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• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  't want to go to MIT, despite the nice scholarship thrown in for good ... Democrat has the rest of the story: For 18 years, Maria and John Hildebrand ... is an amazing, world-changing place. But it's not for everyone

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  not do the same for its research? He saw it as an educational ... high-profile work I had done for Amtrak. I am e-mailing you on the off ... point doing it just for the money. But I know from your blog that you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  nostalgic. At every corner, I look for the opportunity to become pessimistic ... ’s throats enough for society to collectively forget about the movie after last ... enough, MIT was the picturesque landscape for the indie movie I convinced

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  . I spent the day scanning news sources for updates, any updates, and updating the CityLab article accordingly. I was forced not to look away. At ... am afraid for people I love. I am afraid for all of us. I want the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  studied the nights before for many hours, doing review problems and re ... easy exam". Come the second exams for each of my three classes and I ... classmates, but when it comes time for the exam it's like I forget everything

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  An Online Going-Away Card for Ben Jones Today is Ben Jones's last day at MIT. Comment here to wish him the best.

  

  enroll elsewhere. For Ben, this was truly more than a job. So please use the comments thread in this post to leave your best wishes for Ben as he ... fantastic new job (Vice President for Communications!) at Oberlin College. If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  in. And for the first time during finals week, I wasn’t stressed about ... personal blog and for The Tech, and I’m glad to be *gestures vaguely to the ... to store various mugs for when friends come over in the winter and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  'm also on the design team for the Banana Lounge, working on small projects ... chance to crochet things for the Lounge and buy as much yarn as I need ... for the doorways? Various amigurumi fruits? I'm really glad that I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Learned This Week notes and lessons from new classes

  

  about biology. I feel like for each lecture in the class, it starts out really easy for the first hour, and then there's a bunch of really hard new ... equations we have to look up in the textbook that weren't provided in class

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2026
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  that day. The clinic was held for ten hours. How many? A thousand? Two ... sketch of how I remember the clinic to look like. It’s probably inaccurate ...  organized. In the beginning, it’s a quick single file. It’s not like a line for a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  . Before taking a second look at the campus, before getting my financial aid ... it for yourselves in the next six months. I can hardly wait. The ... been sleeping. The truth is that MIT isn't right for everyone. Some

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  them, so I’m glad that I made the time for makeup in 2020, especially as ... that I hadn’t planned for, making the total around 8 pieces.  100 ... surprised that I managed to keep a thorough journal for a year, especially the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  . Please don't worry, and there's no need to call the office for at least ... )? Or is that for applicants who took the old SATI?" See answer to Irina ... collegeboard website says 3-5 weeks, I'm guessing this is just for the letter

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  plans for the future, and also will be hitting the 50% point in my book ... to say bye to some of the professors, but you are also ready for a ... With my classes ending on Wednesday and finals starting the following

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in New York! where chicken and rice is so good.

  

  in the entire Expo - UK - this is what it actually looks like! (read ... bets on ARGENTINA!!! to take the whole tournament but I'm rooting for ... I think one of the greatest things about going to college is the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 27, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  could to get a better look at was was so alluring a distraction in the ... my mind reeled to remember the name for it. Then all of a sudden I ... through cracks, or over the top of chasms that you could look into and see

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  't leave me alone with this oh for god's sake watch out for the 1000 dollar ... on the flashlight by my pillow and watched my breath in the air for a ... 'd dressed in layers. The early morning hours (6am wakeup time) called for

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  ’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to ... , searching the empty cavities of my skull for words.  I was busy and not ... ’t stick, or just from having insufficient regard for the proper names of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

  

  for their rant.) This is also true of food; I like to eat the same ... loves to cook for myself. As I move through the semesters at MIT, the food I choose to cook has come to be as defining, for me, as the music I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  pillow to the second it hits the pillow again, I am moving. For the sake of ... , which brings me great joy. I love to see the people I care about care for ... brings me, I looked him in the eyes and said "Even worse." I don't know if

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022