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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  , "Cool, you guys actually get to use index cards and reference sheets. But ... , at least.) So, yes, textbooks help, but no, you're not going to get an ... 's something to write about on a very cold rainy day, and b) I have some really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  getting e-mails from Hilleevery two days inviting me to all of their events ... bore the slogan "It's getting hot in herre, so emigrate to Israel with ... due to excess carotene. So, I'm not Jewish. Not that there's anything

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Randomness

  

  Well, as Laura said in her latest entry, tonight was the "telethon ... was pretty fun, and there was a lot of free pizza and stuff to drink ... life in the city, and my friends. I should get on that. At least I got

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  Commencement day, I almost got grabbed by police for getting too close to the ... long after I was able to get tickets from one of my fraternity brother ... to sit. I wanted to get to the front. That's better. From here, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  , or going outside to get an iced matcha from Caffe Nero, or just hanging ... section of the city. MIT exists in a sort of bubble, and it's so easy to get ... scales (up to 9 months). In particular, the Niño3.4 index is a single

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Psetting on Campus ft. an updated mapping system

  

  Google Last year during freshman fall, I made a couple of guides to random ... sourced from a Google form I sent out to ec-discuss, East Campus's general ... information about it! Some of the pictures aren't working, but I'll try to get

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not admitted

  

  fewer than 13% of applicants means we had to turn away many, many ... open post for you to talk. And, if you haven't already, check out Ben's latest post.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  our solar system, and getting a broad introduction to the universe using ... the verb. Connecting verbs to subjects can get VERY confusing.) After ... polytrope of index 3, by coding a 4th order Runge-Kutta method; if that sounds

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  much computer clue as I'd like, and I'd like to get more. The technical ... might be interested. 9.07 (Statistical Methods) - It's the probability ... -related applications. All course 9 students have to take a probability and statistics

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  get to critique scientific papers right in front of the authors! Every ... ! The thought is so terrifying and yet so cool. We also get to hear ... were told that we need to get comfortable with having more questions than

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  , initiatives to get young women interested in computer science in Italy, an ... them, discuss with them how to get girls interested in science, outline ... energy crisis, you win. The path to getting respect is: work really hard on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  something and have access to the Internet, you can Google it, which will ... to clarify it. If there was a nicer way to get a certain conclusion ... them. With MO around, I could get answers to my questions from world

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  Writing and Reading the Short Story, and 24.903 Introduction to Semantics ... doing linguistics, so maybe I'll feel guilty enough to take actual humanities classes. The Man to Send Rain Clouds (≈1750 words). A beautiful

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  My mom just sent me the link to an interesting article in the latest ... , education and business to assess the challenges we face and to offer some ... that of Tim Draper, who embraces the idea of countries trying to help

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  while talking to themselves. it’s difficult to get a meaningful measure of ... classes i was interested in but didn’t have time to take. one of those was cognitive augmentation (mas.s65), a class on using technology to augment human

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  Cue Monday afternoon. I'm hungry because I decided to not spend money ... down and worked for a bit while enjoying the food. Good luck to Suzy on ... calories later- I went to an event put on by the MIT Innovation Initiative

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A Preview Of My Summer Project Screenshots of the new admissions site.

  

  new admissions site. I can't wait for this baby to launch! IMAGE #1: the new homepage. It will provide you with the latest 10 blog entries, regardless of author. You will no longer have to check each blogger's box to

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  Shuli. The fact that I was able to get this vibe, even though this year ... specific puzzles -- we’ll add another note when we get to that part. Shuli ... up something called the “Projection Device” to try and get her out. And

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  Not gonna lie, my happy-to-sad ratio is a little sad-heavy at the ... days - and not my usual ten minutes - of moping, I've finally decided to take a different perspective on this problem. I'm going to see this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  Google Drive. Already a struggle to stay relevant in the two years since I ... , I want to spotlight a few of them because they are just. that. cool ... -centered classroom activities and student-led classes, to explore issues in schools and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018