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• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  Amherst or to see my girlfriend in Northampton. At the time, it seemed like ... regularly since I was 10 or so, and my mountain bike was far too small and ... 't rain flooded the banks of the Charles (along which I bike) or which it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  will then review it again. Approximately 12 people (give or take) will ... , either you're accepted or you're not. There is no grey area... so they ... . Your application is read by a senior staff member who will look for deal

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

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  . Companies intentionally make it seem magical or out of reach to keep their ... at MIT, or, my falls were always better, at least. I find that by the ... simply just don't happen. Or, they end up wanting to do other things in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  , and after a few days, I get an interview. A day or two after that, I get ... to us if CPW is canceled or if it is just the CPW events with too many ... been thrown out, and it's not at all clear if CPW will even take place

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  Dear Class of 2010, This will be my last entry written specifically ... strangers; stay in touch either in person (come visit us!) or online (please ... helpful. Here goes...       Your friends will change a

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  , thought or uttered some portion of that phrase over the course of the past ... reflect this value. In short order, our decisions will be released and the inevitable armchair quarterbacking will begin. I don't begrudge the post

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  I never really liked 5.60, or thermodynamics. In my senior year, I ... reaction with other components, or may be constantly degrading and ... experiences you'll end up missing out on - will taunt you until you turn around

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  your wits, and in place of the solution’s space will be a black hole ... light, or learned how to in bruised capacities. But even then, there was ... huddled with a small mass of other students. It was Day 1 of Beginner

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  negative tact.  A Snively is equal to 1 byte wasted on the internet. Friends ... themselves in fortuitous situations will often ask the question and add their ... Provenza = “madness” Matt Kirshen = “redundancy” Scott Adams = “1 degree

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  is numbers, or at least that is what people think. There are actually ... and accolades that will guarantee admission is completely antithetical ... license or necessity, given the available resources, may stand out from the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  some advice for those of you worried about writing, or worried about writing your application essays this fall, or worried about writing a paper in college. (Yes, you will have to write at MIT even if you are a math

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  those that are just entering leadership positions in clubs or really ... , Delta Phi Epsilon (or as we like to call it, DPhiE). Within my sorority, I received a twin (Briana B. '17) rather than big or little, since we were

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  , disheartened and hoping that the test will be ridiculously curved - it couldn ... and nobody will judge you for it. So if you ever find yourself in need ... - rooms, bathrooms, dorm lounges, or with a friend. The other places (which

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  Random Hall friend Devin. It doesn’t have frills, like a dishwasher or a garbage disposal or a shower that gets hot right away, but it’s on the ... to MIT, more or less equidistant from Central, Harvard, and Inman

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  , and what about that VH1 “Where Are They Now?” special that you’ve all ... the oil industry or pursuing a PhD. I spent about six weeks second ... MIT or is there now: give yourself a break to LIVE. Take stretch

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  . Yeah. We’ve all been there. Whether it’s a college application or a job interview or anything that consumes you with this passionate WANT, we all know ... , because it really will never get THAT bad. If you get in, congratulations

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  either have already or will soon go through the same pomp and circumstance ... and you all will (or have) receive at MIT. Part of that preparation is ... yourself. It's scary, and risky, to accept another person's crazy idea, or to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  . But it was very adorable. Then, I will run, jog, walk, and/or hobble 26 ... slowest. I don't know if it will be best, my worst, or my last. What I do ... Tomorrow, I will roll out of bed, eat some oatmeal, and put on a pair

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  relatively distant future: our story instead concerns Monday, June 1, 1925 ... dormitories and ten or a dozen men piled out, carrying something heavy. Scarcely ... appear on the Great Dome in 1994, or when the Howe & Ser moving company

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  a challenge, but if you get bored at around 3 or 4 minutes (as I think ... -deprecating disclaimers aside... Things you will see in this video: angst, pretty shots of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015