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  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  from two very different ways-of-thinking. My dad is a nerdy engineer with a masters degree, who loves psychology, studies/practices Buddhist spirtuality, and lives in his head. My mom is a former bartender and studied at

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  Emmanuel A. ‘18 is a member of my own class year (as is Pelkins A ‘18, who I covered last week) and therefore someone I’ve interacted with a ... the privilege of sharing a class with him, but we would meet at all our

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  junior year. i haven't blogged in a while, so i thought i'd write up a post ... the semester! the final was for 14.64 (labor economics), a class i ... --this class did a great job of highlighting the real-world implications of

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  late nights are precipitated by something concrete and urgent: a pset, an ... every night with a mid-afternoon nap to boot, but sometimes, I don’t really have a choice and so I’ve gotten pretty good at chugging along and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  , because I work at a university, and because there aren't any admissions ... summer is a key time for us to travel, work on dormant projects, and take ... things worth updating y'all about. So: a brief accounting/recounting of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  details, caveats, and qualifications. I like taking a little bit of this and ... . Summer is a good time for planning and reflection. My nerdy corner of Tumblr is where I put a lot of this reflection. In particular, I seem to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  . It’s already exposed me to a lot, some of which doesn’t even have to do ... different from being respected intellectually like an adult--that, while not a ... at least a little independently and without meaningless restrictions

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  sometimes say that I judge people for a living. While I had no formal ... time now, and it is the task for which I am paid; I am basically a ... Women in Aerospace Engineering (WAE). WAE is a student group that, through

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  We all have those weeks. Some sort of tragedy happens - a death in the family, the death of a friend, the sadness of a friend, an angry anonymous email, the hospitalization of a friend or cat - these all are very

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  . It is a bad bill, which if enacted would become bad law: bad law with ... Bill 968, the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) are corresponding versions of a bill ... latest battle in a war which began when the Internet began an age of

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

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  ). Small wonder that I still recall those warm-hued summer days with a mellow ... areas. Amongst a vast repertoire of somnolent performances, a few ... Mechanical Engineering Pre-Orientation Program, I was shuttled off on a tour of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  I didn't start out this weekend trying to write a scathing expose on what it's like to survive at MIT with no TechCash, no cash, and a terrible desire to spend money on food at least once a day. This certainly

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  Shiny new computer Since my grad program gives a $1000 "educational allowance" to incoming students, I decided to apply that money to a new laptop ... a pretty generous designation for that rather sizable piece of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  Shankar. So I've got a photographic record of picturesque Barcelona, but I figure that can wait a few days. Because I got to thinking this afternoon ... 'T KNOW! I NEED SOME TIME TO THINK! So here are a few of my thoughts on the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  This is a long one. Apologies in advance! First, a quick response to ... we think that keeping in touch with you guys on a personal level makes ... these blogs are just a glorified PR trick. I'm not going to waste any time

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  Action. This is a longstanding policy. There is no reason to rush your ... we have received a number of questions from prospective students who ... been unable to [annotation note='As a reminder, we are suspending our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  A thank you to all the supportive faculty & staff at the ’Tute In my first month at MIT, I: Caught COVID, then a cold, then strep ... insurance changed) Tripped so badly walking down Amherst Alley (on a

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  Last week I started classes at MIT. A simple 7-part sentence that ... prepare for my 4-year journey that will probably include a lot of late nights and interesting experiences, I want to reflect a little on my first

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  want to pound my head against a wall, and it costs hundreds of dollars per month to operate on top of that. Overall, a terrible product ... tell you all about it. Bevi is a “smart” water “dispenser” company

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  a lot about (2) in particular. These past couple of days I've been wading in a sea of big thoughts and feelings, but I can't individually identify them. It feels a lot like trying to untangle jewelry; I try to undo

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023