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  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  ’t a career catastrophe. There’s an entire world out there that doesn’t care whether you got into MIT or not. I loved Eric’s post last year: don ... ’t help myself sometimes. But no matter how much we tell you to relax - let’s

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  use moments of confusion or disagreement to grow together. It’s a very ... work for committee. I was sitting in Dean Stu Schmill’s office, which has ... the Charles River. (You can catch glimpses of Stu’s office in some of

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The first person I met when I arrived at MIT for orientation was from Alaska. While in Paris this weekend, Ling ’07 and I went to the…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  In response to an earlier entry of mine, this post appeared on College Confidential: You know, I get sick of college admissions officers saying how they couldn’t accept so many…

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  Book Expo America (BEA) and we were both attendants. My dad’s steadfast ... actually having to invest yourself in this battlefield of emotions.  There’s ... want to read this. And then there’s the bigger scope—trying to get the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  , MIT’s senior capstone mechanical engineering product design class ... audience members from around the globe. It’s the closest thing you ... rappelling from the ceiling of the auditorium; my team's involved a real

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been ... formula. It’s like trying to explain poetry using calculus. It would take ... her dream of becoming a teacher. It makes me think of one girl’s amazing

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  the Earth’s shadow on the moon, and we’re all here, casting this shadow ... week’s lunar phenomenon on the Charles. The Super Blood Moon Eclipse (as it’s called in scary scientific terms), is a rare case in which a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  Hello, everyone! Most especially, hello 2019s everywhere! I ran around my dormitory on pi day and filmed the residents of Simmons Hall ... taken on pi day, so it's still a pi day video! Good luck to all you 2019s

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting for one of MIT’s many clubs. It ... -250, one of MIT’s largest lecture halls. We emerged triumphant, carrying five huge tubs of Toscanini’s ice cream. Back in our original meeting room, we

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  , just breathe and you will float. BUT I DON’T. It’s not even that I ... now by law. At least the C’s won’t disappoint me like the Knicks (and Nets depending on the year) Go to Tosci’s for ice cream ✅ I have been

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  Did you know that President Sally Kornbluth, MIT’s 18th president, has sung onstage with one of MIT’s student acapella groups called the ... was everything you’d expect the President of MIT’s office to be – dark

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  Boy oh boy, what a summer it’s been so far. For the first time in my ... around the city. The one I frequent the most is called Barton Springs. It’s ... has an amazing view of Downtown Austin’s silver skyline, which looms

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  -buhay, parang slow-mo, makulay. When people ask me “how’s MIT?” I answer something like “exhausting and overwhelming, but fun.” I don’t think that’s a ... date. We were standing outside, staring into the surroundings. “It’s a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  'it’s-outside-of-my-control’ separation from the issue, in my mind it ... Benedictine hostel, the college was refounded in 1542. C.S. Lewis studied here, T.S. Eliot a Fellow. First stop: the Porter’s Lodge. Imagine a small

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  .com. “Today, it’s complicated.” The film screening was followed by a discussion ... said. “You never know what’s gonna happen.” He told me his story, or part of it, at least. No one’s journey to MIT is typical. His wasn

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  James Lovell. From Wikipedia, here is Anders’s and Borman’s conversation as Anders took the photo: Specimens 6966, 796F75, and 68617665: That’s ... the Empire’s mass produced star fighters. Specimen 696E

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  said. “My mommy loves me.” Then I watched an episode of America’s Next Top Model and felt better. America’s Next Top Model makes everything ... , “you’ve always been a little crazy. It’s only recently that you’ve become

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  .   Learning About D9s D9 is a shorthand for “Divine Nine'', a casual ... at her church who were. She started to learn more about D9s in middle ... decide whether or not they’d like to live in a fraternity. It’s also a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  to donate to MIT. It’s a fascinating job, and it deserves an entire separate post about why it’s rewarding. This isn’t that post. I’ve had a lot ... women.” “Okay.” “Now it’s about fifteen percent.” “Yes?” “Well," he

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015