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  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  steady this past year. "As I traveled around the country this fall, I ... us an email with your TOEFL registration name. I know that the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  -grubber; work to maximize deep understanding. Ever since, "I focus on trying to ... training or another PE class every year, too. "I enjoy it," he says. "It ... right now is that efficiencies are low," Zinser says. "I'm one of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  ready for people to play. I'd like to end by congratulating those of my ... . (Although I do not currently have a picture of it, my favorite costume thus ... writing the way I do, you might consider writing a game of your own. A

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  news. Below, I've highlighted four major media stories featuring Marilee ... pain or belly pain. "At the extreme -- and I want to emphasize that this ... their life is out of control. And I see quite a few kids with eating

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  analytically rigorous. I tried to describe an article I recently read from the ... importance of collaboration originated from my work in theater long before I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  Aha! We have a question! Jon asks "Also, I was wondering (uh oh here ... fields that are totally unrelated. For me I love both physics and literature but I'm concerned that it will be too tough to try to get degrees in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Radio Radio

  

  ) * The Times They Are a'Changin' (Bob Dylan) * If I Had My Way (Peter, Paul ... Tolerance" * Phil Ochs - "There But For Fortune" * Phil Ochs - "Love Me, I'm a ... Silence" * Nina Simone - "I Shall be Released" * Jimmy Cliff - "You Can Get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  below —  and in a separate conversation with MIT News today —  I ... the COVID-19 pandemic, I wrote:  This was not a decision we made ... for context: as one of the papers I linked above notes, "college

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  , and technical staffing. The whole document is worth reading, but I want ... , professional, and (I'd argue) existential interest: Q: What ethical concerns does ... , I see this College of Computing as being a similar move, driven by a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  , confused and hesitantly, “would you happen to be a twin?” I replied, also ... how he tried waving at Danny, and thought I was rude (for not waving ... I was walking out of my VR class with one of my teammates, Allan

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  text very well or at all, that's okay! What I'll do in this section is ... be quite common in other languages). I recommend you take a look at ... times to see what I mean!) Several sounds we covered (*) are neither

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  ) deadline, November 1. I'd like to use this entry to answer some of the ... . And below, I've provided answers to some additional FAQs: Essays ... ;submit" on your application any time on November 1 or before. (I strongly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Cómo Elegir Una Computadora Portátil Para la Universidad

  

  procesador Intel Core i5 o i7. Si puede conseguir el i7 mejor, es más rápido pero más caro, éste será bueno para futuras actualizaciones aunque el i5 ... computadora portátil, obtenga el valor de su dinero con un buen procesador i5 o

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  workaround. As a simple example, if I gave you a very long list of numbers (2 ... store 2,3,9,15… in memory. For this blogpost, I’m going to talk about a more involved problem that arose in 6.046. I’ll discuss it at a high

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  creative digital ways.  Paciencia y Fe  I remember nights, anger in the ... work, and so we came And now I'm wide awake A million years too late I

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  . SARAH STILES. S A R A H S T I L E S. sarah. stiles.  Endlessly Watching a ... videos! Our favorites are Haven’t You Noticed I’m a Star and Peace and Love ... voices! Our favorite songs are Come Home With Me, All I’ve Ever Known, and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  following: Are you guys twins? Who’s older? How can I tell you guys apart? And ... conversation she said, “… when I was in high school…” and continued talking for a solid minute until she said, “wait none of us reacted adversely to ‘when I

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  Theater; HASS-A  | S. Brown 21M.604J/21W.754J Playwriting I; HASS-A  | L ... CPW. I explained the Lightning Talks in a blog entry last year ... film As an alumnus of (and occasionally lecturer in) CMS, I've always

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  This is an entry I’ve been meaning to write for about a month because ... of food types (From reading this blog you all know I’m a foodie, so ... of sample calls on their site, though, and I really encourage you to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  dishonored him by stepping on his sneakers in a crowded auditorium. Why do I ... without the help of another living mammal in 1966... less I digress.) In my ... of them in all of us. I will end this with just a few conclusions

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006