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• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  rest of the students by allowing them to build great labs and dorms and ... legacy admissions, and we do not do anything of the kind. This is ... into (and out of) MIT, and that’s the hard way. The people here value

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  -final-stretch/'>Junior fall</a> and I sure made the most of the extra week."]5th semester ... marks? Or mastering the material for the art and pursuit and love of ... produce 80% (read: majority) of your result on the exam — and figure out

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i have been consuming this summer random bits of media i have eaten

  

  . At first, it seems a little boring and janky, but the twins quickly ... unsuspecting town. Not only are the residents of the town incredibly quirky and ... the characters, and it was really nice to be able to take my mind off of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  life behind the wheel of a car getting to and from the job that he loved. As luck should have it, "the day" came on July 7th of 2008, and now ... streets of Cambridge...... the cops were out....... ....and it was

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  find MIT's Great Dome shrouded in white wrappings and the hubbub of ... his pictures from the award ceremony, and even catch a glimpse of his ... Because my roommate is in a sorority, she receives a whole slew of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  deep. (Yes, I do know that Chris Vu passed the first round of auditions ... , have no shame and quiver with delight at the prospect of one day ... answer questions about the life of Manolo Blahnik and identify fake Louis

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  played the piano and saxophone, and was a member of a Ska band) and sports ... As Technology Review’s 2007 Top Young Innovator of the Year ... Sasisekharan, a professor of Biological Engineering, and did his senior thesis

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  World Cup Challenge Results The answers and winners of the World CUp Challenge of MIT international admissions.

  

  The World Cup Challenge was a lot of fun! No one got a perfect score, but on the whole, people did pretty well. Below are the results, with the name of the country in each group from which MIT received the most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  compared to the Red Sox first World Series win since the Wilson ... that the Fresh Prince is a very bright guy. And as far as scholarships ... story: my first term at MIT, I had passed out of single variable calculus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

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

  

  communication, power design, and image processing. I was reminded of the first ... windows on the first floor. The windows face the river, and the infinite ... – the equivalent of this magical version of Oxford and Babel. A part of me

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  Kayode D. '27, who are posting their live reactions to the whole event ... fall, I suffered a brain injury and stepped back from my role for the rest of the semester. It was tough: missing out on presenting tonight

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  This evening, as I sit reviewing some of the first early action ... 'll find the blogs of MIT Admissions Officers Ben Jones and Bryan Nance, as ... props to the only other admissions blogs I know of: first, the mawrmawr

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  , it's the first day of my spring break, I have an IV sticking out of my arm, I ... identical copies of one nurse, and shut them again. The room spun for a while ... rolled out of the chair and staggered into the waiting area with two ice

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  6.7800 (Inference and Information, the subject of the exam and by far ... of EECS and kept each semester fresh and exciting. However, the ocean ... , theoretical computer science, or biomedical applications of EECS), and the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  . Commentary: We watched this video the first day of lecture. Possibly one of the ... the physics and stochastic nature of manufacturing processes and systems ... friends of mine and I decided to see how long we were willing to wear the

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is *so* cool

  

  essence, what we’d like to understand the chains of cause-and-effect in the ... effect of free pre-school on schooling and wages later in life the ... economic growth the effect of immigration on local employment and wages

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  place to continue the pursuit of your dreams? And feel free to "hijack" my ... about, wouldn't that be a much better (and productive) use of the time ... like reading Shakespeare and thinking that's the extent of the experience

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  motivated me to venture out to North End two Fridays ago and - for the first ... other news: (1) I had my first test of the semester this morning in 7 ... at Mike's Pastry. Mike's Pastry is one of many bakeries and cafes in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wolfram Alpha Tonight!

  

  search for is information. Any information. It will tell you the GDP of any ... the history of that country's GDP. It can tell you about scales in music ... want to a ridiculous degree of accuracy and depth. I can't get into too

  • by Snively '11
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  " to be accepted to MIT, and I can tell you for sure that the majority of ... into MIT and that they aren't the be-all end-all of your application. I ... school has one of the worst science programs possible. (And it's not like

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006