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• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  'll pop in and out as I can to answer whatever gets posted. ... comments and answer them in the blogs. That was pre-Disqus, and I think Disqus handles that kind of conversation pretty well now, so we can just do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Tim Is So Beautiful to me

  

  as you know, Tim was featured extensively in MIT Imagination. And that ... things in a big, bulky beaver suit. So this video is for you, Rodrigo. A ... I began writing the script in July 2011. We started filming in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  structures. You can work here in exchange for U.S. dollars or class credits, or you can work abroad. Several of my close friends have done research in ... gambling; only one in seven or eight of you guys picked up (shame!), so we

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  general? We're a bit underrepresented at MIT, especially if you count the ... , stepdad, and four siblings in Louisville, Kentucky, and will be there for two weeks. You know, until I arrived at MIT, I didn't think I had a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

  you'll make in the future! ... , California, who reportedly has the same music taste as everyone in LA, wants to be Perceived, and has spent the past year-ish counting salmon (with

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hacking Story poetry, guitars, a hardware hackathon, and the time-to-pee scheduling metric

  

  then we were on for Phase II. Below, you can see the fretboard prototype ... an entire day to one project you can get a lot done. My teammates and I ... overflowing with free equipment and electronic parts to use, well, you can

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 26, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  campus. He responded in typical Woodie fashion:  Woodie, I love you, and I already miss you more than I can say. The world still needed you so much ... role models in my life. I will never live up to the example you set, but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  how old you are, this can equate to a whole lot of sneezes you have ... head. If there is liquid in your mouth, there is a possibility that you ... sneezing than just boogers and peril. A sneeze can define you. Though some

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  't watch Arrested Development, you will not get this), and he looked at me in ... and said something to the effect of "you know, we're in the mountains ... exchanged leather for lederhosen, and so forth. So now you go anywhere in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  struggles you face in life.   Some of you may be tempted to think ... how MIT can play a further role in your story. For others, it will be an invitation to explore other options, and, like a puzzle, figure out how you can

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  they do it by weight but you can ask to weigh your pot in between getting ... in town that lets you rate all the restaurants you've been to, and yes ... you’ve just gotta invest in a good bowl or go to china because 💀 this

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  , can we have dinner tomorrow night? i feel like i haven't seen you all in ... those of you interested in keeping a running tally, we're up to 15 ... much, then how can we say no? So seven of us met at the T stop in Kendall

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  I've learned (you can even hear Petey SM'13 saying "woo!" at 0 ... developing countries). They can be used instead of modern fuel sources in ... different times in the same week—twice for classes, once for a club—and each

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  the blogs and in The Tech (see links in the preface). a) Who you know ... know) as a frosh. How many of them live in the same hall as you? How many ... often who is a part of your support system. Thus, the person you get in a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  course). Oh Sam. While I'm talking about Sam, I just have to tell you a ... terribly busy I make a point to say hi. Now, as I mentioned, it's only a few ... , someone out there tell me you know exactly what I'm talking about and it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) Day Burton 1 celebrates Pi Day as we generally like to celebrate all unofficial nerd holidays…

  

  'S PI TIME (PIE IN THE 132) Date: March 14, 2008 10:13:04 PM EDT To ... and forks. Warning: you may get pied in the face (Kes was the first ... (CONGRATULATIONS, Class of 2012! I'm way excited to meet all of you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  MIT graduates hold the world in our hands (cheesy, but yes). If you look ... beaver is sitting on eight ivy leaves. I'll let you fill in the blanks on that one. There's a tree behind the beaver; you can see "IHTFP" spelled

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  entirely trustworthy employee as long as you don't ask me for the time in a ... with snow. (In which snow is a metaphor for hilariousness. I bet you ... friend in the head while gesticulating the angle between a wall clock and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  freshmen guys because I'm going to talk about my rush). You've probably started packing for your adventure and I hope you're shaking with excitement. You're about to walk, drive, pogo stick, fly or boat to Cambridge, MA

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  than we can ever remember. We loved reading your applications. Thank you ... early action, 13% more than last year. We admitted 390 students, or 11% of ... students in the middle, about three quarters of the applicants, were deferred

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006