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  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  try to see that far There, in the middle of a moment You're halfway to ... may have some questions, so we’ve assembled some answers to FAQs. Many ... you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also students who went to this school in the past and used to write for us, could

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  kickoff the season, I thought I'd share a little bit about my acceptance to ... turned the radio back on. Vienna was coming to a close. There wasn ... this one shuts. Class of 2026, I am so excited to meet you. Only a bit

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  This is a very brief blog post to remind you —  as our announcement ... is tonight! Every year we blog about 2.009, a capstone course in ... webcast at s009kindness.com, where you will also be able to ask questions of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  like it's going to explode more so than in my avatar. I graduated a year ... myself to leave the 'tute, so I took a job at MIT after graduation at the ... Tube channel - on everything from squid skin with a mind of its own to growing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  here, but I want to thank you all for using this as a positive space with ... Decisions come out in 36 hours, and I know a lot of you may be feeling stressed out right now. You can use the comments below to blow off

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

  Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.

  

  planning to post a quick blog entry; I recently saw this amazing TED ... working hard to prepare and plan for the weekend. If you're planning on coming to CPW and haven't registered yet, remember to log in to your My

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 27, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  high school as much as you can, a ton of stuff is going to happen in the ... wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be ... Bell "When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Party!

  

  I don't have much to say, I would just like to bring this to your ... . Miller '07 in the mud pit at Senior Haus' Steer Roast. The match ended in a narrow victory for Lowell. (Photo credit to Eric Schmiedl '09) Yes, that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Meditation Mondays Achieving inner peace, just in time for my 14.05 pset

  

  This was a fantastic session, short enough to appeal to beginners, but long enough to achieve a little harmony and inner peace. If you're on ... meditation and an experience of guided visualization, a simple, nonsectarian

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  As I wrote in a previous entry, I signed up to run the Back Bay 5K last Saturday. Results here. I very intelligently chose to walk across ... freezing. I attempt to curl up to conserve warmth (not tie Sam's shoelace

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  'll have a small reception for any students visiting MIT. The reception will ... visiting MIT on what is a vacation week for some students across the country ... (and hence won't be able to informally meet with folks otherwise or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding Online Decisions A brief update.

  

  , and things look good, but we need a few more weeks to be sure. Due to ... I am excited to let you know that things are looking fairly good for releasing RA decisions online this year. I had a meeting with our tech peeps

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on DesigNerds DesigNerds: Product Design TV

  

  So after getting a few questions and comments about DesigNerds, I decided to email the grad student behind the project, Barry Kudrowitz. From: Barry To: Bryan "that's great that students are interested in it! we are

  • by Bryan
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  11,231 Applications

  

  reported that we have received a record high 11,231 applications this year (this number will probably change slightly by the time we get to selection committee). While the article (as Ben has pointed out) contains a number of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New stuff on MyMIT, and more

  

  weekend, I hope to answer the backlog of questions, talk a bit about the ... I'm back in Boston now after two trips to Washington, DC in the past week and a half. As always, my recent trip meant missing some cool events

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  mechanisms - but then turn to a pset or some solved examples and feeling ... manga, since this drama is adapted from a manga series) to be Touma's alma ... "philosophical" it is LOL) So hello from the other side of a terrible week of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  scorching hot, and a few of us even pulled out our umbrellas to shield ... to a thrilling jazz concert performed by our own FJE and a local jazz ... ’ve guessed. And the cherry on top? For dinner, we went to a restaurant that

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  to pick half a peck of apples, a hayride, a bottle of cold apple cider ... MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for ... , and now I have enough apples that it would be wasteful for me not to eat

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  from the MIT homepage yesterday, the final day of voting. According to ... who wrote scripts (computer programs) to "stuff" the ballot box. It ... , two recent physics-related strips generated a little bit of controversy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006