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• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  students who are being shut out, whether it's a smart American kid who has to ... "smart American kid who has to opt for a solid state school when they had ... credible answers to a few questions that the painfully shallow news coverage

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  off sales figures faster than a cash register, needs $300,000 to go to ... purpose of a movie is to entertain. 21 does do a decent job at entertaining ... to day basis (or maybe, a subset of MIT still does, one that I don

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  Haley’s experience teaching Splash, a weekend for high school students to come to campus and learn a variety of topics from MIT students. Hope you ... the morning and headed over to check-in. This is a three-hour shift of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  stereotypes have at least a grain of something resembling truth to them -- for ... fastest (and most fun) way to get through problem sets is to do them in a ... . I mean, what good does it do you to be competitive? Nobody would help

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  something much closer to this: these two graphs are a world apart; in ... play, i noticed a pattern that i was not able to explain at the time ... have been saving up money for a major purchase you’re likely to quickly

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  feeling though, a feeling that told me not to worry too much about it, so I ... 'm looking to answer. seven. cj A situation can trigger memories of a similar ... months ago, Brian moved out of LoTaD to start a master's in Oxford, and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  needed to learn welding as a prerequisite for the IAP class where you build ... trigger for about a second to initiate the arc, and release. Keep the torch ... 've developed a much deeper understanding of how the process works and how to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  on 006. But I don't need to. I'm satisfied with how much I'm learning ... sorts of things I want to do. It would be helpful, sure, but a solid ... 's climate system, a topic I find much more interesting. I wonder if I'm doing

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  installed) to download a licensed copy of Eudora. Also available at that ... -and-drop Windows tool. f) Want to put a period after your middle initial in the MIT ... say that "having a pass makes you inclined to use it." To get a pass

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  click bait-y title lol)   Feminine What does it mean to be a woman ... “girly girls” were smart. When I grew up a little I started to feel the ... ’m constantly wondering what things really mean--what does it mean to be a woman

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  blah.) Since I know a lot of people will be needing to make a college ... (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... chose MIT. 1. I knew I wanted to be a biology major of some stripe, and I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Take Me Back to Tech (Guest Entry) So hurrah for technology, 'ology, 'ology oh.

  

  does have a serious side effect: MIT Addiction. I want to go back ASAP. I ... ). In any case, for a trip to my new favorite place, the beginning was ... forbidden hint) to be taking pictures. For example, during the GBIS A

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  need, out of fairness to the students. Carlos asked, "Hey matt, does MIT ... action would be if you don't meet the criteria to apply as a freshman -- e ... making a decision. random person, "Hrm, not sure if this is the place to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  "smart" and it would be a pity if I didn't get to use my brain as much as I ... or something, because I'm going to need a lot more practice on ... Charter School, signing in to get a "VISITOR" sticker, and slipping into a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  9.00 with no context are you a cool rat?

  

  you want to take a sip of coffee, you know not only what the cup looks ... drinking your cat might lead to a furry mouth or a scratched face." "'Don ... dangle a string for their cat to play with, Thorndike flexed his cats

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not Much Has Changed except a lot has changed

  

  , I had a gorgeous five-story house to live in. For three, I gained 43 ... because for a moment I had almost began to take it all for granted. Wow ... , 2013, an excited young blogger published a heartfelt post gleefully

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  need to go to a regional event and see for yourself. FIRST might just be ... , broadly speaking, is to inspire students towards a lifelong devotion to ... their own modifications and designs (subject to a sort of "salary cap

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  indicators, MIT does its best to make sure you end up in a physics class that ... 90s. I thought that this meant I just had to work a little harder, but ... , and the only advice the professor could give me was to practice. I NEED

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  instructor should offer much better explanatory help to a student. But current ... language text in response to prompts.  There has been a tremendous amount of ... these systems; for instance, to stimulate thinking or to provide a variety

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  't live without it. Or something. But I mean, it does seem like a shame to ... When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we ... 't remember why I wanted to be a mailman, but I guess it just seemed like a fun

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008