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  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  a writing class and wanted to share his experiences and insights with y'all: There will come a moment when you will decide what you want ... organically in the form of a hobby, or perhaps an inspiring book. Others may

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  their talks, I'll feature a mini-interview with each of them. Prof. Nancy ... from MIT, in 1986. Since 1997, she has been a member of the Brain & ... an official photograph, followed by the Q&A: Nancy Kanwisher is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  If you are a senior, you know that you are playing for all the ... . As you can see, your GC has a very important role in the College ... some ideas that may help you build a great working relationship with your

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  After a lot of searching, I’ve discovered a video on YouTube that is ... . Hello, my name is Snively, and I’m about to get hit in the face with a ... Burton Conner. Recognizing my desire to blog a bit before then, Laura

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  A few weeks ago, MIT —  in conjunction with Stanford, IBM, and Aeris ... to the lawsuit in question, but that have a stake or insight into the ... [/annotation] said in a statement: [This brief asks] the Court to uphold over 40 years

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  The Oreo Post i tried them all* !

  

  In July 2018, in my application to be a blogger, I left a note at the ... and writing a review at the end of the process. If hired as a blogger, I ... all associated anecdotes and photos. It is now May 2023. I have been a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  this is a post by my good friend aidan chambers '23 who is a physics ... certain that someone has already given a more insightful and better written ... worst experience I’ve had so far as a Physics major here. While many

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  hit with a case of writer's block, so I went through at least five ... getting a triple would be a nightmare. But I got lucky because we all have ... the wall collect a whole box-full of water bottles so we could make a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  other way we know how to write a joint post. Alan: …ok. So, anyways, what ... knowledge of MIT’s campus and all its many quirks. Their blog also has a lot ... feels like a leading question. CJ: The correct response is “I’ll get to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  During quarantine, I enrolled in The Science of Well-Being, a free course hosted by Yale on the online learning platform Coursera. A friend from my living community suggested that a group of us take the course

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  we invite everyone in our prospect database in a ~100 mile radius ... -Based Organizations (CBOs): visits to CBOs, which may work with students from a region ... traveled to Southern California. I spent a week driving all over the region

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  ant06 wrote, "is it okay to get a recommendation from a teacher who's teaching you a subject you are not planning to further pursue, as against the ... provided good answers to a lot of the questions about the process): The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  , many more students double major or minor in a non ... combining a humanities/arts/social science (HASS) Course with a non ... can be in your HASS major, which goes a long way towards completing the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  calls. Many of us who read applications are taking a little break and ... the January 1 deadline may still have a few questions. So let ... officially a member of the RA pool. Should I send in extra materials? You

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  A collaborative post by guest blogger Jessica Quaye '20 and Caroline ... but he spent a great deal of time talking about how important it was to prioritize togetherness (especially in a place like MIT where it is easy to

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  Dome as a medium of art, commentary, and celebration. The Dome has been

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  up a global warming research center in Antarctica.” “Why ... established himself as a techie par excellence. His 6.170 team won the award for the best Gizmoball game in Fall 2005, he completed a competitive

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  a riddle for today: You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1 ... evil neighbor, a competing mollusk hunter who owns the dock’s only ... the words is irrelevant. Don't let the cyrillic stop you. Have a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if my country has a different academic calendar?

  We’re aware of the different academic calendar in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, South Africa, and other countries in the southern hemisphere. Students from these countries may apply to MIT before completing high school…
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  on Facebook, Gchat, or Tumblr, there’s a good chance it’s from her. I ... . The next time I took a Chinese class would be at MIT - and I ended up ... classes, I have a sneaky suspicion that if I just stop using Chinese (which

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013