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• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  million extracurriculars I was involved in. A word of advice: Take a deep ... mom in a frenzy exclaiming that I'm not going to get into any of the ... biggest things I think we want to get caught up in is the number game

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  Real Job. This is a drastic social shift from my time in undergrad, where ... roommate is a close friend with amazing taste in decor and books, and I ... different. This is also a symptom of growing up, not just being in a master

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My schedule .

  

  lol, it's good to be a senior. 3:30am MANDATORY EDIT: In all ... thing you learn at MIT is how to manage a heavy courseload. The last thing you learn at MIT is how to manage without. I believe this. If you're a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 16, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  If you weren't aware, REX (Residence EXploration) is going to be in ... in the courtyard, which temporarily becomes a sprawling playground of 2 ... .) For the record, the current weather is gorgeous. This year, it's all a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  visits at least once every day. Because it's MIT, the Infinite is also a ... Wikipedia, is when: On several days each year, the sun sets in alignment with ... is also the site of other activities, which, in that MIT way, manage to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Mail Date: March 11 Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy stressful time.

  

  As you've probably read via the homepage, Friday, 3/11 is our goal. If that slips for any reason, I'll let you know. Less than a week until I get to shave... NICE Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  Well now, this is a good way to start a blog entry. Megan '08, nine ... this happened. Well, it was a little cold, for the first time in a few ... warm in an antarctic environment is to huddle together in concentric

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  figured a simulator is a good place to do it.  Until I saw a shiny, shiny ... they had a second simulator off in the corner - not full-bodied and ... ... that is another bite of my life at MIT. As has been a frequent

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  . Participation in the ISOs is neither a requirement nor expectation of applicants ... EducationUSA (EdUSA) office in American Corner. EdUSA is a U.S. Department of ... in a kind of academic olympics. At IOI 2015, 322 students from 83

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  us when we're sick, Is covered in snow, but only a few inches thick ... blizzard is coming up and hitting the Northeast real hard (Déjà vu).  It's a ... .♪ ♫Close up of the red thing in front of a building that's orange, Oh how I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  .S.S. Constitution in Boston Harbor The Constitution, a.k.a. Old Ironsides, is a three ... in the parade were a group of men called the Aleppo Shriners (which is ... orchard is. All in all, it was a really great weekend.

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  include my oh-so-awesome CPW event? Oh right, I'm a blogger. So here it is ... and/or destroy something Meet a professor in the department you might ... printed and are sitting in boxes waiting to be distributed to YOU when you

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  . Developing a better theory for in context learning is also useful to describe ... semester (which is already a decent amount underway), in particular excited ... Hey folks, it's been a while. I've been very focused and not in a

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  : hello, Bexley Desk guy: hi, is this MIT? me: this is a dorm at MIT. guy: can you connect me to the science department? me: this is a dorm, I don ... the moon is a planet or not. me: well, the moon is a satellite of the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  prom date who is a math teacher in rural Washington now and trying to get ... Listen: writing well is hard. It is hard for a lot of different ... to guess. Sometimes it is hard because you have a lot of stories

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Square Root Day Your daily dose of nerd humor.

  

  kind of joke. (In related news, Pi Day is only eleven days away. Get ... Did any of you notice today was a square root day? I didn't, until I got a friendly email reminding me of this rare mathematical oddity

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  , imposter syndrome just sort of, exists. It’s a voice in the back of my head ... graduate, and so, in two years, I should have a degree in mathematics from ... . Fact: Learning is a process, not a competition, and I’m excited to be

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a doctor. The summer ... surgeries and hold a defribillator in my hands and say "Clear!" As a kid, I ... never really forgave myself for that day back in 1996, and it's probably a

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You should get this bundle right now definitely clickbait

  

  I'm taking a break from playing all the video games in this video ... a Landlord is a deckbuilding roguelike, much like Slay the Spire ... "] taken from itch page[/caption] A Forgetful Loop is a time-based worker

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  side of the keyboard; the A key, however, is another story entirely. It ... just spent an hour making, I'm sitting in a chair listening to Pandora and pushing the button that opens the front door. Working desk is a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008