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  each have read this weekend, getting on the same page as far as what ... of Chicago. This is a school serious about its academics. Check out the ... Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  was apparent from the very first winter.  I mastered the technique of ... rare feedback on questions you raised in your video. I was one of the ... "]electrical engineer of the hardware variety.[/annotation]  In my era, MIT had

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  ) (credits to Evie'13 for the titles of these masterpieces - and for the whole ... ; there's lots of candy inside. The 2013s will probably schedule a pinata ... relax, because whether you’re on the "excited" side of things, or the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  , during my first semester, I ended up not using any of the them. The Subway ... approach the rest of my goals throughout the year: Should any of my goals ... January that I can work on during IAP: 1. Simplify and keep track of my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  Bravo at MIT, so this evening I watched Battle of the Network Reality ... the neighborhood of $1,680,000, for your reference. Make sure you have a ... his second book would be a total letdown because I found the first so

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  VSEPR Google News is the best.

  

  proves that even 100 million years ago, the beaver was dominating the area ... Randall died until I read the special year-end retrospective issue of People ... DID YOU KNOW? A jurassic beaver once ruled the riverbank. I've had an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  a pi day (decision) story 3/14/21 at 6:28 PM ET

  

   apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page. That’s the same place that you’ve been tracking your application checklist, which will now be turned off ... help! In the meantime, there’s a bunch of things you can do while you

  • by Tim
  • March 8, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  again a team of drastically more boys than girls.   The first ... In middle school, my first foray into robotics was with the FIRST Lego League. That was the first time I remember being in a school

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  that I haven't had the greatest track record in terms of keeping mentally ... 's How I Take Care of Myself at one of the most stressful colleges in the ... to study at one of the most famous STEM institutions in the world. Yet

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  Cambridge (the panoramic on the Wikipedia page is a pretty apt description of ... Comm? Grace: We first met at the end of last spring with a few previous Ring ... excellent job of getting everyone's viewpoints and keeping us on track. The

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  admissions staff, it allows students to experience all the best parts of an MIT education (burritos, roller coasters, and such) from the comfort of their own ... slivers of time that drop between the cracks in his schedule and has built

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  interesting properties of this template—the first big one is HASS Sunday, where ... amount of red on the page, and also see when a cascade of late work starts ... the oft-quoted line of Gatsby: "So we beat on, boats against the current

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  two themes absolutely dominated the discussion. The first was the issue ... Last week I, along with most of the admissions team, attended the Ivy ... -years-more-or-less-when-we-feel-like-it gathering of admissions folks from the "IvyPlus" schools, defined, for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  . :( OK I know you guys are all sick of the whole "I'm hosed!" talk, so I'll skip that. (please refer to back entries of any of the bloggers if you are curious on a more in-depth treatment of the topic) Since I've been

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  , the concept of IAP is pretty amazing. It’s an entire month of freedom ... make our own decisions regarding the time allocation of our lives. Time ... , neither burdened by the distracting academic load of a semester, nor the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  regardless of what it is that the decisions page will show me, I want this to ... morning searching for a feeling of farewell.  And for the first four hours ... Well, the moment is finally here. My last first day at (virtual) MIT

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  completely forgot. I’ve spent the whole day looking forward to Blood Moon Fest ... ) "On the 14th of March, MMXXV, The High Elders foretold a cursed festivity. The Moon shall glow ablaze, like a dragon’s eye, A drop of scalding

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  MIT? I wanted to send an abstract and/or the whole of my Intel paper ... are on the 4th page and the last page to verify that everything is "true ... . ------------------------------------- Scott wrote, "I was wondering how much each part of the application is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’M BACK!!! This, kids, is why you should store your passwords somewhere safe, just in case Firefox…

  

  Ok, so long story short (I'll blog the whole thing later), I use ... finished blogs too for that matter). So I started the arduous task of trying ... duality of feelings of both win and fail. Anywho, I'm back on track now. And

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  discussed just that kind of research from MIT. The first article, about ... Patterson (the first author) was published in this week's issue of the journal ... explained by increases in the value of the stock market. Viewed as a whole

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006