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  New York Times, New York Times

  

  do our own correlation studies," said Marilee Jones, the dean of ... on a test that had not yet been shown to be a good indicator of a ... to a speech by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  . Tonight, I took a break from the work I'm continuing to do with the ... subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked ... Barbecue. At lunch, we had a visitor: Akash, a student admitted to the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  a disclaimer some events are slightly out of order I was not really ... , honor me.   Do you remember in spring how your body wasn’t your ... you pictures of the muscles I have not sustained, and I drew a bunch of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  mitadmissions site, and there's probably not a whole lot I can do to encourage you to do otherwise. So, while you're here, I figure that I might as well ... the frenzy, not lessen it. 2) I worry that such a post would either be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  and chicken with rice. Defrosting meat is a thing that you have to do ... a recipe? No. Did I have any idea what I was doing? No. How much ... After a year and a half on a forced meal plan, I have now been freed

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  . i'm doing a final presentation on abelian categories, and i'm reading up on a lot of fun material. but i'm not actually doing any exercises ... wish I had no work today i don't feel like doing schoolwork anymore. not

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  , unabashed law and policy geek. Before I began working at MIT, I was a Research ... organizations. While some people curl up at night with a copy of Sports Illustrated, or Cosmo, or even Wine Spectator (if you're a special kind of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  ". . . free for the night, what do you want . . . " Things are a little ... competition! Thanks! One of the biggest culture shocks coming to MIT for me, a kid out of a public high school in Salem OR, was the difference in

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poems Robert Creeley today.

  

  I have a way of always picking really time-consuming HASS classes ... tomorrow, but, writing a response to Robert Creeley's "A Wicker Basket" just ... is small (4 students, one prof, total), together we make a writing

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  not do so great on the math diagnostic for a variety of reasons. I got a ... I landed in Boston on a cloudy day about a week ago, and...it sure has been A Week™. Freshmen aren't invited back to campus this semester

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2018 Diaries what the weekend was like for me

  

  you’re a prefrosh, check out ATS events next year! They do free dinners ... Campus courtyard grill. A traditional email to EC residents confirmed that ... are high on my favorite burger list (and trust me, I am almost a local

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 17, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  , and I'm definitely gonna do a whole post about it later. [carousel image ... , aka a January term but ~quirky~). For me, my senior IAP was an ... . And both times, it was wonderful. Two (very long) years apart, after a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And for my next trick… ...I'll make J.B. confess to copying the answers to Ms. Hauser's test!

  

  to writing them once a week...I'll just write stuff. About my life and ... choose to do so, but if you don't choose one (i.e. staple your applications together :p) they'll choose one for you should you get something other than a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

  I’ve been doing more reading recently, so wanted to share! “Detail of the Rice Chest” by Monica Youn My friend Alec attended the L.A ... like “I didn’t know poetry could do that”. It isn’t quite the same

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  reminded us that what we do is more than a job, but a privilege and an honor ... redirected away from the decisions site, please try a different browser, or clear your cache, or try a different internet connection. We are happy to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snowed In at the Fraternity the blizzard is real.

  

  me, the stories of what my fellow undergrads are doing around me are a ... it out. Did you know blustery was a word? I didn't. I got an email ... characterized by strong winds. Try using that word in a sentence today, it's fun

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  than QWOP doing a tax return? Come find out what happens when the hive ... I can’t believe it’s been a year since I first delved into the MIT campus for a 3-day Campus Preview Weekend.  Suffice it to say that those

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  ago. It's awesome. Nevertheless, you do get a little bored living by ... Activities Period, Period of Independence and Activity-Doing! I've lived here ... internship, and I must say it's been quite an adventure. I've settled into a

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

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  (Written while on a Boeing 737 somewhere between Seattle, WA and ... Schmill ’86. We had a great group of students and families who attended (one young woman came all the way from Hawaii) and a terrific group of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  open Q&A. We'll take as many questions as we can and do our best to ... , Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Virginia. For a complete list of sessions, click ... MIT is a good match for you? We will of course talk about admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008