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  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  Alley," but to make matters confusing all of the dorm addresses are on ... who have already packed. They get to do this: I am not one of those ... : Dan Sauza '11 -- Travelling to Mexico to work on a Course 3 (Materials

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  say that Nate Silver is as close to a rock star as you can get in the ... winning: "I didn't f--- this up!  Now I get to troll Politico ... ThirtyEight) "It's easy to compete with stupid." (on why he's been able to beat the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  't really damage the end product but just bring me to a new perspective on ... need to start with some direction of where you're going, whether it be a ... images and seeing where I'm taking, picking some things to add on as I go

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  's faculty - and what's actually here on the website is only a small sample of ... distinguishes the Institute from any other university that I know. On one level ... MIT. At the same time, though, I have come to realize that MIT's faculty

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  ago. i should be able to write about that? i scroll for ten minutes through my Google Drive to confirm my suspicion that i was drowning in ... holding tomorrow, and how we’ve been working really hard to put everything

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  next PSET is now due on Tuesday morning. You have two fewer days to get ... an avocado that's getting a little ripe, it's much better to eat the ... entry on my personal blog. And they also happen to be t-shirts I just

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  have to put on your gear, get on rope, ascend, change over to using your repelling gear, repel, change over to your ascending gear again, and get off ... time, but I do it anyways.   2:00 PM: Finally, I get to work on

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  online to look at your grades you might see the familiar A ... - “Failed” (⊙︿⊙) and if you’re a freshmen on Pass/No Record you can expect ... person with some unique circumstance) and you open up your grade report to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  dictated by the circumstances of one's birth. ????? You don't get to choose if you're black, white, or somewhere in between. You don't get to ... adjust to life at an institution like MIT. I regret that I didn't get to go

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  So today we're going to take a little trip to 3-370 for some ... engineers may use in their career in order to measure certain properties, such ... on fourier transforms and sound waves. I was a little tired since I

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  going to college?" "What schools have you applied to?" "When do you get a ... consoled me when I didn't get in, celebrated with me when I did, drove me to ... parent-readers out there, I'd also like to thank you for helping your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  it took for my plane to arrive, board, depart, and probably get to ... new language before traveling to that country. You know, it ... truly incredible getting to know them, and their extended family, and all

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  /labmates from when I was in my master's program have gone on to build careers in ... on our own identities and learn critical concepts to navigate gender ... . I'm also thrilled to be part of DUSP's new urban science major (Course

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  hours because you couldn't get help while you were working on your ... are too many people to be able to ask all your questions. On another ... to be A TON OF WORK (ie, I'm working on the weekends) which can be

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  Ring. They couldn't decide whether to put the beaver or the Dome on the ... The Brass Rat, the MIT class ring. MIT students get theirs sophomore year and wear the beaver "sitting" on them until graduation. At

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  on New Year's Eve. Now you need to understand that we have always done ... reading your applications so much and it came to me about the time I walked ... part of the tradition however was starting a puzzle on New Year's Eve and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  't worry - you're not missing out): 0% of people who do not apply to MIT get ... get a point across.) The essay is your chance to show that you're not a ... To those of you who sent in your early apps - congrats! You're done

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  burnout and exhaustion from all the things I was trying to accomplish on not ... myself for another year? So here I was, trying to get ready to learn again ... I’m being honest. To understand what I mean, you need context. For the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  demonstration of some modern music. On Saturday the marching band headed over to ... . When the cultural houses moved to New House and non-Russian speakers moved in, the new residents decided to dub themselves English House and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  blog topics today. Kevin posted the New York Times article on MIT ... night, I took a Zipcar up to a college fair in New Hampshire. I'd say the ... undergraduates go on to grauate school to earn a Master of Architecture (MArch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005