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• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  would have sprinkled holy water on it if I had access to some. If someone ... well I needed to do on the next exam to get an A in the class. I thought ... weaknesses, and then make (sometimes difficult) decisions based on that. It

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  on my clothes. Oops, so I ran off to find just where I'd sprung a leak ... that, I was on my way. All in a day-before-class's work I suppose. Oh ... ", wherein you can post question with a specific hashtag, and they show up on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  (this year, it begins at sundown on March 19). In the interest of keeping ... . Professor Sarma, on the other hand, pointed out that latkes will solve the ... , the hundreds of people in attendance were permitted to vote on the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  tears of frustration, they crystallized on my cheeks and shattered one by ... started off like this: Prof. Durand: Put on these diffraction glasses. Yuzhi ... you tried on at the store sometimes look awful when you get home. Also

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  over 16 weeks. On the other hand, MIT has two 14-week terms, separated ... to take on 15+ hours of lecture a week (although probably not attending ... for one of the seemingly infinite student groups on campus. At Cambridge

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  brain turn on and off as people think different thoughts. We have already ... revolutionary, most life-changing research going on anywhere in the world. I ... Prof. Kanwisher's speech on Friday -- what questions might you want to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  hand in anything with words in, on and/or around it that leaves the ... prospective students that borders on the unique and, some would misguidedly say ... Admissions we don't lie about MIT. That kind of Zen-like simplicity is on par

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  ), maybe because you can buy a cool stick that they brand at every station on ... never met before and he had met on Sunday, and they were hard. core. Oh ... halfway up the mountain, legs and throat on fire, clothes soaked through to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  Politiques Français Since I know all of you read about French politics on a ... consideration, depending on how interesting they are... Keri did this last year ... . I think Pugwash could be a pretty significant force on campus if time

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? We're still processing many, many documents. Don't worry, be thankful.

  

  up on the tracking system. We're still processing lots and lots of ... Admissions date stamping, and storted into different piles depending on what ... by the admissions officers. Then, finally, Sofia takes the folders on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  econ PhD programs go on to research/teach as professors or employees of a ... world. Later on after graduation, older alums sometimes switch into fields like private equity, venture capital, and corporate management. Later on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  together into one photo entry so I can move on with my blogging life (and ... as good as Lulu's, but American Idol is on and Nicole Tranquillo ... he untags pictures of himself on facebook in which he thinks he looks

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  & Grad School)' section; check it out for further reading on this topic ... have the GRE on Saturday. So I intended to study the entire flight ... , Spaghetti Warehouse. Me and my brothers. The little one on the far left is

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  ,000 scholarship and goes on to the national competition, said Clarissa Sandoval ... regional one. She entered after learning about the competition on the ... Flowers last year because they felt not enough emphasis was placed on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  take a look at it yourself and let me know what you think! On a side ... Eric Lander. Check out Wikipedia for more information on how he was ... information. Basically, Lander exerted pressure on Francis Collins and others to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  the regulars have insisted on calling me Nance Nance Revolution (NNR ... those who missed the festivities, we kicked off CPW with two receptions on ... Education) and Wes Harris (Department Head of Aero/Astro) - lit the crowd on

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  Engineers" on kazoo on the way down. The guy coming down from the fifth floor ... alone. We've got a former piccolist or something on trombone. We really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  class nonetheless. We mostly focused on learning the basic poses that most ... would go move slowly and lay down in a dark room with spa music on ... killer). This is common for a lot of PE classes and my one complaint. On

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  from the MIT admissions blogs - sitting on mitadmissions.org and ... itself on my transcript, and my application will be tossed in the trash ... frenzy on my decision day. Why, exactly? When I forced myself to articulate

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

   goodness don’t get me started on how atrocious the units of measurement are here ... ="Celsius, of course"]subzero,[/annotation] tiny bits of ice form on the sidewalk. I mean, ice! On the sidewalk! I later asked a friend if my snot would

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019