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  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  note='It is perhaps worth noting, here, that we do not have a legacy ... attention to the class of 2028 and beyond, I want to take a moment —  alongside President Kornbluth — to reaffirm our commitment to diversity in a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  a nice way to get outside, get some exercise, and get to places, but I ... rusty to boot, I quickly fell in love with biking as a means of ... in the greater Boston area by far - and picked up a nice, simple

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  those tickets went to undergraduates, typically those who are doing some ... Obama's address. Needless to say, the MechE student who doesn't have a UROP and would rather build toys than wind farms was not chosen for a

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  to organize a print run, though I do want a physical copy. If you ... Fool, which is not a part of the major arcana, in the same way that an undergrad begins with no major, being Undeclared. This is not a coincidence

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  ask myself is "am I in the right place?" How do we know when we get there? Exactly a year ago from today, teachers and classmates insisted the ... along with a big helping of the word "fit". At this point, it's a buzzword

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  celebration. The invitation is a complete honor. It's great to be back in my old virtual stomping grounds; I've missed you a lot. I like what you've done ... push boundaries, to improve the world. There isn't a day that goes by in

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  score of 4.8 on them, and I have a 4.5 weighted GPA despite doing 3 ... one week and a year since the 2022s got in or didn't; two years and a ... . The time has gone by so quickly that I can't even think of a good

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  In my blogging folder, I had a draft post that sums up my senior year ... that and began writing this post with a heavy heart. … Monday, April 15 ... floor of building 3 with a graduate student and we were both working

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  the work we have already done, this is very easy to do! If a regular ... entirely by the students: in my experience so far, after a few starter lectures by the professor every student presents three lectures as a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  as an admissions officer is, what do MIT people do after graduating? It's hard to give a comprehensive answer to that question, but perhaps this ... updates." I got a variety of responses (representing about 5% of our class

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  still on time in pacific standard time. but also i girlbossed a little too close to the sun, because whoever thought that starting to write a blog with 30+ photos at 11:30pm is a good way to get a blog out on time is

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  everyone, even if they belong here. The best we can do is try to build a ... This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been ... define admissions with a formula is like trying to define life with a

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  socialize. Catching up. How are you doing? What’s it like there? And a lot of ... like I was avoiding the things that I should be doing. Like writing a ... take a step, expecting there to be more staircase, when there’s nothing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  inhabited by the people that someone has a crush on, when you could do so many ... to do, to figure yourself out. I had a very silly love life but my ... to a need with which many other bloggers past and present concurred

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  doing all the right things, and, as a complete side effect, you’ll be cast ... don’t, however, use this as a checklist of things you have to do to get ... Being able to experience new things is such a fundamental part of

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  together and do a bunch of math for a week. Thousands and thousands of ... each other in Arabic. And what do I have? All of a sudden, I feel like I ... weekends ago, I went on a retreat with other people from my floor. I remember

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  know, as well as a poignant and accomplished blogger. Enjoy! *** Precisely one year ago today I sat drinking coffee at a Dunkin Donuts with one ... respective first choice schools early decision. "I have a really good feeling

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  there worth it? Am I doing a good job of being a good person, of being a ... contracted, collapsing from a community to a few lonely souls haunting a space ... these two statements. I will never be a junior again. I will never be a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  . Sometimes on mahogany walls. It’s not diverse, but still a bit impressive. And just look at the two campus maps. MIT is a school of numbers ... discussion section, led by TFs (Teaching Fellows). A Departmental Writing

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  pray that you do. A few key facts about me that may or may not provide ... good at cooking. consider this an a d v a n c e d cooking post. (because ... depression.[/annotation] [annotation note="cj: citing a paper in a blog post is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020