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• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  it is true to a certain degree. Life is full of opportunity costs ... . Maybe the same thing applies to the rest of life…or, maybe stuffing my ... The beginning of a new term is always accompanied by a mix of anxiety

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Astrology Forecast for the Class of 2023 Some big aquarius energy is coming...

  It's an incredibly exciting time of year, as the Class of 2023 is ... with our newly enrolled class through a number of events over the next ... of Multicultural Programs, LBGTQ@MIT, and the Office of the First Year

  • by DJ Rock
  • August 22, 2019
• 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…

  

  As much as I hate Twitter, I think I'm going to follow the trend of ... (?#@^&*!!!), all kinds of awesome and interesting things are going on ... basically a Twitter feed. I hope you appreciate the enormity of this sacrifice

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  . Levitt teaches a class on the economics of crime at University of Chicago ... recently. 1. Steven Levitt (author of Freakonomics and MIT PhD) came to ... Quadir (head of MIT's Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  talk to us about campus life. After class, I took a tour of the applied ... class early to go to my UROP tour of a brain and cognitive science lab ... By Ming Lu The Thursday morning of CPW, I woke up bright and early

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  Planetary Sciences) demonstrated the principle of countersteering, and Zack ... joined the rest of the MIT cycling team for training camp in Borrego Springs, CA. The beautiful photos are by Peter Vanderwarker. All of them can

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  city (that too in India) I missed out on lots of competitions and science ... applying for MIT, and then discussed some aspects/adjectives of this match ... apply EA. ------------------------ This is not a question, but worthy of

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  (P.E.) “points,” then you won’t receive an MIT diploma. Harsh, eh? That ... taking measurements of toxic algae concentrations while you’re on a boat in ... fulfilled by taking 4 gym classes, or by participating in 2 seasons of a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  Well, look at that, the dawn of a new Monday. Light is gracing the ... . Most everyone resolved to get some work done on these couple of days, but ... ] There are leaves all over the courtyard, various shades of green to yellow

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  If you're looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the vast opportunities that it offers MIT students, then you're in the wrong ... of things like "can eat five plates of food at dinner",* "can make

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  discovering and applying knowledge for the benefit of society remains at the ... of interesting discussion after my last post, and lots of good questions, too. I hope to answer many of those questions soon, but today I

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

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  and Facundo Batista as they discuss the science of the pandemic during ... some of my advisees and helping them pick their classes. A number of them signed up for a new discovery subject being offered by Course 7

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  traditionally-thought-of-as-MIT-ish things like science fairs or math competitions ... the most general sort of advice I can offer. If you (mostly juniors, but ... in terms of general advice, let's see. There are no specific activities

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  UROP students pursing research in the School of Science. It's pretty easy to apply for one of these awards, just write that you are applying for ... there is not a lot of hassle with filling out timecards. All of this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  of science. It speaks volumes that an institution like MIT has a master ... mathematically challenging, but it's a wonderful survey of planetary science that I ... Last year, my class sizes were on the order of 100, 50, 60, and 20

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  came to claim their diplomas, I lost track of my friends as I was taking ... front while both my friends met Tim Cook outside of the bathroom."   ... MIT folks and wherever else MIT folks. I bet one of you is in space

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  old girl at nerd camp yelled at me for being part of the globalist ... dragon staff 3) It's time for those of you who might want to be bloggers ... blogger? The mission of the blogs is to help prospective students understand

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  MIT Class of 2017!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it ... concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions ... the fairest treatment of waitlisted students. If you need more time: If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  to try to figure out what's at the edge of the universe. Is there a ... The next few months of my life are pretty well planned out. I'm going ... there. But mostly I'll be taking classes. Thesis Do a lot of work and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Released TODAY @ 6:28 p.m.

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2017 will be ... .mit.edu Other facts: Almost 19,000 students applied for admission to MIT this ... year is very low; we had to turn away the vast majority of excellent

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 14, 2013