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• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  is potted in an inverted square pyramid; at this point in my life, I ... reading, and then tune back in for the final ta-da moment. What're you ... applications (and a few months for many others), and I know right now you may be

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  ride my bike for nearly an hour every day to speed up the part of my ... Starbucks in Canton, the first suburb outside of Boston city limits for some ... yearlong membership for $45! it's pretty worth it if you don't have your own

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Unwinding how i destress

  

  explanations for the choices they make. Enter the Gungeon In an effort to find a ... destress! Also, this is actually just an excuse for me to talk about the ... lot of comfort in OTV content. Being so absorbed into social media for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  , debate just wasn’t quite the right environment for me to perform in, but it was the perfect environment for me to train in. I think that, slowly, I ... things that can and will change at MIT. In fact, that’s what I love about

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  already eaten); pecan pie (still in oven). None of us went home for a ... to be thankful for than usual. But at least we do have, here in our ... tradition, we got the full week (to allow for on-campus students to pack and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  Zelda. You know, from the Nintendo games. Bryan just did an entry on things to look out for in a university, and they're all great. But there ... machines? How many are there? How much do they cost? At MIT, at least in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soy Bomb Doo d-d-doo d-d-doo d-do d-do. Ice tea!

  

  acid in a 2 x 2 inch cartridge would be enough power a cell phone for ... --a komodo dragon could have an immaculate conception, assuming that it had a creator of an appropriate dispostion--the article was indeed about

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  advisees to register for classes! In the meantime, back to unpacking. ... collection of these for a while, and will start leaking them out) MIT Student ... ." *Differential Equations **The error function. It's used a lot in stats

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6-3 not a definitive guide

  

  and give up on Course 18), and my feelings for MIT in general were at an ... were 757 undergraduate students alone enrolled in Course 6-3 for the Fall ... people I've met who are 6-3 (which is... a lot) aren't in it solely for the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  have you. On the last day, I found an excuse to squeeze in some radio ... class. In a frenzy, I spent about half an hour dismantling the table and ... At MIT, I've taught for two Splashes, three Sparks, and two HSSPs. My

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  freshman spring in which today is the first day of spring

  

  variables. This semester, 6.042 is in TEAL format, which for 6.042 means that ... -so-slightly-bulging firehose for so long that this fact surprises me. It's almost like I hadn ... in two days, you celebrate by declaring the night off from work, and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  MIT Class of 2007 class ring. (Thanks to Mitra for the invitation ... beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. The design

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  computer in addition to their Air. Wait for SSD prices to drop, then look at ... external graphics card. Maybe in several years they'll be awesome, but for ... I've had dial-up internet for as long as I can remember. One of the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  can also keep in mind that I will be repaying tuition loans for the next ... Armstrong? To be fair, we probably discussed this in recitation for about 20 ... 's, slams on the breaks again, and walks in for his set smack on time

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  appreciation for the position we are in given our responsibility to provide all ... live in Senior House during the 2017-18 academic year must complete an ... decision, I hope you will understand it is firmly rooted in our care for you

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  trigger built in; that for every person, there is a sentence that can reduce ... interview. i was pretty nervous for it - it was my first ever in-person job ... , and i would have this dull tension in my abdomen that would persist for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  . For the past couple of years, I've used an app called Sleep Cycle to ... shower. Wait for it to warm up. Get in the shower. Shower. Get out ... me whether I was a morning person or a night owl in high school, I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  to scream. In a single moment, shaking under a stream of hot water, an ... decided to slump back to my room in defeat. I sat down in my desk chair for ... I kept my composure until I didn’t. Nothing in particular triggered

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  classes in a few months. However, the break from the constant demand of ... appreciated. In the next week or so, I’ll be starting my job as a residential facilitator for Interphase EDGE 2018. I could not be more excited. As some of

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  TOEFL." You can definitely submit test scores in January for regular ... accepted EA, should I send in anything more to give my app. another push for ... bearing on your application, as ~50% of our admits end up majoring in

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005