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• Blog / About Decisions

  All the advice you’ll need for the next twelve hours not clickbait

  

  It's okay to feel anxious or excited or nervous. But if you can ... to handle, there's no shame in distracting yourself with things to do ... ". In hindsight, it's tempting to be black-and-white, and say that you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  what I wanted to post this weekend. A month into my time at MIT I can ... my hall’s kitchen at five AM this morning, trying to study for a test I ... diverted my attention and ended up writing poetry! I used to do this all the

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  adopt exponential notation to denote level of friendship. I.e. A "friend ... example: "I was going to go to that convention with my friend, but a lot of ... I don't have a pair of cat ears to wear." See? Isn't that so much

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge?

  passion and talent to improve the world with the experience and resources of ... competition that awards up to $20,000 per team for the best ideas to tackle barriers to well-being.
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  After a long vacation in Southeast Asia, I'll be officially back in the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back (and for so many people to be speaking English), but I'm excited to begin

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  the holidays, I'll try to field some questions here. Please remember ... as possible. I encourage you not to wait until the very last moment to ... button, or stamp that mail! I hope these blogs have been very helpful to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  . Today, all gone, gone, gone. I woke up this morning to a quiet ... light outside was grey and a bit yellow and when it deepened to blue I ... 're accustomed to on our birthdays? Well, I think I've lost that a while ago, but

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Howdy Where are you guys going to live? Etc.

  

  all end up. I have a lot of blog-comment-questions to respond to - look ... Thanks to everyone who submitted applications for admissions blogging! Thank heaven there's a selection committee - I could never choose by

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  Friday by 11:59:59 PM. I love assignments due by email. :-) I still need to ... !) French exam, but that doesn't mean I need to wake up any earlier than 11 ... -year class plan of the department in which you plan to major. I'm being

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I’m a first-year college student?

  Yes, because you finished high school and will complete two terms of college by the time you enter MIT in the fall, you are eligible to apply as a transfer applicant. You're not eligible to apply as a first
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  to have the best taste in music on campus, they tend to get the best ... . Here's the story, as I have come to understand it: The Grateful Dead ... Every year, MIT brings to campus a national act to headline a big

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And I am telling you I’m going And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me.

  

  trying to avoid the deadly ice storm. After that I'll be taking 10.391: Sustainable Energy for the next two weeks. I'm too lazy to link to it right now ... -year career. Well, I sure enjoyed my month home in Harrisburg, although

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT IT.

  

  I logged into WebSIS to check my term grades and saw the following at the bottom of the page: SUCCESS AT LAST. (Well, I still have one grade that isn't in. Whatever. I'M DONE, Y'ALL.)

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus, version 2.0 More pictures!

  

  it's guaranteed to be a good night. Until then, I'll just sit around ... As promised, I come bearing more pictures, Some of these are courtesy ... fourth floor: This is the door to GRT Vikash's room - The 4th HNC

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  who got in - with rare exception, I couldn't bring myself to look ... eve. I distracted myself with a transition shave. It's supposed to say ... Waited until midnight so I could post on the 11th officially (EST

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  I know enough to stay away from trying to describe the different ... . This isn't to say I won't tell you if you ask, but I'll avoid typing it ... propitious time for that old data to be put to use. I present Beaver Scope

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  afford to treat myself to quality relaxation time, so I spend half an hour ... brain cells. (*In the past two days, I've been taking study breaks to the ... , during which I applied pressure to the On button, and the Blog for MIT

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the lying lives of adults by elena ferrante

  

  , but if I had to guess, it seemed to be about an affair but not the usual ... then you can say all this. But to be honest, I've finished that book now ... . When I was in high school, our English teacher wanted us to write essays

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  i thought mattered to me turned out not to matter as much. there are things that matter to me i never would've expected. in particular, what ... , almost everyone i know is in it. you don't have to figure out where you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Enjoying the Little Things In which I ramble about happiness and taking breaks

  

  -changing moments (of which I've had none in the past two weeks, to my knowledge), I decided to make a vlog about the little things that make me happy. If you want to see more Inktober things, feel free to scroll through my Twitter

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 27, 2014