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• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  . Ha, looks like the elements did have a place in my list! I feel ... firmly in the back of my throat -- out, I finally came up with a simple ... plan in retrospect, but in the moment, I remember how I didn’t know what

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  to notice much else. Thankfully, just a few hours after putting my ... could become a member of MIT-EMS. I think there is some pressure to ... yourself in some way. And while this is surely an admirable outlook on life

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  that happen? Most of campus is already cracking down in preparation for ... friends seem to be coping pretty well. In fact, a few students apparently ... noticed a few people gathered in the courtyard in front of the Green

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  actually pass the swim test? In other words, is there a point at which MIT ... how "likely" it is that someone not admitted in the freshman process ... it.. is there any penalty? cuz I might have a tournament that weekend

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

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  . This is in no way helpful, especially since there is now a human being in ... dexterity. A fair amount of time in which you could slowly begin to understand ... and BC. A fair amount of time is definitely not what you have right now

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  ’s easy to lose track of how much time has passed when you have so many ... came to a close, I packed up all of my belongings in under 3 hrs, and ... conjured is gone, replaced with a begrudging acceptance. I’ll admit that I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  course I am in! My trip was pretty much: “ooohhh… aaaahhhh… wow” and ... picture at Little Venice in London gave me a deja-vu. I hope my nerdy/silly photos gave you all a good laugh!  :) Relax, be confident and believe in

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  news from our friends in IS&T. In the meantime, thanks for your ... looks like the site is back up again! Thanks again for your patience - feel free to post comments here if you encounter further issues

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  we shorten to ICE (because we're so cool.) ICE is a capstone senior design course. The idea is simple, and I think it's a good one. ICE is a ... open-ended. There are a few psets early in the term, and then you have

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  work despite the [annotation note="extra is a strong word here. to be ... seemed worse than anything I had seen in a long time—I imagine the exodus ... -day weekend. They emailed faculty directly when necessary, took in a lot of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  a microcosm of the world was enormous, and even in this diverse ... my mind. I wrote them down on a board in my room. They stuck. Shifting Mindsets Orientation was followed by Rush, a week-long event in which

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Personal Projects

  ms paint sidequest by kayode and caleb on a monday night

  

  about the class in my next blog, to be posted this week, but this is what ... :  Yesterday, I made a comment on Ellie’s Fantastic Blog, in which I quickly ... a bit, and matched the colors to the closest ones in the default ms

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  five things I love about New York welcome to New York, everybody walks in New York

  

  complain enough about how much[annotation note="The short version is, I ... .) I spent the summer doing a software internship in New York. I lived ... , in classic MIT student tradition, I crammed a year’s worth of self

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 28, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  is a class I absolutely need to graduate. (I won't bore you with ... at MIT but not taking any classes. How awesome is that? I know someone ... math blog, but I thought it would be interesting to write it again for a

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  photo, in the light blue box, is my DemoSat for 16.851. The DemoSat is a ... , who is a ballerino, has been using my bedroom as a dance studio in the ... Since the end of August, I've been living on-campus in Simmons in a

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  until, at the end, one of the founders asked me how much compensation I ... my reservations—I thought it was bad form for them to ask me how much I ... anymore. Sunk cost fallacy is a fallacy, after all. The first week of school

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  , check it out! Join the Facebook Group: Facebook is a great place to meet ... . Here it is: MIT Class of 2013. (...and international students can join ... ! It will be in the mail on Wednesday, and in your mailboxes soon after

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  me to explain. In a selective, competitive, holistic, merit ... student who is highly proficient in math and science. We say great! Show me your transcript and test scores. You say you're a leader in your school

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  There is a class here at MIT called How to Design (Almost) Anything ... balloon bowls, where you dip a balloon in melted chocolate and pop the ... , I would provide shelter or food for them, resulting in a symbiotic

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Turkey Time MIT Admissions will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

  

  .T.) Chain Reaction What is the F.A.T. Chain Reaction? Better to see it ... a link, which is then connected to another link and becomes one giant ... " in honor of the 14-line poetry form and the 14th annual F.A.T. event

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2012