiffy, I know). You probably didn

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  recently graduated and is now working in the Cambridge area. We decided to ... things to see. There's a lot to see in Boston; we only got to two of these ... .S.S. Constitution in Boston Harbor The Constitution, a.k.a. Old Ironsides, is a three

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  in my own MIT application. I remember the day I brought it to the post ... -- when my acceptance packet arrived in the mail. I remember driving ... site that Ben Jones created, where we could all check in and get to know

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  as the second-greatest moment in television history. If memory serves ... themselves to a differential equations textbook, buy their first starbucks ... hour, and since then I've never actually failed a test in an MIT class

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  in Madison with other recruits and a company representative. In other impressions, the company had a slide instead of stairs in one of the buildings, and D&D sword and throne room in another building. I got to stay in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  ), buying a house, and eventually retiring. The goal is to collect as much ... cash out at the end of the game in exchange for money–$10,000, $20,000, even $50,000, equivalent to the payday salary of a “computer designer” in

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  and comfort, even if you're lowkey still in your TikTok fake vine phase ... food, but buy a $5 coffee or smoothie every day anyways. it's probably ... ideals, and are likely in the [annotation note="undergraduate association

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  up buying the spicy version because I prefer having a bit of a kick in ... the Trader Joe's lovers out there, you are in for some good news! The ... three weeks or so.  We'd go late in the evenings when the crowd wasn

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Out of Context Quoteboard SFW for the blogs, unfortunately

  

  split us all up - funny things are mostly only funny when they're said in ... emails in my inbox that were sent to this mailing list and pick out some of ... in which these quotes were said (and I am the genesis of at least a few

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  easier way to put that. I wrote about my first semester in my post called ... became more involved in promoting mental health and general health on ... in for my HASS concentration! I will concentrate in writing and reading

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!

  

  I am sitting in the coolest little corner of our courtyard I've ever ... incredible this experience is, and how grateful I am to live in a place this ... . In other news, like I mentioned in my last post, the theme for East

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  in February. Raphael very kindly woke up extra early to help me pack ... asleep and didn't notice that the driver was tailing other cars in icy ... the delicious ravioli (I woke up in time for lunch :)). Raphael woke me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  IAP, particularly in the context of its coding/robotics competitions ... -deathmatch style, minus the cage and death parts. 6.470 finals are pretty boring in ... of cash it took to buy the T-shirt) and recruiters itching for coders

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  So…I'm not sure exactly where September went, but in plain English: school got harder. We're in rough terrain - first wave of exams, or in my ... courses in your major) – and more pressure to be uh, mature and serious

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  Alright, folks. Let's get down to business. Buying cookies and ... , which is totally serious, all the time. I live in Nest House, which is ... advisor to discuss some subject in a group of around 8 housemates in a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  , it's because MIT hates me. II -- Yesterday, while sitting in the kitchen, I decided that I hadn't roller bladed in a while and I missed it ... then just bring/buy what you're most comfortable with. You by no means

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2008