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  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  , thinks 18-year-olds ought to be doing. Not many sleep eight hours a night ... aren't supposed to be finished," she said. "They're partial. They're raw ... to which they don't enjoy their senior year, which is supposed to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  to be stifling, but we found a way to rely on one another for ... aspect , there might be a lot to lose by pushing some of the smartest ... Some lessons, we learn by virtue of way of life. They’re the kind of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  will seek ways to ensure that every MIT student interested in ROTC has a ... , transgender cadets and midshipmen might be denied military commissions due to ... wishes to be part of it...   The MIT community is proud of those

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  , then your math is going to be fragile and prone to collapse. You can ... grade school doesn't really deserve to be called "math." It ... same way that it's important to distinguish literature from literacy

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  armchairs and a big TV. This week, I learned that to be a great composer in ... , and they were not amused the second time he tried to put it on. By the ... normal to you but were about as revolutionary as 1600's England could be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  head down, marching on highlights of spring semester

  

  you truly want; that way you can’t be disappointed. Fifteen years from now, I could be the person who says, “I used to write novels.” Hard at ... , and I began to worry I’d be so exhausted from the semester that I wouldn

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 21, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  . It was originally intended to be an in-person event, but the committee decided that it was an achievable way to bring students together in a ... virtual nature of the event pushed them to be more creative. (wow! an upside

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  comfortable place to be. Pro tip: ATTEND YOUR PROFESSOR'S OFFICE HOURS. DO IT ... referred to as J-Lab, because it's usually taken by physics majors in their ... look at a little motor in E. coli. Scary as this class is supposed to be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  way and had a bonding experience that can't be quantified in lecture ... of the course is: reading poetry. A lot of it. To be honest, I barely ... myself, "Do I really need to go to lecture?" That answer happened to be no

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  off your reply card (send off your reply card and come here, by the way ... familiar, but it's always nice to be reminded that there's more to MIT than ... sounds like. Clearly MIT is refusing to let me graduate without a few last

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  through junior high and high school. By the time I got to MIT, it was pretty clear what course number was going to be on my registration forms. That ... . Intrigued by the potential to get paid to play with airplanes, I asked Carl

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Summer School's out for it

  

  class I instead have to be at work by 7:30 AM. I work in Rhode Island ... 't used to be very social, I lived in the middle of nowhere and was very ... to find ways to occupy my time, they found me. Trips to Boston, chillin

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  entire semester to pursue that question by designing an experiment ... didn’t take me very long to figure out what my project would be. When I ... advertised and if they were to be trusted with a soccer player’s brain safety

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  New England Patriots, my family has raised me to be a die-hard Seahawks ... heartbroken over this (unless I really want to be a jerk). If anyone wants to ... , another calendar, and some cabinets), feel free to ask and I’d be more than

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  perfect 1/8 of a sphere, which allows it to be supported at only three ... , and you'll get all the way to Downtown Boston and Back Bay. Travel to ... Court still has a downward slope in the middle, which was meant to be the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  . Most of this advice is paraphrased from people that I consider to be mentors, because I think I'm still a bit too young and foolish to be ... important thing: You're going to be okay. It may not feel like it right now

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to ... heart. There are much easier ways to fulfill requirements. Yesterday, I ... 've figured it out. Then I biked what seemed to be forever across what I was

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  of 57 pictures I took on the way to IHOP, here are the six good ones ... very underutilized angle for pictures." --Ruth. I actually wanted to be ... on some Course X exams. If you happen to be in the Boston area this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  of being more preferred by the other players, so I decided to pick only ... managed to place [annotation note="To be completely accurate, I actually had ... characteristic). Then, this score will be used to rank you against all other

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  undertaken by prospective students that ultimately leads to a college choice ... essay is really an opportunity to focus on who you are and the ways in ... -written applications) to a largely digital one (with applications and supporting

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020