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  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Understandably, you ... ’s okay, too. For now, remember that you're in the middle of the ride, and we’ll see you back here in March. So you're stuck in the middle of a

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  Not only the blogs' birthday—in trying to decide what to write, I ... annual event which changes in shape and size every year, in part because it ... arcane things in spreadsheets, and not sleeping very much. There are other

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  Part 1: (literal) There are no ceilings. For some reason, in a lot ... :  (metaphorical) There are no ceilings. When I was in high school, I knew (in some ... for me, regardless of where I ended up. In hindsight this was true, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to whether I should pursue a PhD program right after graduation or work in the industry for a bit first. My intention has been to work in the industry first

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  this summer, i’m living in a small, cozy house out in the medieval ... (the one in the United Kingdom, not in the United States where MIT is located). in fact, it’s so small that it usually appears on the 2nd page of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  considered me a friend taking time to check in on me. Another common thing I seem to hear alongside these check-ins are "I don't know a Cami without ... last night's blogger check-in that I literally broke the November rule

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  happen in the film. That’s right – after running several concurrent ... a few seconds in my brain), I deduced the entire plot of the film ... clips and hearing rumours from my friends). In particular: Simmons (my

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  in april my friend recommended the excellent article becoming a ... , in fact, is my definition of magic – competence so much more advanced ... they asked me what i would want to become a magician in, and for a while

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  in NYC.  In an attempt to get back part of my soul after what ... and am currently languishing in isolation. While I suddenly have so much free time, I don't feel like doing anything other than admire the art in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  my fall schedule. Of course, for me, all of this was happening in ... be. We recognize your unique place in our collective transition to ... in common is a feeling of disappointment. So many voices – peers

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  farewell, first semester p/nr-ing just hard enough

  

  I grew up in Nashua, New Hampshire, an unassuming city with lovely people but not much to do.    Now that I’ve been living in Cambridge ... of the light filtering through the pink curtains of my bedroom in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21E our major in a diagram!

  

  We are majoring in 21E, a joint major that lets you combine any ... HASS = Humanities Arts and Social Sciences REST = Restricted Elective in Science and Technology CI-H = Communication Intensive in HASS CI

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Robot Competition 2016 robots dump (replica) tea bags in the (replica) Boston harbor

  

  students design and manufacturing hands on and culminates in the annual 2.007 Robot Competiton where 32 finalists from 153 entrees compete in various ... dump tea bags into the Boston Harbor, hang up lanterns in the North

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  interested in the pursuing both comptuer science and design here at MIT (I just declared Course 6-3 on Friday! And there's also a new Minor in Design that is ... fireside chat, I asked him what advice he has for MIT students in my position

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  after winter and before summer, in which vegetation begins to appear, in the northern hemisphere from March to May and in the southern hemisphere ...   In the midst of some version of the thesis struggle described in

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  handwriting. In sixth grade, Megan P. sat next to me in science class and had ... comments written in the margins and funny quotes from the professor. So, in ... fact that the kid in front of me is taking notes rapidly in LaTeX and it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  . One evening, I had my head in the sky for SEVEN HOURS straight: one hour ... set), two hours total in the van, and four hours out at Wallace Observatory. There, I sat outside in the snow, huddling in six layers of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  What do you want to do in life?  For some people, the answer to that ... course they'll in, they'll hedge a little; they might say "6, or 2, or ... 'm in the latter group.  I came to MIT intending to major in something Bio

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  have learned now in my advanced age. On the same day, in a very different ... a tesseract - an 86 year old man posted his autobiography to reddit in ... about the perspective of an 86 year old veteran and videogamer on life in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  Decisions come out in 36 hours, and I know a lot of you may be ... can talk about stuff you do that you might have included in your ... to: 2) keep it civil - in tone, in subject matter, etc. we're all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011