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• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  Hi all, I am here in the office preparing the blogs for the post ... - I can't remember a time in which I was alone here. I hope that all of ... . Having you in the class would have made it no less perfect. But the numbers

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  . The other day, I called Allen, one of the underclassmen in my wing, and ... videogames. I sometimes play my friend Satya in Smash, and I don’t think I ... , and I’ll probably try to continue playing chess once in a while, too

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  two years ago i wrote about how to walk in the best way. but i forgot ... . part of this was because i was not walking in the best way, for several ... i have lived longer, so i know more about the best way to walk, and i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time doing. I waited because I naively hoped that life would settle down into a ... half in now, it’s safe to say that I will have learned a lot by the end

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  . Plus I got to meet Bryan in real life, and he promised he would organize ... Well, apparently I touched a nerve with my last entry -- sounds like ... 're googling themselves -- hi professors, I really do like you!) So my big news

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  weight of 4 Psets are setting in. All that being said, I am glad to be back and with a full schedule. Here is a look at how I am keeping busy for ... starters, I wasn’t in a huge lecture hall filled with hundreds of people. It

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  For Newtown

  

  own. I managed to sputter in reply, "Of course," before realizing that I ... called to do so as brothers and sisters of this world and I hope that in ... days that I find particularly pertinent - “When I was a boy and I would

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  entertaining and strategic, even if you end up losing every single round. I would ... embarrassment. "Oh, yeah, there's this gay rugby club in Boston that Ruth and I ... to Niagara Falls this weekend." Yeah, so I wouldn't say that in public

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  later and later. I wake up just in time to catch breakfast, which closes ... through denial, bargaining, anger, and depression until I have accepted in ... ships on display. I take a diversion to The Alchemist and take in the way

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  logistics of crocheting at MIT. How will I pack all my yarn? What project ... store in Cambridge?[/annotation] To whom will I bestow crocheted gifts ... 've successfully woven in my crocheting with my life at MIT. But why do I spend so

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  -on in the MIT community - so much so that I generally find out about ... my fellow freshmen and I when we arrived on campus in August, only to ... Hadron Collider project. Isn't it beautiful? I have no idea how they

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  I've already mentioned how busy I am this semester and have gone over ... already had. This last week, however, I learned something new. I learned how ... good in SolidWorks, how's it going to look in real life? The first thing

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  exterior. Ok that's a tough one. Let's see if we can zoom in a bit: How ... studying here reminds me that I'm pretty fortunate to have had the ... down in your work day in and day out. Of course, CPW brings out the best

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  also all had their shot, and knowing in my head who I would have voted ... voting for the first time. In 2004, I'd worked as an election official, on ... wonder how much your vote is weighted in the general election? Well

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  this ain’t (not) Texas yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw

  

  with cowboy hats:   I step outside and breathe in the toasty evening air. Hot like Vegas (where I flew in from), but much more humid. I ... "Howdy, how can I help?" I meekly smile at the word usage, and answer his

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 29, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Do You Like “Like”? What to do about social sharing.

  

  my druthers I would just use the Share button. But we seem to be in a ... Facebook presence, or is it A-OK? In any case, I would recommend that ... to the Facebook Privacy Dashboard, I would absolutely run the Facebook

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 9, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  (Guest Post) esolangs oh man

  

  Hello world! I’m Song, I’m currently a freshman here at MIT, and I lived in Jenny’s current room during orientation week before the Next House Housing Lottery switched up everyone’s rooms. In the class

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  you can see in my bio, I'm a senior at MIT this year. I'm taking a lot ... lab -- how exciting! I've also been working on assignments for my other ... Wow. I've had an intense week. And it's only Wednesday. Now, finally

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  the last 6 years I have lived in 4 houses, had 3 careers, and 2 kids. I think change is great! (I do plan to stay in my current house, job, and ... Director of the Educational CouncilHometown: Little Neck, NY (in Queens

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tweet, tweet plus: swarming, oil spill cleanup robots and virus-made, clothing-embedded batteries

  

  coming across all these really cool stories of MIT in the news that I ... !), I'm looking forward to yet another interesting year. In my plans for ... I know it's been forever since I've posted anything - things have

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 26, 2010