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• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  valedictorian > 750 on 2 sat subject tests (chem, world history) cross ... . a month ago, the day i wrote this, we played uncharted 2, which helped

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  you think you need, usually 2x the amount, because somehow at least for ... .    [STEP 2] TRAIN FOR BATTLE Strategy without tactics is the slowest

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  in some system of pressing 1 for “yes” or 2 for “no”. This system ... things. It’s therefore difficult to describe (this is why I’m Course 2

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  technologies do not work in isolation -- In the 2016 election, 2.2 million Black

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  take up to 20 hours every week. Some core major classes, such as 2.009 for Course 2 - Mechanical Engineering can take 40+ hours a week. Some

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  organs) and letting them die (by pulling the switch). 2)Killing the ... -frightened person could similarly attack (2) by analogous argument: that there is no

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  Part One: On the last Friday of April, a stubby little rocket made with a 2-liter seltzer water bottle, some foam core board, a hot glue gun ... pessimistic ponderings, that meant something. A year ago, running a 10K (6.2

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  -minute walk from Random, and then I get home and crash. 2:00 pm: I wake up ... Authority. 2:30 am: A layover in NYC in Port Authority. I buy some orange

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  I got the urge to write this short story about 2 days ago. Then, I decided to kind of throw most of my writing rules out the window and have ... . ***** The idea for this story came to me 2 days ago after a shower. I knew

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  Internet for logistical questions before you ask me. 2) When I receive ... --I always do better in semester 2. I'll be going to more study sessions and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  could, for example, self-study, or take the class at a local college. 2

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  interested in the field; (2) intelligent; (3) well-prepared academically and ... ) passionate hook; (2) segué to your background in the field; (3) specific

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  of Fire one night at 2 a.m. I told him that it made me feel like ... is 2 a.m. He said “so what; don’t waste inspiration.” I looked at him

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  floors (I think) there are 2 floors that are labeled only by letters in the ... . Dad: Costs for this set: $2,430 total billed, and $1,612 allowed under

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  (Course 2, of Skullhouse): "I'm working at ARES Corporation with a few ... ROTC program, and will basically catch you up on the first 2 years of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  has a picture of my second cousin's dog on it and the other one cost 2 ... �Ǩ, it's 15 minutes from the train station, 2 minutes from a subway

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  scholars, 2) are not awarded annually, but on a less frequent basis, and 3 ... that this ranking is way off base is that Caltech is ranked #2 on this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  wait listed people are admitted? 2) If we are wait listed, is there ... .how much points should i get in TOEFL? 2.i'm interesting(yeah, better-i love

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  about it. An immunology program might only have 2 or 3 slots, but an ... do wild stuff like 12 interviews at 20 minutes each, spread over 2 days ... choose to work here? 2. How did you end up studying what you study

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  now that we don’t see very many 2D animated movies anymore, was it ... boards and move the camera. But with 2D, whatever you put in the boards has ... Incredibles 2 now, and a lot of the stuff that I had fun doing on Avatar (I did

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017