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• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answers to some FAQs.

  

  any other updates you'd like to provide (new awards, changes to your ... Report for your updates. Should I send in a whole new version of my application, or all new essays? No. You do not need to "improve" your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  way possible for me to take a quantum engineering class and get over my ... like Willow by the end of the semester, but I'll definitely try to get ... much like being visited by a fae.) It was too late to add the class at

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  will get to the place that is right for you, not just because of merit ... right for me—the one where I am unafraid to experiment, where I can always find support for new ventures, and where I can combine my interests in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  . This was nice to meet new people but also definitely exhausting for me ... , visiting family in Delaware and New York, and traveling to Cape Cod with some ... [annotation note="hi '28s! welcome to campus <3"]new class year[/annotation], and

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  lawsuits as long as they respond to requests for takedown by copyright ... bad consequences for the entire Internet as we have come to know and ... , and YouTube, and Wikipedia, and, for that matter, MIT Admissions) by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  aren't famous for how much spare time they have and nothing to fill it ... ) minutes and then go to bed. But if I start a book, that book is getting ... fast reader -- most books take me just a few hours to read. But

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  just plugged in received its message, and decided to comply by rerouting ... Internet, unable to reach their new trusted gateway, reverted back to their ... out, he used it as an example to advocate for network security upgrades

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  same values, was quite different from the MIT I would come to know (for ... school by its interviewer. I did keep up with Mr. Neighbours for a few years after I came to MIT. He was a great resource for me during the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Hacks

  A Battle Scene to Remember Construction zones are the perfect playgrounds for epic battles

  

  waking up in the morning after a terribly stressful week to a new hack by ... soon.  Therefore, on my way to get Frozen Yogurt on Saturday, I was super ... on our way to get Frozen Yogurt, we came across the actual battle scene

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  have to take my word or Google's word for it, since I forgot to take ... can get to Kendall Square by taking the Tech Shuttle, but in case you ... foot by considering that option. Allow me to demonstrate by using this

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  quantity. For the purposes of this entry we will apply the concept of LΔ to ... A on the exam. Fast forward to the end of the semester and we see that ... speed bump and immediately look for ways to "show and prove" that you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  for my art and not let it get subsumed by schoolwork and psets. This ... —and the tools to make our own new beautiful things. This blog post is about ... rest of this post is by someone who, in addition to being an in general

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  ] speaks of the importance of being able to be "on the failure track for a ... world" can dawn. For those of you intrigued by the program highlighted in ... season coming up, I should note that a home subscription to the New York

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Let’s do a puzzle. Ready to flex some cranial muscle?

  

  to steal her computer. First stop: gmail calendar, obviously. You get ... beginning to droop when you reach 6:30pm - and things begin to get interesting ...  back to French House to get some sleep. We had been hunting over at Random

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…

  

  ways to get cold hard cash (well, really direct deposit into your bank ... UROP office -- they provide fellowships for students doing research. To get this funding, you'll have to write a short proposal describing your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break ... personal health, just in time for me to start the spring semester at the tail ... to the public - for every company around the world even marginally

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  find three programs that allowed me to travel for 1-3 months and I can ... . _____________________________________________________________________________________________ The second person I would love for you all to meet is Qing Li, Class of ... , the biggest obstacle for me was the mental aspect. I worked hard by

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is there really a Game Lab?

  new approaches for applied game design and construction. Their mission is to explore, educate, and engage the public by creating groundbreaking games, interactive online courses, and new applications to real
• Blog / Travel

  spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen

  

  to get supplies for the trip. However, I also didn't want to be writing it in New Orleans, so I told myself I needed to finish the paper by the ... "]Miami.[/annotation] Instead, we came up with a somewhat unorthodox plan: we'd fly to New Orleans

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  arranged by MIT. This IAP, I decided to follow the same format and seek out a ... embarking again on a cruise to the Carribbean next week). I go home for dinner ... getting to know Tokyo to a deeper level than I had ever before just

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009