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• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  ’s interesting how you can bond over agonizing with people you’ve never seen before ... depends on how patient of a person you are, but I don’t think I’ve ever ... later, I went to my high school where Pi Day was being celebrated. I spoke

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  ! Decades before computer hackers were. For that matter, where do you think ... networks. Michael said: "Hacking per se doesn't get you in trouble -- being ... "You only get in trouble for a hack if you damage property or endanger

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  somewhere for anyone to find and use it. Where it can be censored without due process, it hurts the speaker, the public, and Wikimedia. Where you can only ... post this because someone uploaded it to YouTube, which can host it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  you think that my sort of person can still do well at MIT, that's great ... experience at MIT? If you don't mind, can you tell me a bit about yourself ... 't come off as arrogant - I just wanted to let you know that you can have a

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Share Your CPW With Us! I can haz guest blogs?

  

  met this weekend!! :) (this is why I like to ask you where ya'll are ... ! There is an old tradition where current bloggers open up our blogs to you ... them as guest blogs! Don't worry too much about format - I can help you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  if you are high enough so the buildings don't get in the way. We were ... getting some free food, we sat in on a 8.02 class (Electricity and Magnetism ... the switch, but nothing happened. You could practically see that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  's something to avoid if you can. It's unlikely to be the difference between getting in and not getting in, but you'd rather look your best throughout ... is helpful! What are those words and terms that you most often get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Anticipation a little something to keep you company

  

  what the day holds can be scary. Or exciting. Or overwhelming. You ... that you are feeling right now. As you get through the day, I'd like to ... to make you float. Butterflies that might want to make you vomit. But

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  say that Nate Silver is as close to a rock star as you can get in the ... average tenure of a senator is 18 years or something, on average. So you get ... ) "You get more vitriol from political people. People in sports don’t take

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  tell you something: when you get to college, change is neither slow nor ... line, it's a step function. And sometimes all you can do is just hang on ... . Because when you get right down to it, there's really no simpler way to put

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  thought you once had that you can no longer grasp. I will never have REX ... road. Isn’t it spectacular that I can run past the Charles, where, unlike ... No one marks you five minutes[annotation note=" in MIT time, classes

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  , paperweights, product samples, erasable highlighters, candy, rubber duckies: you name it, you can probably find it at the booths, complete with branded ... , as well as team leadership. If you can’t explain your project to others

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  , I hope that you can do that too." i don't sleep with my grad rat on ... less when you're out there in it. because that's really all any of us can ... , or as OK as it can be, and this is what you can do. and this isn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  '07 came rushing in with a bowl of salad. "Hey, where're you going?" "On a picnic. Do you want to come?" "...Where?" "Killian Court. We have ... . Because here's the thing you shouldn't forget - you will get into college

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  ? Prepare to dance on sore legs. SAT test that morning? You can make it just ... can actually get homework done on a Saturday, or go grocery shopping, or ... . These are just a few of the questions we faced. How many of these can you

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year

  

  film so amazing? Well, I can give you a basic pitch. Mamma Mia! is a ... between. IV: My, My, How Can I Resist You? Of course, by the time Paolo and ... , where we would be watching—you guessed it—Mamma Mia!. [annotation note

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 9, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Parting Remarks Part I: Leaving Marks reciprocal changes

  

  ="Residence EXploration AKA the time before orientation where you try out other dorms to see ... course there are the marks that MIT has left on me. There is no way you can ... reason this one was left behind: just because it can be cooked in a waffle

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  division biology elective which gets great reviews in the student subject ... year, and we can all connect the dots on what that means. (I'm not ... knows how I write, so I won't get the obligatory first paper boost for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also ... the ten hundred most used words. I told them they can write about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  ? Of data rearranged?” another OperaBot asks. “How can I ... Opera. Good design gives you everything you need and nothing that you don ... voice! My goodness, can these people sing! Although I have been fortunate

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011