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• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  you finally choose. And I mean that with all my heart. But in the long ... discover a whole new territory. Make your mark in whatever way you can - on ... , I've gotten a lot of work done (three problem sets, one group project

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  ]. Also on Friday, I emceed the inaugural Gap year Panel. In the below photo ... Before we get into it, I need to address a question I've heard a few times. "Is MIT really like CPW?" The answer is, yes and no. Yes, in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  'm not sure what I can say in order to make you believe it more, other than ... for another, I was actually interested in what they had to say. It ... .0 is the way of the future. I can't even begin to talk about everything

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  semester which is different and wonderful Oh, boy, I have been awake for many hours and in one more hour (it's midnight rn) I will drive to ... staying in Cambridge for Thanksgiving, and I understand why now (so much

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  secondary options? I have some in mind, but none of them seem to match up to ... . I visited MIT last month, and since then (even more than before), it ... apps as I am, that's wonderful. I have to ask, though... (despite not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  diversity is to 'relax the standards'. I can't speak for other Colleges ... admitting the class of 2010. I am very proud of the Admissions professionals at MIT. So much so that I am proud to say that many are more like

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  My time in Germany sadly came to an end two Sundays ago, when I ... , and attempting to imitate British accents as best I can. All the ... transportation, and what they do for jobs in order to see if MIT students can

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  relief, I see ;) You see, I wanted to drop in and, you know, tell you a ... you that in the world that I come from -- and you'll get to experience ... -- you'll thank me in 2016 :) So what was I going to say? Oh, you don

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  Kesem 2010 is over and I'm back in the Real World - which sadly doesn ... that I would soon have a six-year-old in my arms, crying about how hard ... so hard that I would lie awake in my bed at 1 a.m. the night camp ended

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  January Scholars insider's tours around certain "quartiers" in Paris. I ... sheller (this device can shell peanuts, shea nuts, coffee in large ... do MIT students do with one month of freedom? I’ll be working on my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  a day, Monday through Friday, I'm taking 6.189 - a crash course in ... A couple of days ago, I was working on an entry talking about all the things I was planning on doing during IAP...and then I got distracted by

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.

  

  mask. You can wear the mask. If you didn't know that before, I hope you ... popped up on my phone, I knew I was born for this moment. So for everyone ... deep in your bones. You don't choose the Suit. The Suit chooses you. 2

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  related. Can I get involved in nanotechnology at MIT? Absolutely! In ... . Relatedly, I've been getting quite a few questions about nanotechnology at MIT, so I figured I might as well take this opportunity to clear up some of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: I've suddenly become a Plant Dad (tm) and am growing tomatoes in my office window The ... of MIT students are MIT students. Admissions officers can write about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  two women conversing in Spanish. And I generally throw in a bit of Tamil ... With less than two months left till my MCAT, I've started frequenting ... /bio/chem till my brain feels like it's dying. And then I go to lab and do things

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  -mechanical, fully manual film SLR. I won an auction for a c. 1975 Minolta SRT-202 in ... so kind in helping me learn to use the control board. On Wednesday, I ... entirely in the right frame of mind, if the phone rang and I was more than an

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  attend but just want to see if they can get in). How do I know if I should ... intention of this process. There is a big difference between "I can't afford ... schools and I can't afford MIT's application fee I need the new 160-gig i

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  rid of it from all your displays, but I can't really find it and it's 2 ... them just to see what happens, but not in a dangerous way." Really, I ... easier (shoot, three more days!). Anyhoo, I'm going to be covered in fur

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  ”s Hospital Boston - Bake sale where all proceeds went to the Hospital Wednesday: “Chariot racing’ = pushing someone in a shopping cart down the ... donated to the Children”s Hospital Boston Friday: Powderpuff game (where

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  forwarded me this in the meantime and I had to share. ---------- Forwarded ... : can you connect me to the science department? me: this is a dorm, I don ... automatically assume that you're some crazy child genius and an expert in anything

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010