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• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an outspoken advocate of ... as applications rose and they could become choosier in assembling a ... and made the school more attractive to both topflight professors and the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  fairly reasonable restrictions, and my roommate and I decided to take full advantage of this. Who wants a room that's painted "Institute white"? I mean ... off to 3 feet, and then used the shelf like a super-ruler. No, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  camp two years ago, when we were all crashing andrew's room and it was the halfway point of the camp and we were all sad about it being halfway over and we hugged each other for a solid five minutes and that was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  . over. and. over. Like I am now, except now I'm not dancing to it. After I found this song (and immediately realized how positively musically delicious it is), I forgot about my Saturday morning cartoons a few times and

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  Action (EA), and January 1 for Regular Action (RA). While there are still ... Doc of the various deadlines and requirements for all of the universities to which you'll be applying (including the financial aid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT ... , Illinois, the DC area, Florida, and more. Complete list of MIT Central ... you expect? First, the admissions officer and the local Educational

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  kidnapped Baxter because he smells funny and no one on the floor likes him. If ... first: Prepare a double layer strawberry and dark chocolate cake, and ... HIM GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (and have some cake) (and other people too if

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  from all over campus, and the dorms that offered RBA were not necessarily ... programs and freshman advising/seminars? When do you choose your classes?" I ... last minute changes, and then submit your final registration in Dupont

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  members at the Activities Midway. We mostly utilized free candy and the ... -cheerleader.) Well, after training the new girls (and guy) pretty intensely over the ... yesterday. Although the weather was miserable, we all curled our hair and put

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  high school, and I had lead roles in five of them. I made all-state choir ... the state of Ohio, and we went to the Macy's Parade my senior year. So ... what I'm doing and such -- so I thought I'd clue you all in on my raison

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  It's been a while. I meant to post sooner but I got sidetracked, and then I got sick, and here we are. I had an impulse to post something I ... poem you wrote and discuss/get feedback and suggestions. I am really

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  Bros. hack, and a subsequent one answering people's questions. She answered a lot of questions, but she also got a lot of questions, and other ... -world adventures and social-engineering, and they use 'hax' or 'haxxed' to denote the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making my Ring Delivery Dress and some reflections

  

  , withwendy, and Micarah Tewers!"]DIY fashion youtubers.[/annotation] And the ... year was the year that the pandemic hit, so prom never happened and ... Institute. It’s also an incredibly fancy event that expects people to peel off

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  or hamentaschen? The latke and the hamentaschen are both Jewish foods ... , economic downturn, and cataclysmic natural event (including the extinction of ... scientific community convened for the first time at the University of Chicago

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• 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 / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  multiple interview rounds, and finally received and accepted an offer to work ... school has to offer. The Future The future is looking brighter and ... our last problem set of the year. I laughed, and felt my heart sink as I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  blog is the album Blue Moon Safari by Air and Vegyn :-) Last fall, I ... myself blink out and in of existence as I crossed the threshold of the office each morning and evening. The meat of each day was some combination

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  where I spent my days eating Steak n’ Shake and fishing in the lake by our ... quite a few memorable experiences, and even some seemingly unmemorable ... . As we drove to our hotel, I looked out the window and watched as

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  intern at a start-up that focuses on artificial intelligence and data ... learned this summer and what it means for me going forward: I shouldn ... position where they can't care about compensation. And to be honest, a large

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022