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• Blog / About Decisions

  Facebook. Because social networking makes you cool.

  

  Hey all, I'm sorry you haven't heard from me in a while; I'm working on passing the aforementioned 18.022 exam. Final in 8 hours, you ... ). For your benefit, so you can all get to know each other in one central

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  worked. I was in the “captain” spot on my team, a symbolic position that ... question about the centrifugal force–wait, a trick. I knew this. I buzzed in ... went unanswered, reduced to just a mark on the scoresheet. I buzzed in

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  : I love living in a city, if for nothing else but the food. Last night ... scrimmage at 10pm. Should be a good day. Opening up a big can of worms: so, I ... Mario 3 (yes, it was released in the same year that an applicant I read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Application is now available! You can now access the MIT freshman application at MyMIT.

  

  You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman ... ; printed materials that are mailed to us will be scanned. I recommend that ... in a 2-D environment, before mailing us any additional materials. If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  I hope you’re all getting excited for Campus Preview Weekend coming up in April (sign up now)! Since I know you just can’t wait to meet ... attended in the Bay Area of California in the spring after I was admitted to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  localization – how a robot can figure out where it is in when you place it ... undergraduates. The EECS department is the best in the country and has pioneered ... -Packard, Qualcomm, Analog Devices, and Texas Instruments. I sat down with Hanhan Wang

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  understood that I learned how to answer them at some point in the past but my ... wanted to sleep. The only other time I remember feeling this tired was in ... extended essay in order to get the IB diploma. I remember thinking (as many

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  . Depending on your subject and which year you're in, you can have anywhere from ... general feeling of panic. I, myself, only got about 5-6 hours of sleep each day last week. This is non-trivial because I like to, and usually do

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  ). One of the most fascinating things I discovered in the course of writing ... understanding. I learned that when William Barton Rogers founded MIT in order to ... in artisan, as in skilled craft. I learned that, as far back as 1919

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Events

  This…Is…BLODGEBALL! Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about us.

  

  like a 4-year-old. I realize that I could write a whole entry on how our ... Note: I'll be doing a Q&A video with our very own Dean of ... -dot-com - I get to make silly videos, draw doodles, write my opinions and then

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  talking about in the morning, and I managed to catch a glimpse of it on my way to a 7.03 (genetics) exam in the morning. After the exam, I headed ... head in, and asked the (slightly confused) occupant, "I'm really sorry to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  have 4 large windows that I normally open to let the breeze in. I like to turn on my music and just nap in my bed, forgetting about how difficult ... 's exam season, so I have been up late studying/youtubing for the past week

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  neutrality isn’t about objectivity—it’s about who has the power some words on facebook trending topics, and also net neutrality

  

  with some idea of neutrality? And how can leverage notions of net ... in his analysis of state power (1980): [The state] stores and can ... broadband providers and the FCC. Going farther back in time, we can consider

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  in the sun for the last two days, and when I got on it to ride to work ... the application. We are looking for people who can communicate in a ... It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) It's hot

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  element of surprise, alas, but I'll try to make up for it in thoroughness. Seeing as how I have two weeks of free time between now and graduation, and I've broken many, many promises of various entries on this and that in

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  parents' computer to mine-detonators in remote Third World countries. When I ... the Midwest or whatever. If I cleared one of the smaller minefields in ... mean, I interject on behalf of you since you can't leave a comment on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  also wrote:  In the coming weeks, I hope we will remember this feeling of ... personal consequences in their daily lives.  Whatever the outcome, I very much hope that in our interactions with one another, we can hold

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Tale of 8 Instagrams Low resolution, high flavor

  

  can change from pleasant to ominous in a matter of minutes. And that ... Once upon a time, I developed an Instagramming problem and started to Instagram everything, including the view of the Prudential building in Boston

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  how grief manifested itself in me. Instead, it was a tangled balloon of ... except for the voice on the other end. I’m not sure how many of the words I ... to sink to the ground too. In that moment, I felt nothing. There was

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

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  Some friends and I were chatting the other day, marveling at how ... either constantly or frighteningly never. I've been up in long enough ... 's when I graduate!I've been, in a word, miserable. This sort of misery is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010