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• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  say mit is only as hard as you want it to be. that is a lie, but so is everything else that can be said about it. the fact that i chose mit says less about mit than it does about me. for the same reason, there's only

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  most we take on here at MIT, it's a easy one to solve. As many of you ... achievements. I'm new to the position, but the role it plays in our office is old: it was most recently done by Dawn, and Matt handled the substantive

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  if Bostonians are less accustomed to snow, or perhaps it really does ... in Colorado, snow days are few and far between. It usually takes about ... sunny as it is, this never happened much. There were a few memorable days

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  . Anyway, it will be interesting what Garry Trudeau does with the next four ... who wrote scripts (computer programs) to "stuff" the ballot box. It crashed the server at some point last week, and when it came back up, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  'll start with the question that seems to be most prominent: what does it mean ... It may have been snowing outside, but inside, it's raining ... be autonomous. The competition is so popular, they hold it in the 1200

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  on friends / minsan in which i ramble about friendship

  

  before boarding our bus to New York. The bus ride was long. It was ... , also known as water spinach"]kangkong,[/annotation] and how shameful it ... it became more like seven. I had prepared for this and brought some

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  weeks. I find that it really comes and goes in cycles, and this year it ... thing or two I've picked up on how to deal with these weeks. One might ... definitely hit a GCS of 3 once or twice in these last few days.) Here is how

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  long-term plan. I can drop 6.s966 and absolutely nothing bad will happen. Despite that, I felt inconsolably bad about the exam for a few days. It’s been a long time since I’ve so thoroughly bungled a test. There are many

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  waterproof to it as you thought. Silly: how grass looks like a bad shave when it's half-hidden under a thin layer of it. Stupid: when rain falls on ... about snow: Don't welcome it with a fire alarm and evacuation at 9

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  each develop a prototype of a product that can (and in many cases does ... to fire I'm sorry, but this is the best action shot I could get -- it ... .  (The flags at left are in the order of team finish.) In the end, it was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  the comments I'll edit it into this post. Edits: Not Minecraft, but it does talk about digging; if you begin feeling stressed out about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas the night before the 8.01 final and all through the Haus, everyone was studying like nothing else. Including me. Just not…

  

  - it is for a class) had been moved to the East Campus courtyard ... at me. I didn't do it. Speaking of EC, this evening when I was walking ... , MIT's campus radio station. (That's Hanna '10, who does the show with

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  internships as well. It was quite a spectacle, as 3500 MIT students and alumni ... network with company representatives over a wonderful buffet dinner. It was ... that does tissue engineering research in the lab of a certified genius

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  word "scone" -- apparently it does NOT rhyme with clone! She also ... , which she just read... in German. She and Sam '07 should discuss its major

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  the chocolate, but I skipped that step. I did follow orders when it came ... your tongue instead of chewing it. We started out with a piece of Dove ... !" P.S. Does anyone watch Grey's Anatomy? If so, do you think Meredith

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  , but it doesn't seem to be working anymore.) If nobody that you know has the book that you need, then you can get it off of Amazon.com. Worst comes to worst, buy it from the Coop or Quantum Books, which are the main

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  . Ask about your host’s living group. Does it get loud? Where are the ... CPW (or KAPOW, as we call it sometimes) starts tomorrow. We are ... . What should you pack for the four fun-filled days? How do you pick a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Exam Cram a comic in which my friend tries to save me from chem

  

  . Because I'm a try hard and didn't know how to make proper memes, I drew a comic. The topic was on orbitals and hybridization. I really like it, so I'm going to spew it here onto the internet.

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  attribute of your personality are you most proud of, and how has it impacted ... town. How has that world shaped your dreams and aspirations? Hi! My name ... just took The Biggest Exam of My Life Part 2 of 4 (9 hours long!), and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  much. How things have changed... Given that it was the 50th anniversary ... ;feature=emb_title We built this 16-foot long sound reactive lightboard for DTYD 50. It ... Conner's Porter Room, but since the dorm is closed for renovations, it took

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022