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  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  a shadow. A shadow is not the thing which casts a shadow. It's the ... the scientific community we trust data and analysis, not assertions ... world, I believe in the scientific method, which is to say I believe in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHg50mdODFM of course, steven universe is a cartoon show and the lyrics ... almost all of us, is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. it's not often that ... change as an individual over the next four years, not the admissions

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  Fool, which is not a part of the major arcana, in the same way that an undergrad begins with no major, being Undeclared. This is not a coincidence ... is significance behind 21 majors, as 21 is also the number of major

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  lives of female faculty here']The history of women at MIT is long and rich ... what has been. It‘s complicated. But, this blog is not about that ... . Hello! My name is Nandini Choudhury (she/hers), and I am the Assistant

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  several miles above the surface of an alien planet. And since this is not a ... This summer while Random Hall is closed I am living on Beast, 2E, the ... moon 67 years before we did. It is considered the first science fiction

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  is the steepest wooden rollercoaster on Earth: it starts with an eight ... . Following 2011’s attempt at a railroad permit, this is the second year of the ... sense of the word. (I’ve heard that if CPW is like a tangerine, REX is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  The new MIT Class of 2018 Facebook group is a warm, fuzzy place ... of you. Is that weird?" (No, it's not weird!) and virtual group hugs ... about-NO, no, EVERYONE here is passionate about something, that's not

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  ; Yes, that is a Ford Model T, hanging from the roof. The car, which belonged to Ralph J. Slutz '38, was painted with the phrase "TECH IS ... anything about fire? The thing is just hanging off of a building. It's

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  working. Here is our kitchen, which is probably not the kitchen you ... Oatmeal cooked on the stove is so good. I wouldn’t know this, but a ... right wall of the kitchen, is our fuse box:   Do you know about fuses? I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  opinions, is the epitome of the epitome of using animation to not just tell a ... us in the heart the way nothing else can. Another HUGE factor is that ... and revolutionary one. The field of visual storytelling is really broad

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  [annotation note="this is not equivalent to hedonism (picking the fastest route ... is the ultimate end of living, if not virtuous activity? Or, in a more ... finishing an assignment. Friendship is a complete end—schoolwork is not. The

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  does not make you anti-social. The tricky part is putting yourself in ... Great Gatsby, “the Great American Novel”, is a book most of us have to go ... to “create myself”, even literally. Since “Jenny” is not on any of my

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  ever diminishing - not even one bit. This place is still just like the ... Harvard, or why you should not go to Caltech. The simple answer is just that ... -quarters classes (45 credits), which is the smallest number of credits that I have

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  body is not pleased that I'm getting up so early. 7:54 AM. I roll out of ... bacteria. One of the ingredients is "extract of autolyzed yeast", which I ... check on the media. The autoclave is still exhausting. I am somewhat

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  , not August or September. The rain I've experience back at home is quite ... languages have a rich vocabulary for rain. The lightest is probably ambon, a shower, a drizzle. Ambon is the kind of rain that a light jacket would be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  helped, but is not necessary) MIT was the most helpful in figuring out ... getting me to this place. But the reality is that I could not have done it ... to my life. The GRE is a game—one that’s not very fun, but one that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  exclusive to the 2+ people involved. This is not, for the most part ... this is the only person that will be interested in you. That is not true ... , on the blogs. I am not used to being open about this kind of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  confident in declaring that Burton 1 is the best floor in Burton-Conner. Maybe ... course - there is no substitute to visiting MIT and checking out the ... you. Different places suit different people (which is true not only of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  ;It's the reason why 2.009 is called "Product Engineering Process", with an emphasis on Process: roughly half the class is spent on the ... of the design programs that Jony disparaged. 2.009’s motto is

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  on this list, this crossing is the only one on my list that does not ... a Saturday afternoon shop. The Trader Joe’s is not on the bridge, but ... ="an important distinction is between the greater boston area and boston the city

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020