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• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  were not able to offer admission, and I am feeling equally sad about that ... -decision-release onslaught of comments. It's eerily quiet, which is both nice and unsettling at ... reflecting on the class we just admitted and feeling incredible about it. We

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Dilemma Free (food) for all.

  

  between the fruit-filled cookies known as Hamentashen and the fried potato ... after the debate for a reception with hundreds of latkes and hamentashen in Lobby 10. Event sponsored by MIT Hillel and supported by MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  world's leading IT media, research and exposition company") and philanthropist behind such ventures as the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at ... , and, as it is here, it is often a very interesting story. Read on: I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: CrowdMath, by Art of Problem Solving and MIT PRIMES, is a thing now a brief note in between committee breaks

  

  advanced math education and competition in the United States, which features ...  founder of Art of Problem Solving (AoPS), an online school and community for people who love math, and we occasionally talk about what's going on in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  kind of fiddling with my spring semester schedule here and there. It's gone through many, many forms, from 5 classes and a UROP to 5 classes and two UROPs and so on, so forth. I've decided on a schedule now that would

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  MIT account. Don’t forget to provide your name and MIT ID, stating clearly ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... trouble submitting their Parts 1 and 2.) Your school/teachers may submit

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  of Student Life Benedict and Dean of Undergraduate Education Hastings, Distinguished Visitors (DV) for the event. Lieutenant Reyes and I picked up the Deans and drove them to Briggs field where the flight demonstrations were

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  , Kendall '07, and I got a picture in front of the very popular United States ... . Or you could just finish reading this picture entry and see the coolest ... some bizarre amalgamation of Austin Powers and John Lennon, and the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  see my comrades and I could sense that their resolve matched my own. A shrill tone broke the silence and my adrenaline spiked. In a frenzy, we ... fellow soldiers. The fighting lasted for 15 minutes and I grew soaked with

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  Center) and building 68 (Koch Institute) to locate every single publicly ... naturally, I set out for the nearest and most convenient source of soda ... Infinite, down the Infinite, and back around to building 14 before we finally

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  old applications, which got me down to the Institute Archives, looking ... , and think about whether we want to change them.  Strategically ... dress up like a Viking and light things on fire") but also how they

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photo Scavenger Hunt Let's give this a shot.

  

  -back, carefree, and a whole lot of fun. This year my summer is shaping up to be ... too much to try and blog about. So while I'm working on resizing my 3 TB worth of photos to put in my blog and writing my entries, I thought it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  to catch up with many old friends, and of course to see my old roommate ... -6 years removed from the Institute are doing job-wise, here's who was around ... for Exxon-Mobil, city planner, chemistry PhD student, and, oh yeah

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

  favorite backgrounds from Steven Universe! Another reason I like physical ... agenda, but I usually fail and my agendas always end up 90% empty. I think this is mainly because assignments are pretty repetitive and after I get

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  you listening, both guys and girls, to state that this is not what the ... know, I know, three plays AND five elections and/or speakers, how does ... feel better about their failed relationship, and the party turns out a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  loving MIT and choosing the institute as one of your college options. Thank ... some retail therapy and watched a few episodes of Friends to distract ... , whatever result you have, will take it in stride and move forward. Throughout

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  lamenting our lack of access to Pixar's render farm and kicking myself for not ... to start 3.091 (Introduction to Solid State Chemistry) over on Open ... Archive section. Right now you can watch the Mollie/Christina and Dr

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some reflections Post decisions, a few thoughts.

  

  decisions, and I wanted to take a moment to offer a few thoughts, and to thank you for being engaged with MIT and our admissions process. This year ... crisis has affected many, here at home and around the world. I know that

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  this week (Wednesday, in chemistry), but it's my favorite class (and not only because my TA is Canadian and says "molar mahss") so I'm less ... the exam and the season premiere of Lost. There's no guarantee that I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times two of those three are related

  

  number 1, and thanks to the obscene amount of tuition I'm paying MIT I was able to attend number 2 (and am also missing number 3), which is why I woke up early* this morning and trudged bleary-eyed over to room 26

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 6, 2012