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• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  educational press has been buzzing about the launch of Minerva University ... million dollars to found Minerva. The latter comes from the long list of ... (former head of the New School), and Pat Harker (president of the University

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  representatives (some of whom tried to disguise the fact that they were representing ... , as a celebration of all the stress of senior fall: graduate school ... first went south, then to the coast, then up the coast, then back to Quito

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  i am in the tenth week of my summer job and i can remember how the ... indistinguishable blob. this is a familiar experience, the feeling of days blending ... , always following the same pattern - a glimpse of immortality followed by a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  . Without further ado, I present my expression of feelings for the first ... wee hours of the night, With my 13.01 class in Procrastination ... scaled a few walls, all very run of the mill. I found sisters I can wake up

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  . Let me know what you think of the puzzle. Too hard, too easy, too short, too long? And later tonight, get the exciting story of how I braved ... this series of directions to follow to find the train home. Discussion

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  the stress level on campus would be pretty high right now, most of my ... the rest of us with a few games and toys to play with over the next few ... across the east side of campus for my UROP (more about that later) when I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  . So if, like me ~10 years ago, this is the first you've heard of the ... educational (but not political) capital of Kazakhstan, en route to the 27th ... O), biology (IBO), linguistics (IOL), and other domains of science (ISOs), the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  I woke up today to blowing snow, the sound of fire trucks (from the ... first snow day I have had in years. The view from my window Back home ... 18 inches of snow, and ice on the roads to close schools. Being as

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  , "'4-145,' the blackjack team room, should be one of the first ... Before we get to scenes from the MIT Class of 2012 Movie Night, I ... weekend (now the #1 movie in the country): Lots of folks have been

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  just one more gnome game it will fix me

  

  the coveted 3k score within her first night of playing. [caption id ... ). She's been playing for about a month, while the rest of my roommates ... same idea! She draw this beautiful custom sticker of the favored gnome

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 4, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunnel66 bringing the borderline tunnels online for CP*

  

  freshman spring), when a group of upperclassmen got funding from the Council of the Arts at MIT to paint a 200-foot long section of the MIT Tunnels ... of the murals, meaning if you put your phone up to the murals, an

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  person, however, would recognize the tell-tale signs of a bad joke and wait ... , “Grass. I lied about the wheels. Ha!” It’s the epitome of the anti-joke: unexpected and irrational enough to elicit the obligatory chuckle of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  First, I am excited to say that the class of 2009 is slowly ... right now, so you could just go to one of them on the first day of class ... favorite time of year, and even though I'm not the Macgregor rush chair this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  the streamer world because I find the notion of livestreaming ... content creator of color, or being disabled in the gaming space and how to ... some of these panels. Coming in to the weekend I knew it was going to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  collected data about the number of steps I’ve taken and flights of stairs I ... . I’ve made a bar graph of my daily step counts. You might notice the ... /25 (28624 steps) This was the second to last day of “Discover Mechanical

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / Events

  #NoBanNoWall

  

  the members of the MIT community: The Executive Order President Trump ... the United States is already having an impact on members of our ... contact David Elwell, associate dean and director of the International

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 29, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  close to the amount of brain-shocking work that your two math classes will ... remember from the Mario hack entry, I was friends with a bunch of people involved in the hack, so I knew all about it ahead of time. Last Saturday

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  sandwich, eat, and rest before the first segment of the competition, the ... the opening of my Short Program... 6pm. It’s showtime. I’m first to ... center of the ice. My music begins, and I skate towards my first jump. I go

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What it’s like being back

  

  ). Then there's that dizzying moment on the first day of classes where you ... 's just akward). Despite what exploring the akward intricacies of inflection ... see MIT for the first time as a real place and not just a picture in a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  the book that you need, then you can get it off of Amazon.com. Worst ... of classes have "Course Notes," which are sold at the Copy Tech. They ... , are sure of your classes, and hear which books the professor wants you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006