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  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  , and I hope you'll feel free to keep in touch and talk about all the ... decision. If you're still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  the dorms[/caption] A few days later, I decided to buy pre-made red ... . The morning of, Anoushka and I got to work in the kitchen, but waiting ... some magic, and eventually we had the cookies in the oven. I rushed over

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  wonderful things for education in this country. While I was in Reno, I also ... , I learned (the hard way) how not to pronounce "Nevada" (hint: it's not ... 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. Do you have cheerleaders? This, I guess, is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  and asking "where would be a good match for me?" I was a good student at a rural but well-resourced public high school in New Hampshire. I ... I was stronger in the humanities and social sciences than in STEM, so

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  than 50k in the United States last year. One thing I like about Bebras USA is that it has really has taken root in the midwest and mountain ... computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  sundresses, flip-flops and shorts. Today, we are in the midst of a winter storm ... ,000 in the GE / mtvU Ecocollege Challenge (www ... petro-diesel to create a blended fuel that can be used in MIT’s

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  that I should've worked harder in my classes, even though I also know ... try my best to be forgiving towards myself, but I still slip once in a ... the mindsets that I held for granted back in high school. I stopped

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a ... doctor away. Because that's how calories work. I have two younger brothers ... I like eating. I like eating a lot. By which I mean both that I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  'll enjoy the moment. I certainly would were I in your place. Revel in it a ... smart and when I called them from the airport as I was leaving in ... and tried to keep it in mind at every stop I made. In a few days this

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  , too long? And later tonight, get the exciting story of how I braved ... after you solve the puzzle. Flavor Text: Lost in the jungle, Joe is ... : Sometimes the text included with the puzzle gives you hints as to how to solve

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  process, but a short one. I had to apply online, book an appointment, go in ... obvious, but you’d be surprised. In the past, I know I have certainly done a ... 'll need it. We all do.  I hope you found some nuggets of wisdom in there

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

  Spanish Incubator, where I would study Spanish poetry and literature in the ...  not in Spain and I was left with effectively nothing to do this IAP ... semester in CMS.300 Intro to Videogame Theory. In addition to this, I am

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  that was as close to a celebration as I had come in quite a few years. A ... crab. Since I’m smiling in the picture, I can only presume that I was ... costumes in class! After class ended around 4pm (6.0002 recitation), I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  where it would be kept and for how long) or a storage facility in Boston ... 'll be given a spot in the dorms"]never see again.[/annotation] I've mostly ... everything in a box. No need to partition items into "do I need this at home

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  he would die. The last time I saw him, my mom and I went to Israel ... think I’m happier now than I have been in a very long time. I have more ... that, second because I have things that I want to do in my life, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Presenting…My Prefrosh! ‚ô•

  

  beaver I am, I decided to book my flight to CPW EARLY in the morning; 6 ... , and I arrived five minutes late for checking in my bag and thus missed ... amazing! From chilling in Simmons, where I remember pulling all nighters

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  has been sitting largely in its tote bag on my shelf because I wanted to ... building route sequence would be 7, 5, 1, 3, 4, 2, 14. If you're not an MIT ... enough time here, you'd know exactly what that route looks like. In

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ecosystems And Web Sites A science question & general check-in.

  

  sun or some similar primary energy source? Am I missing something here? I told you guys - I'm not a science kid. Hook me up. In other news, I ... .) Except tell me, you science experts - how does an ecosystem with "fantastic

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  second-team all-district in Division I as a senior. He played on the 2007 ... article for all of our readers, but for our LDS readers in particular, I ... Church News telephone interview. "They're genuinely interested in who I am

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  ", or as I like to call it, "How To Write Good Code That Won't Kill People," taught by the inimitable Prof. Julie Shah. In aerospace (and lots of other ... "Communication Systems and Networks", or as I like to call it, "How the Internet

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016