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• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  what the message in the email said. And I wasn’t lying when I thought ... transfer in the spring. I’d have a plethora of extracurriculars. I wouldn ... alternative vision, I'm happy too. Happier? Possibly. In this Universe, I can

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  In comparing the beginnings of each of my academic years, I ... , I'm still quite familiar with several concepts in phonology and ... , I have an edge in this class that I wouldn't otherwise enjoy. Even so

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  instead of modern fuel sources in electricity-scarce regions. I’ll spend ... often rooted in the unknown. Fire spinning was foreign to me, and I ... befriend the flame. Similarly, I’ve grown close to the people in the club

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  hoped to meet you in, but since I’m already stuck in a staring contest ... blur together in a clumsy mess. Lately, I've been feeling a sort of ... musical roots to combat the negative effects of quarantine. In truth, I

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  2016 into several boxes. I left it all behind in Boston as I embarked on ... lunch. Still a work in progress -- I'll keep you guys updated.   ... the 8th, I flew into NYC and settled down in an apartment in Manhattan

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Well I Know That It’s a Wonderful World from the sky down to the sea, but I can only see it when you're…

  

  -digit decimal figure. How anticlimactic. This last semester passed by in a flash ... means in english." i closed my eyes, unable to continue. ... I slept. I slept voraciously. I slept with a vigor to make up for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  hope springs eternal a warm feeling

  

  the Charles River, recently covered in snow, I can't help but feel ... 's a feeling that I haven't felt in a long time—even the most exciting of ... trickle in: I see packing boxes, suitcases rolling into Next House; I hear

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vote for Ksplice! MIT's spirit of entrepreneurship and collaboration in action.

  

  Forbes contest would really be another feather in their metaphorical cap ... cast your vote for Ksplice in the Forbes "Boost Your Business" Competition!) One of the aspects of MIT culture I most enjoy is the Institute

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  of luck. I transferred, but if I hadn't things would have been fine ... traffic in the tubes. Our transfer admissions process was quite competitive. As in past years, hundreds of students applied, and we only had space

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  I'M DONE WITH FALL CLASSES! and am now back home in London, doing ... writing our problem sets, so I thought I would share some particularly ... indoors from the rain. One of the classes I just finished taking is 8

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Math Women Rock k + 8 = awesome

  

  Happy International Women's Day! I've talked before about how MIT ... in the United States. Over 200 of the top young women mathematicians in the country come together to compete for $49,000 in prize money

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  "Last Night" -- get it?! I took my 14.41: Public Economics final in the afternoon, so I wanted to go out after and celebrate. (I am so ... waited in line and saved me a good seat. (How dare they call me inefficient

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  ‘18 and I moved into Dream Machine, a cozy double in the third floor of ... You know you’re in a sad place when you’re so desperate to ... year, the brothers participate in a rather chaotic room assignment

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  change. I'm by no means bored with MIT but you can see how a year across the world can be enticing. So, in the true fashion of MIT students, I ... got a list of what colleges we'll be living in and I'm going to be

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  looking forward to it. A few things that happened in November: I spent a ... out in order to follow new friends around. I felt, in addition, that we ... than an hour. In a similar way, I committed to working out: gym, twice a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  printed and are sitting in boxes waiting to be distributed to YOU when you come to the Student Center to check in tomorrow*? Oh no! How will I ever ... Wait wait! Stop! Hold the presses! I have one more thing to add to

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  last carefree summer in Cape Coma. After a week of I-95 mayhem, I walked into Maseeh Hall, where I awkwardly approached the wrong desk to check-in ... crashing down… right in the lobby, making the scene I had so dreaded. It was

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• FAQ / Testing

  What tests do I have to take?

  If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit our Tests & scores page.
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  spirit of vacation, I spent the next four hours sitting in Starbucks ... that visit, I spent a couple hours in a Borders Bookstore near Penn ... and went to visit friends at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. I met

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  to the liquor store across the street. I'm in Greenwich Village. I ... 's the title of the first chapter. That's how I feel right now. where i ... career advice I've collected in my work notebook--a lot of it is less

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016