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  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  't want to wait for the next cycle to begin before I told this collaborative ... and how to take risks. But the most important and fulfilling thing for ... essay for the Toast, "it never gets easier, you just get stronger," which

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  astronomy. Fast forward a few weeks, to the New House front desk, where I ... professor in the physics department lent to me. For privacy, let’s call him ... notice him. And then for Shakespeare to actually send the book…” She

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  - broadly defined - for college to matter.   I hope that this quote is ... system around "merit", defined, as it always seems to be, by test scores ... this: create an index by multiplying SAT score and GPA. Rank-order the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  to water will be safer for these children. People regularly die digging ... region, we didn’t need to go very deep. We simply needed to get away from ... problems are solved mainly for those living nearest to the well, and the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  Summer hath come to Boston, as demonstrated by the fact that bitter ... a nice way to get outside, get some exercise, and get to places, but I ... or get a flat, I can speed past all of them on my bike. Needless to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  to do this. Unfortunately, I didn't finish this game fast enough for ... pretty psyched to get in). The reviewers leave comments and suggestions for ... 'm on Google Scholar and everything! I submitted some of my research to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  submitted in time for the EA deadline. Somehow, I managed to distract myself ... Troubadour" by Tom Chapin  Which brings me back to that Thursday afternoon ... supposed to have an Educational Counselor interview for another college. I

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  center offers a lottery to all students (grad or undergrad) for a chance to ... quickly. i left with a painting by ria brodell that seemed to be part of a ... live, and I wanted to find out how they did so. [...] For this project

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  Officers of MIT™ who are responsible for reading your applications. We get to ... become the next Pokémon master. Now in my 30s, I get to share my love for ... . At least they know what to expect to get for their birthdays and

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  new requirement by this catalog is interviews. Applicants near enough to ... : general requirements that undergraduates need to get a degree. Schools and ... accuracy for any of these things. Also, I'll be really bad when it comes to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  seek ways to unlock the secret formula to secure admission. For starters, I can not argue with the logic of trying to discover the formula for ... .  In those situations, a new interpretation, spawned either by creative

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  AeroAstro. I figured I was fascinated enough by planes and rockets to get ... gets distracted by airplanes flying overhead, and gave Professor Darmofal an opening to introduce the Jim Mar Test. Used by Mar to evaluate

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  happily relied on public transportation to get around. Recruiting for MIT ... regional term you use for a major road that you drive relatively fast on ... learn how to drive on the highway. I took a couple driving lessons for

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  experience talking to strangers and getting them to sign up to teach for Splash ... our friends together to practice for this class. We were very new to the ... to eat some dinner. By then, I’ve taught for six hours. I guess I was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  could get the argument out of the way in advance. I googled for various ... do any of it. Instead, my mom came and sat next to me, and we did New ... days, you need two or three or five blankets and to lie on the couch for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  try to correct for ambiguities and inconsistencies, e.g. by having lots ... have for dinner. I looked to the left, and the right, and back again, unable to pick, unable to think about picking, for about ten minutes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  museum's function coordinator asked for our permission to use a photo from ... be having our reception. Our first dance was to "Everything I Do" by ... research and development office in Cambridge. Adam is the go-to guy for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  ’t figured out that the best thing to do in a strange new place was to ask for ... building across, as though afraid to head there for a Biology Final it hadn ... only by the right kind of light, we still weren’t able to finish the hunt

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  ’ve changed. Then, I need to account for my own “MIT-tinted googles”: for the ... to MIT for a science research camp, and I remember hearing about how ... , I didn’t want to get my hopes up about getting in. In hindsight, I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  ice cream maker. As for what I’m up to right now: I am packing up that ... for my day job, I’m trying to combine my experience in biological ... ’m building new tools to study the interaction between tuberculosis and its host

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014