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• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  . There is a world of possibilities. Making it this far is already something ... . Early Action decision day was on a Wednesday for us. We honestly can ... dreadfully long time. Here is a gif portraying the eternal and existential

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  remind you that there is more to life than just differential equations and ... change the world. Let's not forget that there actually is a world out there ... guys are amazing. I can't wait to meet you. And to those of you who weren

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  camp is where a college (or colleges) hosts a soccer training session ... The college recruiting process can be a confusing world to maneuver ... time, and you can be recruited into junior and senior year. My entire

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  idea, there is a way to fail. There are readings that illuminate ... Read Read Read Read Read Read Write Such is the life of a HASS major ... their format is shocking after a year at MIT. It’s odd not to pset here

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  sing This is true--it's not a lore! Oh MIT. You offer us experience, The realization that if we act now, we can contribute to the world. You house us in a place where we can be inspired and taught By one another

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  MIT is an acronym, or as I like to say "L.E.A.M.I.T.I.A.A"(did you catch ... there) I think it's safe to say that there is a lot of stuff that goes on ... I know what you're thinking, "Whoa, two posts in two days? How can I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  You're a first-semester senior and this is what Section 2 of your ... is right near the range*, so you put on a swimsuit and head on over ... office lady: "You can leave a note for him and I'll get him to e-mail you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  actually write out a nice, thought-out entry, you think you can cover for me ... is frustrated with a lack of secure, simple, elegant storage options ... , including "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition;" she is now CEO of Lifetime. A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  from everything you have ever known and loved and to settle into a new reality halfway around the world, but I’m sure a lot of you have heard all ... there was a catch somewhere, but two years later I know that unique streak

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Wolverine is from CANADA. Okay, first of all, who ... . BUT YOU JUST WANT ADVICE ON HOW TO WRITE A WINNING EARLY ACTION APPLICATION; WHO CARES ABOUT SQUASH SOUP RECIPES?! Well, uh, I can't help you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  restaurant back in 2003. There’s a[annotation note="which is better described ... When I think about my earlier angry tears, I can’t tell where my anger is ... responsibilities, I missed a critical time in my youth where I could have molded

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  may seem like a skill that is impossible to acquire in fact came from knowing nothing, trying, failing, and trying again — a process which you can ... up and started to get ready. If you have never built a big project, you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  One of the things I truly love about MIT is that you never know when ... incorporating transparent concrete. Wait, what? So apparently there is something ... ) but it still reminded me about how much innovation there is in an

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Expanding on Pass No Record It's not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon!

  

  A C ON YOUR FIRST SEMESTER TRANSCRIPT What you can get is a bunch of ... FIRST SEMESTER TRANSCRIPT The other side to that is that you can't get an A on your first semester transcript. YOU CAN NOT GET AN A ON YOUR

  • by Snively '11
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  There are only a few authors whom I feel very strongly about, let alone love, and Jhumpa Lahiri is one of them. The Pulitzer Prize winning ... often simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting. So, you can imagine my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  time around, summer is over and school is starting (although not for a ... August being exciting. This, I think, is the point where I break to throw ... other). Most of my waking life is spent in front of a computer, an

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  hand in hand. But what you might not know is that MIT's original hackers ... movement of trains across the railroad. You can find some pretty ... below, you'll find a complete turntable setup.

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  , and realized that there was a spotlight on it. Why is there a spotlight ... try to get an hour long nap in. Or, it means I can tell you what I ... bar you can put your feet up on. We grabbed our five seats and settled

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  classes is actually, uh, not a break, even if you don't have any class. My ... , which is a real classic MIT experience). Here's what we got up to: I ... . This is an Event at our house, and occurs only rarely. There were

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  a younger age is not the right course for most students, for a select ... coming from areas where there are not enough resources, and they have just ... blindfolded? Can they go a whole night speaking only in palindromes? These

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005