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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  . You are probably an expert in guessing your spouse’s mood from one word ... among physicians. To know whether you can trust a particular intuitive judgment, there are two questions you should ask: Is the environment in which

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  lot of mail. At least a dozen buckets of mail came in this morning, on ... processing that mail as quickly and efficiently as they can, but be patient ... worries if you don't see your Part II or a teacher recommendation or whatnot

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  after 9. My "hi" to my coworkers died on my lips as I looked at their ... iMac in the center of the room. We watched as a second plane flew into ... try. "Where's dad?" "He went in to work this morning. I haven't been

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  "Apple fanboy." Neither does my dad, who is about as far as you can get ... messages. The message left was from Steve Jobs. "Vic, can you call me at home ... help you, and I hope you can fix this tomorrow" said Steve. "I've been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  . "Oh my gosh! I'm in college now! I can do whatever I want! Heehee, my ... : time management. I am sure that many of you can start your homework the ... have pass/no record grades in the first semester. If you pass a class, it

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  . How often is it that you can say that you were in a place where it was ... language that you don't speak - which will be documented in p-sets and even a ... you put in, and the willingness to grow as a scientist that you exhibit

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)

  

  't rhyme with "prism", you can just call me Chris. **In case you didn't pick ... nothing else you can do about your Early Action application. But you know ... on my application, do you think that's enough? Do you think I'll get in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  is thinking about majoring in course 6, maybe. Joel wants to show you ... in course 6-3 and linguistics. Michelle wants to show you her favorite ... planning to major in course 18 (theoretical). Yuliya wants to show you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Important EA Processing Update! read this if your application is incomplete

  

  to fax the document to us. The fax number you should use is included in ... should show up in MyMIT. A few moments ago, we emailed everyone who applied Early Action and who was missing an evaluation or transcript in our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  accept the offer, and thus how many beds you have available in residence ... put in to letting us know how much you love MIT. As someone who was wait ... decision you received today, I hope you know that we believe in you, and wish

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  go, you could blog about it..." OKAY I'M IN SUCKERS! Thus, Luke, Sasha ... three years, I learned that MIT has a climbing wall. Now, in any other ... rock climbing. Now, before you think, "Elizabeth, that seems like a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  International students @ MIT (+life updates) Just a hodge-podge of shtuff.

  

  1. Watch this first: <br> 2. Watch this second: <br /> (Not much text today, because that is my cheap way of making you guys watch my videos instead!)

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  Not these guys, I hope. Hopefully, instead you'll call these two ... concert. Mythbusters on stage. Now, what you might not know is that the ... myth. The early test at MIT resulted in the large flash ignition; however

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  number is hard: do you count distinct classes, or should you weigh classes ... you're taking one. Because everyone in MIT has to take them, it's more ... break happens, so they can "relax". In the fall, the middle of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  You may have noticed that the application for the class entering in ... . There are some things about how you complete the application that can ... process can be stressful, but if you really need to vent about the process

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions & Coca-Cola Check-in Last-minute questions, and Coca-Cola Scholars check-in.

  

  entry for: Asking any last minute CPW questions you have (you can also do this in Mollie's latest entry). Students who have to miss CPW for the Coca-Cola Scholars weekend in Atlanta (I hope that MIT '10s who are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  , hard-to-reach views (can you guess where in Simmons this was?) If I ... , for a one time only fee of five dollars (just kidding) you can join this ... spells “Massachusetts Institute of Technology” in Arabic. Yeah, you wish

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  , a timer until the next deadline. You can never truly let go during the ... in 3, but rehearsals hadn’t yet started during this week, so you won ... like, you know, processing things for at least a few of the 167 hours in

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  In a year of record early action applications, 590 students have been ... this year, representing a 13% increase over last year’s record. The ... depth of the applicant pool – both in what students are doing inside

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  ; And for those of you in FRC -- have fun with Stronghold! It's the first ... build season for. See some of you in St Louis! ... If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016