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• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  On December 17, 2011* at 12:17pm EST**, I was accepted to MIT. After ... . That's a difficult question for me to answer, because there's so much I ... pset parties***, the awesome people - but if I had to narrow it down to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  CPW has come and gone, and now you're deciding where to spend the ...  choosing between jobs to estimate their probability of making each choice. Their ... choosing the job to which they had assigned a higher probability.  Isn

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  procrastinated long enough to contribute mint-lime-honey-rolled strawberries and sweet potato fries, which I've been wanting to make since I read this MIT ... -making process (the part where he explains his thoughts leading up to using vinegar

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21W.021 – “MIT 150: Inside, Live” Comics!

  

  I want to keep the intro to this post pretty short because the ... to the history, growth, and, most importantly, the culture of MIT. The ... as a participant-observer at MIT and find a fresh way to present your

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the class of 2016! I found this picture of you on the Internet:          Go ahead and introduce yourselves :)

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

  cranking  (even when it's too warm out), I flipped to a big section titled 24 ... over my shoulder to see what I was reading.  "And weren't we going to pick a weekend in March to hang out in the city?" she asked again. "Well

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  not only refusing to snow for more than a few days, but by having ... made me want to wake up and go outside. In a manner not dissimilar to ... to check out Techfair, MIT's annual student-run technology expo. It

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  related to photography. I’ve taken plenty of HASS classes in my day, but this is the first that doesn’t seem like work. That’s not to say that I didn’t enjoy my other classes (I’ve been known to offer to take on other

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and ... .   To start, I’ve definitely never played ultimate while avoiding ... distinct change from Hanoi where emission controls don’t seem to exist. I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted in Early Action.

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the class of 2017! This is what you look like right now:     Go ahead and introduce yourselves :)

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

  

  I wanted to post a quick update for our transfer applicants. We will ... emailing all applicants with their decisions, so you should expect to hear ... the very best MIT has to offer. I highly recommend reading the profile

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two Videos Watch them!

  

  Watch this one first! And if you want to know more about Embrace (mentioned in the video above), check out this one too :)

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  taken, it's important to discuss what those random string of numbers we ... notoriously difficult(relative to other freshman classes), 8.01 has a bonding ... , Senior Lecturer Peter Dourmashkin puts forth extra time and effort to make

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  teachers I've ever had the privilege of taking classes with - from time to time. Two of her kids are old enough to be in school now, but she ... School of Mathematics, which looks to be a rigorous afterschool program

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  major, biology, 'useless'. Shocked, I asked her to elaborate. She felt ... 's a terrible metric for uselessness.) But the same is true, to varying ... feeling whenever you push or publish something, is terribly valueless to you

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  snug. Out the window, giant snowflakes fell to the barren ground outside ... needed help from someone. Anyone. I reached out to God. “God, please make ... there, fighting the urge to push the orange nurse call button, I realized

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  't know what I'm talking about, I direct you to Snively's post, which noted ... get our schedules and get to talk about our classes, yay!" I will tell ... not looking forward to this semester because I was really bummed about

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  I discovered it was rather impossible to make any logical connection between all the things I wanted to share about the last couple weeks. I ... island to get their opinions on what it means to them to buy locally. As

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  finally moved from the present to the past. But, for some reason, this wasn ... to be more elation, more joy, and more optimism as I looked toward the ... jubilation to dissipate. The weather was markedly poor during the third week in

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  I've been crossing things off my master to-do list (nerd alert) and ... or inspiration to have anything to say. But ah well, so it goes sometimes. Thankfully, the semester is over and it's on to bigger and better

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011