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  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  the joy of learning. We don’t want a laundry list of a million ... Graduate School of Education released a report entitled “Turning the Tide ... 100 of my admissions colleagues at colleges around the country. I think

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  of millions people stand in my way. I'm just scared of giving up ... day, I'll be hopping on a jet plane, bound for the tropical island of ... the topic of this blog. So far this semester, I realized that I haven

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  has millions of dollars." Paul M. Feakins, director of college ... From The Chronicle of Higher Education (via a friend at Harvard) comes this story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  reviewing MIT’s Intro To Deep Learning the highs and lows of the beloved IAP class

  

  This past week was the first week of [annotation note="Independent Activities Period, aka the month of January where students can take a long ... the class started, it has kind of blown up due to all of the lectures

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 12, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  different version of myself in their head. There are millions of Paolos out ... along the lines of “Oh, economists don’t really study that, we study…” or ... have of the quality of the work done under his or her direction. Even

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  Press about our Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones. According to Google ... 's currently on CNN.com, with a nice picture of Marilee and her daughter (at ... boss. (Plus, what other admissions dean would rock out at Battle of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  Zedaph, and the continuous theme of his Hermitcraft Season 9 adventures has been what he calls “Zedvancements.” On top of the standard advancements that are already a part of the game, he’s come up with his own challenges

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  to MIT certain of one thing: I would never be an engineer. In eighth ... the frustration of attempting engineering drawings. We would draw boxes ... paper covered in layers of faded pencil marks as I erased and redrew

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  does is write great music, and put real smiles on the faces of millions ... Mass Ave, from Random Hall to wherever the exam will be held. A lot of ... -to stress-relief jam is usually Shake It Off, and after several hums of “I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  The MIT Class of 2013 has officially arrived! With this day upon us, we conclude the series Introducing the Class of 2013. Merritt '13 ... : June 1, 2009 "There are components of people and components of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  verb "quedar." It's one of those words that means like a million things ... on some of colloquialisms that you are learning? That would be awesome. :]" Yeah, sooooo, I'd love to, but see, most of the words that my new Spanish

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  of that, I am ranking my favorite three songs (I can’t pick one) in alphabetical order (yes, I cannot pick one) from each of her albums and will be ... ’t Blame Me vibe of songs. The live performances for these songs were

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  millions of things on my to-do list. I wanted to feel whole again. And so I ... For most of the semester, I've lived and breathed in the ever ... again, I would spend hours locked away in a corner of the library staring

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  and about a million flights of stairs run between Conner 2 and Conner 3 ... scheduling app. OK, BBQ at Burton Connor. Walk out of Kresge. Have to pass ... eat on the way. Classic. Arrive at Burton Connor. Lots of people. Grab

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  memories. I don't know about you guys, but I attend a freaking ton of these ... always involved hour drives to Portland, free pitchers of water, free pens and pamphlets, and lots and lots of info. It's been several years since

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  crazy or stupid or maybe even a little bit of both and i b e g g e d him ... ’t know, Duolingo is the result of some talented programmers and language ... Spanish, and recently decided to get back into the habit of using it once

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  at some of some of the blogging highlights of Ben's 4 years (and 194 ... to hide from us and our pursuit of content. And we promise to serve you ... Ben's first post of emotional truth. If more people in admissions could

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  .4-2.8 million), 70% of which are in China to do business, not as tourists. This ... kind of works on my phone, and since I have the VPN I can access ... better about being reminded about the inevitable fate of Graduating, a both

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  This post began with my long-standing hatred of Myers-Briggs tests ... periods of introspection, helped in part by taking a Myers ... thought to reconsider my initial hatred of the MBTI. Could there be any

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  of time/money? they ask. As someone who they'd heard had participated ... graduate of Hamden High School, #6 in my class, good grades fine scores ... the tether of this place, there's something about these walls, something

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008