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• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  too", and a lot of "time to focus on regular apps, then", and a lot of ... enough to give me a small idea. it must feel worse to receive decisions ... it feels hypocritical of me to write words to you, because even if i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  How many biological engineers does it take to make a motorized ... a hacker might need to prototype and develop their ideas: Raspberry Pi ... thought that this would be a perfect opportunity to learn more about making

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  Hey guys, This guy tried to guilt-trip me into writing a blog, but ... not know this (kudos to you if you know what this is as a high schooler ... as a model to see what these genes actually do by knocking them out in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  films of all time: Sneakers. I've got a week's worth of questions to catch ... that Will Smith turned down a scholarship to MIT to pursue his rap career ... a bit goofy. "Who wants to see a Mobius strip?" he says to us, as he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  sure you need to give your real call sign” “That’s totally a real call ... to see a group of sketchy looking people huddled around a small table ... never works permanently. Every once in a while, somebody tries to clear up

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  went over. I felt like a detriment to my three-person team, as I ... psets without collaboration. 18.01A is the same. It seems I always have to ... calculus problems are. I even texted a couple of friends and browsed OCW to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  , and everything in my mind exists in a battle-to-the-death style list of ... that I have a minor platform, I finally have a place to share my awful ... important that happens in December. But, I refuse to break a trend and

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  time and work required in order to receive a Ph.D. and its adverse ... 's education as a high-level mathematician affected her playwriting or acting, to ... 't quite sure what to expect. The show, Truth Values, billed itself as "one

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  . What better way to get to know your hall? So a lot of you have ... online are a good place to start. And there are plenty of research ... I'm a little nervous right now, because I have my first major exam

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  , 1931, and 1932. Their mission was to design a ring to be used as the ... committee decided to adorn the bezel of the ring with the beaver and have a ... 1914, Lester Gardner of the MIT Club of New York proposed a mascot to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yellow, Blue, Green, and Red Free art and how to borrow it at MIT

  

  still “under construction”, but I first wanted to give a shout out to an ... Program exhibition.   Yes, that does seem to be a photograph of a ... exhibition is still a great place to wander through. It's a pretty eclectic

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 29, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  to use the word hate, but I’m going to be a rebel and use it anyway ... the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and ... neatly to the story of the brownies; a few days ago, I decided to try my

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  contemplate what it is like to be a “woman at MIT.” The only differences that I ... ’s Lounge (a room with some couches, a kitchen, and beds to sleep in) and have ... Society.” And here’s what really intrigued me (referring to a speech by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when ... to look pretty appealing. And besides, I wanted to keep computing as a ... 's a good thing we don't have to choose a major until the end of the year

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  , because we have a standing agreement not to go to dances. We used to go ... go out to a restaurant for dinner. I haven't been to one of the dining ... year. If you plan to live here over the summer, I'd recommend buying a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

  on an induction stove to how to balance on a bicycle in unfavorable ... the ground. I was going to write a blog about this, but then I took seven classes, got sick for a month, and pulled too many all-nighters to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  that Sunday before we arrived. As a result, we arranged to stay in two ... -family members. We had a quick two hour flight to Seattle before flying to DC. I ... , complete with a kitchen to cook. We would stay in this hotel until Wednesday

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  I am popping my head out of committee for a moment to [annotation ... applying to us for Regular Action, but we presume you're getting a lot of ... ! Do you provide a fee waiver for the CSS Profile? MIT is not able to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  people will always want to apply/commit, there isn't as much of a need to ... college, per se. We don't need to spend the money on a huge, beautiful quad ... and grocery staples. This leaves a lot of the undergrad populations to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  it'd be a good idea to try to write a blog like this, when you could ... : well, the point i wanted to make was that the planning was a coping ... years old didn't have such a dismal reason to live. cj: well. a month

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021