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• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  . *blushes* Last year, I posted Taiwanese pop songs to "encourage" the EA and ... students from an underachieving high school to getting into Tokyo University (Todai), the most prestigious university in Japan, through a year of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston becomes Pottersville The MIT area is full of celebrations for the release of "Harry Potter and the…

  

  across the world. And of course, MIT has more than its fair share of HP geeks, and thus you might be asking yourself, if I went to MIT, what would ... readings, movie, activities and live music for the whole family!" What Makes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  hotel. A skating mom offers to drive me back to my hotel, and then I ... , he’s staying near my hotel, and offers to drive me back after his ... -January. Wednesday I’m done with my last class at 3pm, and return back to my dorm to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  anticipated) I had a list of names and numbers of people who had offered to help ... Last month, tragedy hit MIT. That week was chaotic and emotional. Rhythms were broken, routine thrown for a loop (or many loops), and I spent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  .  But for others, it's not so black-and-white.  If you ask them what ... maybe 1" (that's EECS, MechE, and CivilE, for you non-MIT readers). I ... -resistant Cavendish banana strain, enjoyed 7.012, and snagged a nice UROP at Langer Lab

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  that my name is Dave and I'm the new Communications Manager for ... hand in anything with words in, on and/or around it that leaves the ... brilliant people, some of whom you know from the blogs and others you don

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2012! how is blog formed

  

  practiced wakesurfing and (poorly) performed in a triathlon. 2) Sports! As you may know, I'm a football fanatic, and since there is no lockout ... Celtics…well… I'll miss you, Ray.   and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  applications makes me extremely optimistic about the state of our schools. And ... Tooling, to come out and join their fellow slugs for a hot mug of cocoa (bring your own mug and spoons, we provide the rest) for a few minutes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  ended at 11 on Friday after my last class and I had only 28 hours to do laundry, change currency, buy travel books, and sleep. After a pizza lunch ... way. Saturday was the big day. However, I slept in and still hadn

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  were awesome, and the designers worked super hard all semester, and the lighting was super cool, and I’m really glad it all came together so well ... -four designers from MIT, Harvard, and Massachusetts College of Art and Design. One

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  passed my EMT class during IAP, and then the state practical exam last week ... This semester has been quite quiet so far - just how I like it.  And ... couple weeks.  Wish me luck!  I have been studying a lot and I really hope

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  . It would be him, me, and Dan '11. "Sure, why not?" I replied, and one ... -by-doing class open only to MIT students, in which participants design and build a ... way around the playing surface, recognize other opponents, and

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  's transportation systems]   Or even in the United States, we can use data and ... of the Class of 2018 (and newly-elected member of the MIT Corporation ... figurative (and for many literal) feet, not only for the quality of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  I feel like I have stake both in what is happening here and what is ... , unjust murders of black people, and news of senseless police brutality, every time I get on social media, every hour, every day. And of course I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  students who liked tacos. The closest one was in Northeastern University, and ... ; After a long Saturday, my friends and I found ourselves chilling in the ... before and had no idea what was going during either of them. One by one

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  RainbowFloor@MIT Because at MIT, if it doesn’t have a mailing list, it doesn’t exist. Fact.

  

  Originally, I planned on naming this entry “Cool Stuff at MIT” and ... actually goes on at MIT, and decided that said series would inevitably morph into something disproportionately large and cumbersome, like the Snorlax

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  [by Mirat Shah '08] My name is Mirat and I am a junior studying Course 3 (Materials Science and Engineering). I grew up in New Jersey and ... University as part of the Cambridge-MIT Exchange. I was disappointed to see no

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  America to meet with prospective applicants and parents in more than 70 ... , and I'll be off to Hartford, Connecticut. You can view the entire schedule and RSVP online. Following the Hartford meeting, I'll be heading out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  colleges and universities to join us in demystifying the admissions process ... visits and the big regional info sessions. I'm not looking forward to the endless sea of rental cars, maps, airports, hotel rooms, and fast food

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  classes and exams offered, but I didn't have any idea where I was applying ... [Editor's note in 2017: The Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming manages credit policies for incoming freshmen, and the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006