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• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  .R. Hildebrand applied to MIT from a strong public high school in the Bay Area of ... sort of flipped out, "I remember immediately saying 'There's no way he ... Sunday in the Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway, the track where he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw

  

  one of the reasons I chose MIT. I'm celebrating by wearing a Homestuck ... : MIT had a subculture that was unabashedly nerdy, something I closely identify with. No one at U recognized the Homestuck jacket that I wore

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  My Funny Valentine No kissing on Valentine's Day.

  

  that on your TI-89. First off, yes, I am a blogging delinquent. Ben Jones, I should be arrested. But in my defense, I have had a viral ... We will first begin with a cartoon from one of my favorite webpages

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A Round Two Answers to some questions

  

  what are some of the classes/teachers you've particularly enjoyed? I didn ... course where they sit in and evaluate the class to make sure that it is covering the material that it should be. Mugho Pine asked: If you come in

  • by Bryan
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  "threading" of comments such that a distinct topic or idea can be pursued apart from the general hubbub of the comments. The comments, in other words ... what you want can be done out of the box with Disqus." Disqus is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  photos. Lastly, to everyone who lives in MA, I definitely recommend going ... to experience things that we thought we only saw in movies. At 5 Wits ... , you may be wondering why this is the story of the 5 Wits. Well, there

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  's choice of funding sources has been in the spotlight recently. But they didn ... ="attachment_46897" align="alignnone" width="3024"] (I have a clearer picture of the ... small strip of grass between Walker Memorial and Building 14. It was

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s all about the numbers… Jump back into the basements for the first of two entries early this week on…

  

  time, in search of rooms which share numbers with common freshman ... Programs, in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ... through Buildings 56, 16, 8, 10, and 3, and emerge from the basement of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  suggested biking to see the Battle of Lexington, I was THRILLED! We woke at ... of people: those standing in front, those perching on ladders/ladder constructions, and those in the trees. Niki '09 and I grabbed a bench. She

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Kendra

  

  representing 65 teams from more than 50 schools participated in the first "P3" competition, which was held at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on May 16 ... advance sustainability in the developed or developing world. There were

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 11, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  Milk in the bottom of your cereal bowl, mug, or biohazard bin. The annual ... -fitting physical representation of the busyness of life as an MIT undergrad, I ... . Legend tells of a phase in the Milk’s decomposition journey when it

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  As some of you may know I am a big Patriots fan. Yesterday the ... - and in between flashbacks to the Superbowl-That-Didn't-Happen - I ... period of time, is almost certainly insufficient to beat a good team in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  A Fool’s Holiday How MIT celebrates April Fool's Day

  

  I was just reading Wired Magazine online and came across this ... . The School of Engineering will be renamed the School of Imagineering and ... MIT homepage. Hey, anything's better than trying to work in an Athena

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15, at 12:15 PM EST

  

  Hi Everyone, Early action committee is almost over! I never knew I could read so many pages. I never knew I could drink so much coffee. I never knew I could eat so many sugary snacks. Some ambitious admissions

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  been engaged in this discussion with members of the class of 2011, the ... new member can be a part of the important decisions that will be made ... The class of 2011 all got this e-mail this morning: Class of 2011

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  . Since the blogs were mostly focused on decisions, I figured I'd follow up a few days later with some of the other stuff that happened on Monday ... ="73497" image2="73498" image3="73503" /] Department Events Every Pi Day, lots of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  spell check! Here are some of our "favorites" (and by "favorites", I mean ... when students write that they received an A in Engish instead of English ... Every year, the MIT admissions staff reads tens of thousands of

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2011 Closing Remarks and Variety Show Singing, dancing, juggling, and more!

  

  examples of a cappella.) Kim actually used to be in the Chorallaries, and I used to be in the Logs (back in our undergrad days). These are, of ... CPW officially begins tomorrow! I've spent the past couple months

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  of emotions leads individuals to document their experience in odd ways ... of the Brass Rat in lieu of an arc reactor seems to invoke imagery of ... Rachel R. '16 and Lesley W. '16. In a similar vein are the pictures of the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  king cake and a run-on sentence busy week

  

  the mixture because I had just finished working with yeast in the lab ... so the cake didn't rise but it took so long to prep that I put it in ... cake because I told him to Brandon F. '19 put on a shirt just for this

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2018