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• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  , and I'm going to spend it having a blast with the people I love in a ... . --- All I can really add to that blog entry is that this year, I'm reliving ... that you tried your best and that is all you should expect of yourself

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  what that was all about)/It's-the-Boston-Marathon-and-the-city's-a ... ... aren't you supposed to be in school?" which is totally a legitimate ... ' stuff I want to tell you guys about (including a video of the Simmons

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  this isn't a bad way to find a starting point: ask me anything in the comments. Go ahead. Don't be shy. This is a judgment-free zone. To ... music I'd tried to analyze a few years ago, and some of it makes a lot

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  We understand that everyone has a unique story and that we can ... your school, community, or family, and any other information that you ... application is read in a holistic manner, within its proper context.
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  stop by or don't have all that much time to chat. So, just who are the ... Today, the Class of 2011 started to arrive! With International ... great to see everyone. Note to '11s: Ben, Bryan and I are generally around

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  back into Random.     As a bonus, here is the melody and vista of a fire ... tenth, eleventh, and twelfth floors of the high rise and is broken up into ... floor, with colossal windows on two of the walls, and we also had a suite

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Results from the Photo Scavenger Hunt On the bright side, there's alt-text!

  

  --though if Schrodinger is to be believed, before posting the entry, I was ... scavenger hunt! Enjoy the fame and glory that comes with it. P.S. I'm trying ... I write has to be reviewed by security, and needless to say, it's a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 27, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  a couple of hours, and I found myself lying on the floor of the lounge ... there, but I guess I was on the floor because that thing I was staring at was the ceiling. Then it hit me. I realized that this would make a good

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  We’re Linux! "Aha, Linux beats paper!"

  

  . And now, here's a cute little something to brighten your day. Maybe I'm a little crazy, but isn't that just too cute for words? :) The ... Congratulations to the future class of 2013! I'm looking forward to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  . Schools understand that this scenario is a part of the process, and it is ... The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most ... will MIT take from the waitlist? Is it true that you haven't taken any

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  to design robots. TOFU, who is named after the squashing and stretching ... all sounds very fancy and highminded but the important thing is that ... in reading and committee for the last few weeks. Today may be a Sunday

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Events

  picture the world my phone's storage space hates me

  

  never sat there for more than a few moments before i returned to the ... to bike there and try to recreate that moment.  [carousel image1 ... east side, and then back again in the afternoon. a pedestrian crossing

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Branching out

  

  With two Central Meetings down and two to go in the Bay Area, I ... building a mini-Sukkah (MIT's is currently up on Kresge Oval, thanks to ... should be my largest meeting of the year. My best estimate is that we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  to do is go here and click on the "Vote" icon in the top left ... that I might pop back in every now and then if the occasion's right. =) So, here's the deal: Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  think it shows that we’re all people. And at some point, being a friend to ... about the event and this is what he told me: "The Next House Thanksgiving ... everyone a place to go for Thanksgiving dinner, and we tell residents to feel

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  from other departments to launch a new product/service and change the ... ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of ... I have no skills yet The world is a big scary place But somehow I can

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  around the campus. The fact that you're a prefrosh is like an open door to ... For the record, during my CPW, it rained for a little and despite that ... ;-) Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule #0

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  was an adventure. three friends and i headed to the Arnold Arboretum, a gorgeous park that's about a 20-minute drive from MIT. we spent the day there ... the awful thing about having three project classes is that the last

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  the FUN form to tell us a joke. :) What if I submit by FUN form and ... forms… the February Updates and Notes (FUN) form. tl;dr: the FUN form is ... obligated to fill up the form—it’s okay if all you’re sending us is semester

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  -curriculars, either in an essay or on the application form, try to make it more than a ... have is to be confidently relaxed. I hope that you have gone both through ... essay(Mitra) Clarification on what exactly a "good match" is (Matt) But

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006