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• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  by the past, or constrained by some percentage. There is no way to know ... . The signal is, "I'm (by one measure) a talented math student." Your ... hit." The first law is true, the second is a construct of your

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  !!!!!!!!!!!!) This is just a quick update on how life is for me right now (that's what ... as to what your next year of school may look like). I have two psets ... design stuff. Then I run back to the dorm, finish my psets and study for my

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  see waiting there for me. My hope is to feel the same way as an incoming ... , beating up on myself just makes things worse. Sometimes the best thing to do ... discouraged. And sometimes, the best thing I can do for myself is have enough

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  ? 6.046 is the kind of class that teaches you how to use this broken ... influenced by the majority votes. I don’t intend to delve into my specific and ... so on, and so on, until the final result is communicated to you, the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  all the way up to Boston. You'll still get in great shape, you'll still ... 've come to the following conclusion: running the Boston Marathon bandit is a ... year. Maybe your friends have promised to take the bus out to Wellesley

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving

  

  've let your life go to hell, so boring!" Not so!  Life is actually pretty great!  If you ignore the average 1.5 hour each way commute I have to ... The blogs turn 10 and all the bloggers get e-mails saying "Write

  • by Snively '11
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  to know anything until the following week. In the meantime, May 1/2 is ... With 5 days until the May 2 postmark deadline, is anyone still making ... you considering? Leave your thoughts in the comments... For those of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  , etc. I agree that it is easier said than done, but I'm in the same boat as you right now. I'm about to submit the application to my top choice ... , but I got hit by a jolt of admissions reality just now. 1. The deadline

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  : Hey, by the way, do you know what time it is? You've got your calculator ... is the best way to go because: 1) First term is PASS/NO RECORD!!! 2 ... get into MIT, it IS possible. You can survive. The real question is

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  the rest of your life, which for a lot of people, is perfectly ... into the bookstore, getting a refund at the end of the year equal to 7 ... to the important stuff. The Coop at MIT is one of my favorite stores

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  sure you're in the right place?" Me: ... Proctor: "Is 8.012 even in this ... the early universe to him. If that didn’t blow your mind, maybe this ... marched up to a group of proctors, and tapped one of them on the shoulder

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  obviously don't have the scores yet to write down in your application. This is ... documents from the applicant. The MyMIT Tracking is up-to-date (while the ... usually should be sufficient. If your essay is greater than the word limit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  #scretious and bunnies!

  

  friends, in the order they asked. Scretious Scretious is… I guess the best way to describe it is as the new cultural phenomenon. It is a word ... gather in groups on our lawns). Sometimes, we can get so close to the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  . Somebody remarked that it was impossible to get by the Brandenburger Tor ... that is why you should always carry WD-40. We went to the Berlin ... next to it. Honestly, this is just an incredible sight in the middle of a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist says 'I think you're ... , of course, is that you can fill the emotional void in your life by ... multiplied the length of my last name by 11. His second e-mail read "Also, you're

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  longest I’ve spent listening to one audiobook is “The Source,” by James ... LOCAL LIBRARY!! Yessiree, folks, this post is sponsored by YOUR LOCAL ... . Seriously, it’s the best thing ever. Get a [annotation note="or four! i may or

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  . one reason is so that, when i get up every morning, and get ready to go ... everyone else in your worlds to do that, by helping them to learn and understand about themselves and each other and the way everything works, and by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  Today is the fifth annual Save The Frogs Day, a day to spread ... and applying them to other organisms—perhaps even humans. The axolotl is ... , Mexico is home to 375 identified amphibian species, making it the country

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  wet to the touch. I enjoy smaller get togethers with fun games and ... existed in my high school is defeated here, that I have no reason to avoid ... isn't like me. Not like me in the sense that had we gone to the same

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  Spanish, and recently decided to get back into the habit of using it once ... League all the way to Diamond. I had also noticed the addition of the ... the leagues restarted, I began working to get ahead of the initial

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020