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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  , though, because I'm not really getting to the heart of the issue. Spaghetti ... than for students who choose not to interview. Also, get started on ... head that it must have been easier to get into MIT when I was applying

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  curve. This curve will be what Gabe uses to decide whether he should get ... Gabe '08 got one today, but I didn't end up getting one for myself. In 14 ... (decreased odds that I'll get sick) in a way for which I do not compensate him

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  you get when you cross the Flintstones with Public Transportation ... another hint. Typically on my commute to work, I read the Boston Metro. It ... restauarant Mitra introduced me to. There, they'd be talking about the new

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  midterms was not much better and I began to get really concerned. My fiery ... after researching for weeks and giving up my entire Saturday to get whooped in rounds by some pretentious kid in a suit, I didn’t want to ever

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  primary goal in reading these essays is to get to know you, the applicant ... about their own approach to essays (see, e.g., this post by me, this one ... to get into our (or anyone else's) headspace for your essays. One tip

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  summer. I wanted to spend time with my family, and I needed to get off ... chances of finding a job were pretty dismal, so I tried to compensate by ... . People are lining up in Lobby 10 to collect their booklets and nametags

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  problems attempting to visualize things like U, q, w, H, and S. Meh, I get by ... to get a bio phd compared to chemistry and physics phds is that you ... 'm starting to get a taste of it, as I spent over 30 hours in lab my very first

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ..and Here We Go Again! [by Ken Haggerty '11] ARTalk is back!

  

  [by Ken Haggerty '11] MIT can be a very tiring place. MIT IS a very tiring place. There are lots of P-sets and lots of work to do. Which is why it's even more satisfying and exciting to see ARTalk get back up and

  • by ARTalk
  • February 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes—Fall 05

  

  It's always awkward to post an entry about my classes for the semester, because later when classmates google the class number, they end up at my blog. If that applies to you, um, Hi. 14.41 Public Finance and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  there or what it took to get in. As I started to fill out applications, I ... the excitement lied in the fact that I was not expecting to get into MIT ... trying to get an idea of who I was interviewing and whether MIT would be

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  ever get into MIT. As we were gossiping about people with whom we went to ... , by the end of 2006 I think the answer to that question will be quite ... disciplines, you need a master's to get competitive engineering jobs. You wouldn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  undergrads are destined to get short shrift. Apparently undergrads are less fun ... graduate student in physical chemistry. It's good to get different ... about professors you're close to is that they make you call them by their

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Food Truck Song What do food trucks dream of?

  

  area has recently become home to several food trucks - from quick and tasty quesadillas at Jose's Mexican Restaurant to $4 pad thai at Gooseberry's to the newest of the crowd, the fully vegetarian and MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play Labs yay an accelerator for VR startups

  

  to get follow-on investments as part of their seed round (up to an ... by after my internship to watch the presentations. I missed ... to get back into the groove of the MIT/Boston entrepreneurship

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 18, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Christmas: The Playlist and much music was had.

  

  like crazy to put together a kick-ass performance. There's a song by ... But first I'm going to talk about the Toons. Some of you might ...  a cappella. Of course, the concert's not limited to just singing, because who

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  completed, for example, or answering project-specific questions by talking to ... members by using voice-first interfaces --similar to when you call a bank ... creating and affected by projects to change almost all of their typical

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  technique to get to an answer. It's been pretty stressful, not gonna lie. Yet ... 's interesting! The process of getting to an answer is grueling, but figuring out how to get to it is really satisfying. Additionally, I like the two

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Proposed: MITAdmissions Labs a wonderful, terrible, awful idea

  

  head:  how to help prospective students (and their parents) more ... Courseroad and Firehose have added so much value to current students ... to dormspam:  Hello, fellow kids --   As you may

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  my faces on them to get people to vote for our ticket. They tried to ... to Ruth '07's column from last week. Two people complimented me on my ... where I find it sort of exciting to be in the Tech, assuming that I'm not

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  happiness. Time passed. Week by week, I felt more connected to MIT. Today, I ... transition. Don't get discouraged by the many challenges you'll face this fall ... much more ready to stand by them. I made mistakes, but I also made sure

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020