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• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  released — the few quiet hours that Ben once called the eye of the storm — I wanted to take a breath and collect some words of encouragement from ... who wouldn’t be? My usual defense in this kind of situation (aka any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  Sorry I’ve been a little MIA, folks. I am fully aware of my absence (though you probably weren't...). I got the "i know this is a busy time of ... posts planned and then the first round of exams hit us. Some of them went

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  up At this point, you kind of forgot that you sent an email to your ... in mind, as opposed to emailing all three at once. And on top of that ... For our very last semester at MIT, and our very last course 6 class

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  must have written at least a hundred different stories, most of them ... staring at the face of the killer, you’ve forgotten the wash of emotions ... compliments she had to offer, despite the overall morbidity of the characters

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  nerdy side of things, I also joined the MIT Science Fiction Society at the ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] Choosing a set of colleges to apply to can be ... when I read the Admissions Blog entries of a certain biology major

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  wedged itself at the back of my head: that I had never actually Done ... . At the end of the summer, my project wasn't really "finished" -- I ... , at any of the research institutions I'd been accepted to I asked a lot

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

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  So, remember how back when I blogged about all of the many varied ... at it. No, really! Okay, so unlike some people in the dorm who live ... different suite) every year so far. Not only have I painted all of these rooms

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the National Institute of Standards of ... picture? Those are zinc oxide nanowires growing on the edge of a silicon ... building block of the simple nanoscale world. Nanowires can be used as a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  don't write travel brochures.) After a brief eternity of staring at ... McDonald's where a group of high schoolers laughed at me and my intro ... On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  MIT Class of 2012 Weekend at the Movies So how's it work? Well, the most ... movie or favorite scenes/lines. I'll post the results of the "Weekend at ... As you probably know, the movie 21, based on the true story of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  a half at MIT, that worked spectacularly. For most of freshman year I ... was also building up the next stage of my life at MIT. That same ... interning at my goal company in Seattle and hanging out with a bunch of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  (which I don't), it's mandatory to have at least some sort of meal plan ... IAP is in full swing, and I am having a blast! At MIT, the second ... the IAP acronym, and then spending a quarter of an hour trying to come

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  As the final hours of my first semester at MIT come to a close, I ... that, at the end of a shitty day or test, I can always just see one of ... and emotional at the mere idea of even having the privilege to write

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  parent event offerings based on feedback, requests, and questions. Some of ... Services Session for Parents: Friday afternoon at 1pm, Director of Student ... , whys and whens of financial aid at MIT -- how we determined your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  ’s common to feel stuck in a rut at times, and there are ways to get out of it ... . After a long week of interviewing, I accepted a position at a company that ... My second year of college just ended. I’ve been trying to think of a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  shades of brilliant, MIT handles grades. On a 0% – 100% scale? Maybe “A ... Spiral of Doom? Never fear! It’s similar to what a lot of us used in high ... screenshot of how your MIT grade report looks like online. Note: Your grade

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  you--a couple of days at least before you begin to worry. They are busy ... This time of year, Educational Counselors all over the world are ... reports about their meetings with you. For some of you, an interview may not

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  of genius at age three or four. After returning from visits to the ... 'll highlight it in a future entry! A little background: back in the summer of 2003, the MIT News Office did a series of these articles called "Hometown

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  being and took the hint, offering us lodging for the night on his couch at ... things as those at MIT. Ursinus students apparently slide down some of ... sitting by the fountain at the Tomb of the Unknown American Revolutionary

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  local coffee shop while others gag at the smell of coffee. Pretty sure you ... sit at a desk in a library with a stick of gum to keep me awake but no ... unfiltered. c. Staring at the ceiling – I do some of my best thinking while

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016