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• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answers to some FAQs.

  

  applications we can during regular action, regardless of when the application was ... strong applications, the kinds of applications any school (including MIT ... ? Should I still be hanging around reading the blogs? At MIT, a deferral isn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Sometimes we have fun Pictures, pictures, pictures

  

  founding of the US Navy (on 13 OCT 1775) and US Marine Corps (10 NOV 1775). This year we went to the Park Plaza Hotel. It was a lot of fun: live ... Leslie '10, and one of the coolest people to ever major in Course 10

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  the Friday before, then skipping out on this would only be a sign of ... computer, start watching an episode from the fifth season of Scrubs. Decide ... distracted. Go to the mall with Kel '10 because we're hungry and tired of the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  fishing food out of the fire...) [carousel image1="82505" image2 ... of them so far. I'm just now starting to get to the point where I know ... of my body, it feels more like the focused intentions in my mind

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  , the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said ... the world to ease the pressure of having to choose a direction for "my ... should be, what would I think was the most striking thing? Would it be the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  is over, you can walk out of the ring with your head held high and know ... Fenway in the massive crowds of people: And managed to snag some Red Sox ... it: The seats weren't bad. We sat in the back of the outfield. A

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  -scratch inventions and creations get our attention in the same way that many of those ... MAKE Magazine and MAKE blog. Both the zine and the blog highlight many of ... Instructables: A project of the MIT-alumni company Squid Labs (who "make a lot of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  advance of the January 1 deadline, if you can. It will save you and us some ... While reading applications, I've thought of a number of things of ... Applicants Schedule your interview now.* The deadline (December 1) to schedule

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  used to keep track of the funny and/or ridiculous things our group of ... adapted it, and now I have a detailed record of the funny and idiotic things that my MIT professors have said. Actually, some of the things are more

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  The February 13 edition of Time Magazine had an interesting article ... keystroke away. There was one part of the article that made me feel a bit ... , "by the time your roommate is out of grad school, you've been promoted

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Iron Mask what i learned from MF DOOM

  

  the draft saved in a folder outside of the vortex folder on my desktop ... from him over the last 17 years. For those of you trying to figure out ... that the simple version is out of the way, it’s time to mention what he

  • by kellen manning
  • January 2, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  One of the things that MIT teaches you really well (among many others) is the value of time. In high school I thought I was learning this ... , many too many things. By several orders of magnitude,[annotation note="The

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  setting up a house will it take an entire semester? stay tuned

  

  At the beginning of September, I moved into a new house! It's 10 ... downstairs with two sets of fridges, washing machines—sans [annotation note="the laundry app we used in dorms"]WashLava,[/annotation] the bane of my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  soul searching at CES 2019 a non-journalist's take

  

  a quarter of the displays. The Las Vegas Convention Center is huge, and every open space was packed with people. Some of the exhibitors even had their own specially designed buildings outside of the exhibition

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 15, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  Late last week one of the bloggers was talking about her spring break ... of my friends here in the office is Mikey Yang. Mikey is an MIT alumnus ... Friday. Not "end of the week" Friday. This Friday by Rebecca Black. Like

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  part of the Class of 2011? Did you dance? (I did!) One year ago, I hadn ... stood there in front of the mailbox, on the street, screaming my head off. Then I did a victory dance. (Scared the crap out of my dog, too.) When

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  , Jenga-ed into the trunk of my roommate's parents’ car. The morning of ... , rearranged the two sets of closet/bed/desk, and halfheartedly unpacked t-shirts before going out for Korean food with friends. Immediately, the rush of MIT

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  socialization aspect of Science League than the exams.) September of senior year ... confession would confirm - escaping math and science was one of the things I ... kind of unorthodox. Back during the application season, I was pretty

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  So, I'm in the Stratton Reading Room right now and the number of ... are given handlebars on the side of the train to hang on to. In the ... to hold on. You can jog on the side of the train and still be quite

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  way out of Giant, on an impulse, I stuck a dollar into the PA Lottery ... ." Although I was discouraged after my poor performance in the regular field of ... DID YOU KNOW? According to America's Test Kitchen, the best possible

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006