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  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  questions that I'd ask: How diverse is a campus? What is the climate on ... ? How effective are these systems? How is success measured? Can ... minority students, as compared to majority students? What is done to assist

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  While we are still waiting to hear from everyone, and hence it is too early to know anything about the waitlist, the Next Big Mailing (NBM) is ... coolest parts of the NBM is the Athena Account Coupon. The coupon will allow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Small Things I Like About Autumn A short reflection on a colorful season

  

  Autumn is arguably one of the best seasons there is, especially here ... the East Coast is watching the leaves change color.  The yellow, brown ... foliage that is almost impossible not to take a picture of when you walk by

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 31, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  , but choosing to apply is to make that decision a possibility.  It ... , rec letters, and the Statement of Purpose. The SoP is kind of like the ... is that instead of having a dedicated admissions committee like there

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  it's a bit of a big deal for me. My first post, Colorful, is ... name is about [annotation note="The difference between Tagalog and Filipino is like the difference between Mandarin and Chinese. The

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  ."]them.[/annotation] So, because this is fun for me and may end you with a book rec or two ... unleashes a poisonous yellow gas on 1800s Seattle. Anyone who breathes it is ... going on. The story is told in both the mother’s point of view and the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  "]Davis Square[/annotation], which is pretty far out of the MIT bubble. We had ... is an Asian fusion place that used to be called Thelonious Monkfish for ... Muddy Charles - The Muddy is possibly my new favorite place on MIT campus

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  professor is speaking a foreign language. This bipolarity often occurs within ... year, registration for this class is lotteried probably because Professor Eric Lander, one of the leads on the Human Genome Project, is a lecturer

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  was selected as one of the seventy members of Interphase EDGE that is ... are like me in that sense. It is intimidating coming into this place not knowing anyone. What is great is you can bring yourself into this place

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  from the first sentence of the introduction, where Obama is noted as the 44th President of the United States and Beyonce is identified as an ... serious companies) while interning at a startup. Interning in SF is a sort

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  of tea, all that, as it is both a writing class and (kind of) an architecture or urbanism class. And it is my cup of tea. So I spend every Monday ... this building, which is a machine at rest). It is a warm day cooling

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  't very, very quick (because it is), but I've definitely found that it's way ... something all of the time. One thing that's vital to learn how to do is to manage your time effectively, which is something I have literally never

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  Hi Everyone, The MIT February Updates and Notes Form is now ... important info below. 
What is it? The MIT February Updates and Notes Form is an online form that is required of all students (including those

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  to share a bit of my own culture with you. It is, in fact, my home ... happens Please note that No-Shave-November is similar to, but distinct from ... is simply a case in which Australia got it backwards (or perhaps upside

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  regattas. This summer is the first I’ve spent outside of academia. Although ... , Holland, Uganda, Boston and Mexico City, this is the first I feel I have ... 80,000, but the largest city in Central Oregon. It is traditionally the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  figuring out where to live, so don't worry TOO much about it. CPW is about ... ! Which is a pretty remarkable nerd collection that you can peruse whenever ... Electronics Research Society", though to be honest that name is a bit of a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  readers may have picked up on, this is one of those times, as my summer has ... interurban transportation is concerned. The group is called the Smart ... stake in the whole thing is general mechanical design, specifically as it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  Cantonese as soon as possible, since this is probably the most useful Asian ... elliptical quad in front of one of their libraries and for some reason is ... ). In short, life is good. Couple observations about Bay Area: 1. San

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  humanities at MIT is non-trivial. In fact, I have just proved this fact in such ... and deformed nutshell, is MIT's method of making sure that students take ... the HASS requirements because there is a 93% chance that I will say

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  the sky. I asked myself...is that SNOW? And then I felt some white flurry specks of coldness brush my cheeks, and I'm like, "WOW IT REALLY IS SNOW!" Haha, I guess this is what happens when you come from a tropical

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007