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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.

  

  that he knew what he was meant to do early in life. It looks like she

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  , while Europeans do something called "enjoy life". It reminded me of ... that there was more room for a casual social life. Again, that was

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  My time in Germany sadly came to an end two Sundays ago, when I packed my suitcase yet again (I’m really good at it now, haha) and hopped over to…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  Ann Curry is my idol. This NBC reporter is somehow able to balance an aura of professionalism, grace, and personality whether she’s reporting on the economy or having fun on…

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  At Friday’s Campus Preview Weekend Keynote (10am, Kresge Auditorium), there will be two prominent faculty keynote speakers. To highlight their talks, I’ll feature a mini-interview with each of them. Prof.…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  's scary seeing the last four years of my life fit in a couple of sentences

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  remember Todd? My Sabar drum from long ago? (http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/life ... notes I can't wait to bring to life! Rock Climbing-Top Ropes MIT has some ... Boston Marathon next year! WHEW! It's a crazy crazy life here at MIT, but

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  Thanks to the carefree nature of my elementary and middle school years, I have experienced a fair share of field trips, including a couple to the Museum of Science, one…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  In case you are like me and still feeling somewhat Christmas-y – maybe it’s that I keep listening to Christmas songs, maybe it’s that we never take down our tree…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  Wow; it’s already 2010. Anyways, Monday 1/4/10 marks the beginning of IAP 2010. For those unfamiliar with IAP (Independent Activities Period), it’s basically the whole month of January during which…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  . This is understandable behavior. The past few months of your life were probably focused on getting into college, and much of your life may have been ... more so a direction to lead the next couple steps in your life. If you

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  Back when I was about seven I dreamed of being an astronaut. Of traveling to different planets, perhaps living in a ship for years until reaching a completely different planet…

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  There’ve been several times when I felt like I didn’t really fit in at MIT. I nearly fell asleep during a Star Wars marathon. It wasn’t a result of sleep…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  wants to do with his life. The camp convinced him that chemical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  video or a written post with photos, introduce us to a part of your life

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Hello, Layover (Part Two) Electric Boog-a-loo.

  

  and life-altering as it seems. (Am I repeating myself? Oh hey, I totally

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Diabolo, Pandora, and Bad TV Shows You figure out what they have in common, 'cause I sure as heck don't know.

  

  Now that things have calmed down a bit at work, I finally have some more time to do some blogging! Here is a random smattering of things I’ve been wanting…

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • June 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where are you going, where have you been? (Part I) Academics.

  

  obliterate all memory of even the tough as rocks New England winter and life is

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  of college life, self-deprecation, making fun of Harvard, and (best of ... find a home. As I write this now, life since August has become a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  by her room to say hi so we could finally meet in real life. We haven ... has been owning at life lately and winning tons of awards...more about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009