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• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  other kids from my school had gotten in (to have one would have been crazy ... the fact that I hadn't gotten in and only checked my account to confirm ... about you guys a lot" is a gross understatement. I'm sure in the coming

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  did not immediately know how to get to 35-225. in retrospect, i do know ... ended. the classroom was in 34-101, and my next thing was in 34-501, so i ... some lunch, and sneak in some stardew valley before my next class. have i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  morning at 6:45 AM. (My postdoc at the lab told me I don't have to come in on Tuesday until after I've taken a nap. This may sound nice, but is in ... application and wants to get to know you in person. I'll be meeting this weekend

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  So today at work, I had a little "free time" so I decided to peruse some of my favorite websites for news and updates, but I have this tendency of opening too many windows so my computer crashed and I had to

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures of me

  

  . This is actually a good pic, though I bet my mom would disagree (she was ... necklace that I'm wearing in the UAP/VP '06 debate. A more wishful thinking version of me. "Me in fearless crusader mode." I hope that this has

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  her logic was that she would have time to hide it from me, figuring I ... like, two-thirds of the way up the block, and I was pretty dumb in high ... . Anyway, she didn't really say anything, when I walked in, but merely thrust

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Should Go To Canada In which Kayla E. '15 and I took a spontaneous adventure to the great land…

  

  CAFE! A CAFE WITH CATS! CAT CAT CAT!!! Kayla and I would just sit with ... like "I am cat" and don't care about anything in the world. Anyway, we ... The other day, I had an interesting conversation with Kayla E. '15

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  everyone else would eat potato chips and brownies, I would cite her "fact ... , so anyway, Sam thought he would be super cool. Wishful thinking? I ... : Actually, I would even wait 3. :: Sam bangs head against the wall :: HAHA

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  ultimately how everything ended. Unfortunately, I'm still so overloaded by ... anagrammed to spell Log Rot." "Let's call it in!" "OK!" Now, granted, I made ... . What was it called? "The Gym." Vice-Coach Horace Ferret would be in the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  now there's a winter storm advisory and I'm shivering in my winter ... would’ve never guessed I’d enjoy it, but I did immensely because of the ... . What should you pack for the four fun-filled days? How do you pick a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  Freshly minted prefrosh! Three years ago I was in your comparatively ... without my future dark green double-canopy umbrella. I got lost in the ... . I even did my differential equations homework in close proximity to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  Institvte. It's been a long three days. I don't really care how space optimization in C memory allocation works any more. I just want to go to sleep ... -inducing dream about carrots baking cakes in the interim. And then I decide that

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  application. Also, I am not going to count the words in your essay. I have never ... say than what fits in 500 words. If that is you, I'd encourage you to ... s/he would give you. They may tell you to send in the longer essay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Sign of Things to Come If Paul Revere went to MIT, he'd say, "The psets are coming. The psets are…

  

  I guess summer is coming to a close. My schedule was posted on WebSIS. :-( [In all honesty, I'm actually really looking forward to this semester. The classes I'll be taking are really good, and I've wanted to take them

  • by Bryan
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  MIT proper, I have been in Spain for more than two weeks! I don't know how many students from Spain apply to MIT each year, but just in case ... beautiful country. Recap (for people who are wondering why I'm in Europe

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  with insightful questions. I would rather enjoy my time at MIT in ... prefer smaller classes, and I liked that Math in Moscow had classes with ... university, I didn't want to pay $26,000 for the spring semester. Math in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  --become the center of the universe." now i am sitting in the grass outside ... email from the president, three days ago: i decided to go. i ... departments, from the terrascope program, from mit libraries, students in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  DOTA2 players Tune in next time to learn about how I managed to get ... competitions later, I'm still having a blast. I came to learn how to dance and ... -essential employees I said my final goodbyes, hopped on a plane to Canada and shipped

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  Force life so that they will become better officers in the future. I spent ... lead and how much they contribute to our Air Force. In ROTC, during the ... crucial to our nation's defense rejuvenated my enthusiasm in ROTC and I can

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  called 'To the Deferred' - and I want to now add to the words expressed in ... didn't get in: I have a story for you! And hopefully, it'll make you feel ... one application in particular that I poured my heart into - I wrote nine

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011