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  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  I do understand that human beings are not intuitively good at ... something like this: 1. Do something that you really care about, and make sure ... lesson has to do with something you may have heard -- that MIT supposedly

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  chapter always angst about this and try to figure out why and what to do ... , and put the stickers on, assembly-line style, with each person doing a ... goths to nerdy goths. I dressed similar to what I often do in normal life

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  . Who would have thought I'd need to remember how to do things like

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  hello. So what do admissions people talk about for 6 days in a row, 16

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  , "Hmm...I know you can't tell us yet, but when you do, can you let

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  do our own correlation studies," said Marilee Jones, the dean of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  /family/societal pressures assuaged, stereotypes thrown out the window. We do our best to help

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  what I'm going to do without her next year. It's sortof like in the ... on, but become even better - because he owes it to the mentor to do so ... your sweet bottom that I'll do my best to get her back here

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Festival

  

  Last night was the CPW Festival, an evening event with different MIT student groups doing fun activities. 58% of the admitted Class of 2009 are currently at MIT for Campus Preview Weekend (this post is dedicated to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  As many of you know, I'm an avid reader of the New York Times. Reading the Sunday paper is a favorite part of my week. During less busy times of the year, I'll do the crossword in the Magazine. Also in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  . Tonight, I took a break from the work I'm continuing to do with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  you need to do to get into MIT." Sorry if I confused anyone! -B

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “Hala’s Escape from Groundhog Day” season 18 episode 98

  

  the kind of work I’ve always wanted to do. But - as in every Groundhog ... sleep… only to do it all again the next day. In every episode, breaking ... doing something that pulls me out of the loop. Here are a few ways I

  • by Hala K. '29
  • October 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  from experiments, and i could just focus on doing things. this past week ... cost of ignoring my assigned readings, doing my psets the night they ... between steps. i still have a lot to do. i have papers for a discussion

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  stuff you see in sci-fi movies and expect to learn at MIT (but never do ... century ago to confuse everyone else. What do you mean an electron is “like ... what I had to do. Heck, my last name is literally "Qu"! The universe was

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  we do, the things we see, the people we meet - these all move our ... doing something you don't expect or trying to remember how you fixed ... standing benevolently in the background of your life and doing it quietly

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  bills, doing chores, taking care of myself, etc.—was a little overwhelming ... the break. When I return to MIT next semester, I'll be doing it knowing ... I’ll have a bad ending. If I need help, all I have to do is ask

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  . After basically doing squats nonstop for so long, I declined hopping it ... reviews! “Seeing kids do it was very fun. In a world in which mit promises ... do it every time I go down there” - ian  “Hopscotchhh!!” - logan

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  that that is quite literally what I am doing at MIT and what I have been doing for over three years. That realization was quickly followed by a ... Controls or Structures seemed like the most utterly romantic thing to do in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  I Don’t Know where am i going to be a year from now?

  

  everyone – who am I, and what do I want? It only took a few moments of ... statement saying that I do not know yet. I’m optimistic about this ... note="What do you mean it’s midnight??! We were talking about the promise

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 27, 2024