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• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  little workout. Stress-exercising is a coping mechanism for me and one ... up with a clear mind and higher spirits, ready to face the day. I ... up for a class because then you’re obligated to attend sessions and

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  . Each photon interacts independently with the beamsplitter, and there's a ... that quantum phenomena, as absurd as they seem, are real. And for once, I ... ” – a $500k quantum optics toolkit from Germany with nanometer

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  weekend, we signed up for a canoeing trip and picnic lunch along the Charles ... through intermittent sun and rain, stopped for a picnic lunch and chat, then ... -phone-quality. Lobby 7 columns decorated for the Boston Pride parade. (And a sky so white

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  sample (don't remember what anymore) for a while, and got some tongs to ... aggressive with the questioning, and in the 15 minutes of Q&A following my ... mortified for a maximum of five seconds 2) Laugh at yourself, and tell a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summiting Mount Monadnock camping trip!

  

  through Boston's suburbs blossoming with fall colors and making pit-stops at a camera store in Malden to buy film, then Texas Roadhouse, and lastly ... looked from the tiny waves caressing the beach to the wooden cottages with

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 18, 2025
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  think how I was attending these events with my friends as a freshman and ... them for help and support throughout the year like MIT Together, MIT ... guide for the week for any questions and concerns they may have about

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…

  

  , anyway) - we'll be mailing in less than 24 hours. Wow. For me this is a ... emotional about it - overwhelmed for the admits and devastated for the denied ... who got in - with rare exception, I couldn't bring myself to look

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  :30am. I begin my drive to Ann Arbor to meet up with a friend for lunch ... over my presentation for a bit, then stretch my legs and walk around for a bit. 12:15pm. I meet up with a friend for lunch at Cosi, one of my

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  have with the final design is that the iTOL tree didn't add a label for ... there's a general preference for mammal and bird mascots nationwide, or if ... and make something similar with Boston-area college mascots. I was going

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  go for a drive. Walk uphill until you get tired, then stop and look ... , and rowing provided a key distraction for me. This fall, I raced at (you ... alike, and in the meantime, revel in the minutiae of life. Go for a walk

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  Portugal. Here’s a quick look at some highlights from the project—and what a ... how they worked and made a design for new “wings” to add to the robot.  From this and measurements of the ROV, I was able to make a design for

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Same as it ever was The more things change...

  

  some planning for Campus Preview Weekend, and finally a meeting with a ... much consecutive meetings from 9am until 7pm for me. This morning was a ... see what it was I wrote about one year ago today: For those of you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  microsleep while standing for half a second, and have a brief, vertigo ... both the freshman admissions and blogger selection committees plucked me from the masses purely for comic relief. But what drives us bloggers and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Dark Side of the Moon Mi vida. Nada m√°s.

  

  school in terms of cross-admits with MIT. If you apply to both and get ... Splashes for so long and being the founder of Splash!, MIT ESP sends a couple ... any pictures so I'll wait a little bit...and then... BOOM 5.12 exam

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  , touched the juice with my pinky, and slurped it up with a natural indelicacy ... .00 (Psych) is filled with cool videos, neat facts, and references to one of the best books ever: Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  launched MIT Illuminations, a colorful lighting installation and introduction ... installation. For the blogs, I wanted to go into a little more detail on the ... that, we conducted qualitative research with students, faculty, and staff

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  , thank you for your friendship, and congratulations on making a great ... , talking to you, your parents, and more. After a ridiculously competitive ... attached to you, and not just for what you'd bring to the MIT community, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  , I do a lot of things involving math and computer science and both ... now for the math itself, which I find both interesting and beautiful ... my classes with students after a couple semesters, and circle back to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  love working with this group of people. LOOK HOW PRETTY WE ARE! I ... in for my HASS concentration! I will concentrate in writing and reading ... 'll be working on corrosion resistant piping for oil and gas at TMK IPSCO

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Pics or it didn’t happen? It happened!

  

  As I mentioned last week, MIT is a place for talkin’. Looking at the ... further ado, here are the videos for Anisha (3rd place overall) and Bruna ... “Proving Them Wrong” theme, and I got a request to share more videos from the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 10, 2012