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  Summer Decisions

  

  astronomy you're interested in. It's important to see how a different mentor ... . Disclaimer that I haven't slept in 22 hours. - Last summer, a life plan took shape: get a master's in Science Writing from MIT and a Ph.D. in astronomy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  .1100: Computer Language Engineering In this class we wrote a compiler! You ever ... constraints (needing to get all my units in so I can graduate)!! Some stats ... classes, totaling 96 units. In the spirit of procrastinating finals studying

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  , and exhausting. I can't wait until fall. Ramya out. --- Like what you ... from Ramya '14! You might think that CPW stands for Campus Preview Weekend, but you're wrong. CPW really means "4 days of Pure a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  times per year, a swap meet-style event takes place where you can get all ... at MIT can you walk past Building 32 (yeah, fine, the Stata Center) on ... your messages! I will reply in detail soon. Thanks!) This has been a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  and Bring It On. Most of the dorms have free movies you can rent from ... , nausea, and other TMI that I'll spare you the details of, but basically, I ... 's in part due to my winning combination of Pepto Bismol chased down by

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  have a really cool website where you can see the program for the whole ... though. I always miss all the good stuff in the Midwest - last year while I ... bike in (not that any weather really stops me from riding my bike. Though

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  better than taking the stairs. MIT’s policies don’t care if you’re sick In ... because you didn’t feel like it and missing lecture because you were in the ... this semester? Well, in a dramatic turn of events, I suddenly became

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My schedule .

  

  lol, it's good to be a senior. 3:30am MANDATORY EDIT: In all ... thing you learn at MIT is how to manage a heavy courseload. The last thing you learn at MIT is how to manage without. I believe this. If you're a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 16, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  you can bet I’m keeping sharp over the summer by racing sailboats with ... summer, back during Fall Career Fair in late September. I was feeling confident and professional in a button down shirt and grey blazer, handing out

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive pool of applicants in Early ... deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action ... students shortly, to help you manage those complicated feelings. 

  • by Decisions
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  

  With a 17% increase in applications, this year was once again the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting only 1 in 10 ... , many, many incredible students. For those of you who fall into this

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  : Where can I start and how do I know? I've tried my hand in media studies ... My father yells "What you gonna do with your life?" Oh daddy dear, you know you're still number one But girls they wanna have fun With

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  in her blog post, discrimination can be pushed forward by other women ... my FIRST Robotics Team. “Why do you want to spend your birthday in a ... In middle school, my first foray into robotics was with the FIRST

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT

  

  can walk to *some* places in Boston without a map...but probably as not ... , fyi"]taking 66 units[/annotation]. I had probably hoped that in a future ... 'd go over them in this blog post and see which subset of them I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  , wrinkled button-downs. In the time intervals uninterrupted by traffic, the river was blinding. At this moment, you could've told me I was anywhere in ... August. I was sitting in Killian Court alone. The sun was sharp

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  amazingly nice college that has grass that you can actually walk on! And then ... England and the first term is half way over! I really can't believe it. The ... late but it was great to see other MIT students again. Since we live in

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  , and/or see people. I love the cafe in the morning. Classical music ... anyone can reach without a latter. Some are old and crumbly, but many are ... yet unwritten, the ending not set in stone. I left with two characters

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  impressive, and not at all expected. You can get a special "Commonwealth ... , just to see what's happening in the exciting world of high schoolers and ... last month, in the Parents' Forum, which was discussing Marilee Jones

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  students in the coming weeks and months - about how our process works, what you need to do if you are still interested in MIT, and so forth. In the ... This year well over 18,000 students applied to MIT, the most in our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  out of you to found another race. in the myths it's always unwillingly ... would be. how very many lives you must be able to hold in your hands, if ... hands hold yours? [gift] you can hand me so much with your words

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018