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• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  still important decisions up ahead, and some of the options will lead to ... i. in the business world, a unicorn is a startup with a valuation of over one billion dollars. this says very little about the internals of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  of Wyoming. I was thrilled to join the planning team and attend the ... and eating at local restaurants. We ate some of the best New Mexican ... the history of potatoes at the Potato Museum in Idaho, and finished out

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  Sometimes you put a lot of effort into something and the external ... and again that I had submitted that drop form. With the power of ... between me and the end of the tunnel. [caption id="attachment_90915" align

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  will save 200 lives, the other has a 1/3 chance of saving all 600 lives and a 2/3 chance of saving none. In this version, people prefer the ... statistical thinking. From Kahneman's Nobel biography: The standard example of a

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

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  maximum, and then treat the first two weeks as ‘reading period.’ This works ... sleepless, as I try to keep up with all of the readings and do all of the ... chapters of the novel I’d written in summer and received good feedback. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  to MIT and on a spur of the moment deal, tried out for an acapella ... audition and most are accepted since a good portion of the dances are created ... and when you get here, take advantage of the activities fairs and keep

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  seven months, the notion of a new life and future along the Charles River ... sentimental and nostalgic. I was leaving behind the place where I first learned ... you to some of my friends, and to the hall on which I'm temporarily

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  Mathcamp and the valleys of Ojai, Cali for SSP, so I probably didn't feel the ... set of fireworks, for those that also saw the fireworks and know what I ... . Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  population and mood of the lounge begin to change rapidly. Noise levels rise ... background, but also the intense rustling of papers and the occasional sighs ... history of joys, sorrows, and discoveries. The start of triumphant marches

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  the picture perfect start to ease my wave of nerves and angst, for what ... part of the cohort. The next day, my roommate Uriel, and some others came ... my shell. I started talking more, creeping in and out of the lounges in

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  . So the whole point of all this money saving and budgeting is to start ... credit score is to have had credit history, and one of the easiest ways to ... though, and all the sort of rules and responsibilities you should be aware

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  and center at the CPW Opening Ceremony. Three members of Alpha Phi Alpha ... view of the Charles river and the Boston skyline. I took some pictures ... , dumping the gajillions of photos I shot before 3:30pm on Saturday. I can

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  't work that way. From the first question, you have to ask two more, and ... yellow ink to make orange, instead of using red and yellow dots. Our first ... brought in pictures of the London Clocktower, the California Coast, and a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  you about just a few of the abundant resources around campus - and is by ... went off to distant lands for the summer are finally coming home, and ... orientation (safe travels for the rest of you arriving over the weekend!).  It

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  Atlas and Pleione. To the best of my knowledge, no one really knows where ... an armless Orion, and the butt and tail of Ursa Major. One star of ... president of my dorm, serve as a student rep to the CUP, and have developed a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  , efficiently, and of course, it just makes the whole thing more enjoyable when ... electricity. I guess the reason that robots are first thought of as human, as ... the trend of more and more people shopping online and expecting fast

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  academic year is completed, and as such, it's also the time of year that MIT ... contributions to MIT life, culture, and academics. In the realm of arts@mit, this means recognizing the winners of the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  of the doubt and say that it was some other anonymous troll who was ... they do, and this causes all kinds of trouble. I think this whole ... someone comes forward and claims responsibility for hating on all of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  applying to MIT were even born. The goal of FIRST, broadly speaking, is to ... winners of the inaugural Dean's List. The Dean's List Award honors "FIRST ... supporter of FIRST. Finally, after two long days of qualifying matches, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  watching the '13 college results this year. In one of my very first blogs on ... school, your first day of the application process begins. Day 1. You might ... the "guidance of admission experts" and "tried-and-true applications

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009