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• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  to, but because it is right and proper that we do so, [for] we are ... Pacific Islander; this year, it is closer to 16%, about a 40% decline. By ... classified as members of these groups. It is important to note that there is

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  vibe check i'm basically living at MIT again

  

  being cautious and practicing social-distancing, it is nice to see people ... remote UROPs/jobs for the summer and it's nice to be in a space where we ... for granted once I left MIT, so it's wonderful to be back in this kind

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Sneak Peek A teeny tiny sneak preview of BC REX. I mean really. It's basically useless.

  

  Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, all the way from Madrid, Spain, I bring you: a totally useless sneak peak of Orientation. This is what my desk looked like as I planned out BC's REX schedule. It's going

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 31, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  If you think MIT is all work and no play, let us take you for a spin ... spring and fall semesters, the Independent Activities Period is a special ... to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of personal and
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are Psets?

  If you're interested in MIT, you have to learn a little bit about ... ; for many, problem-solving is the essence of the MIT education. Faculty vary as to the portion of course credit derived from psets. In some cases
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  , mom     One of the best ways to learn is to teach, both ... 't even known it was possible to do Serious Academic Research about social ... proposal. But he liked my idea. And he offered to help me improve it. Ed was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  awkward situation. While it didn’t want to appear indifferent in the ... – it was hesitant to make “an exception to its long ... from UCLA, it wasn’t until coming to MIT that Kayvan found his

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  contemplate what it is like to be a “woman at MIT.” The only differences that I ... mathematics.” It seems that MIT is increasingly cited as a paragon for the ... is crucial to have “someone up your sleeve who will save you,” Dr

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• 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.

  

  To begin: "If it weren't for my horse, I never would have spent that ... , Matt '08, and Ruth '07. It's a little surreal to see Kenmore Square ... . This picture is not related to Matt's crashing into a parked car. Also, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  somehow made it thru rush-hour T-traffic to get to the airport just ... ! Camp.    ——   Two days of the camp later, it was back to ... to exam, deadline to deadline. It was nice to get a change of scenery

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  't anything else to this post. Minecraft is a fun silly game in which you can do ... should be stressing out about that, this blog post is about something else entirely: Minecraft. What is Minecraft? Quoth Wikipedia: a sandbox building

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  schedule!) Needless to say, it's pretty awesome. Tonight is our one night off ... posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends. It's truly something that I'll keep and refer to in the coming years

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  MIT is not the only school with Splashes. It does have the biggest ... Berkeley, and MIT alum) came to my last class, which made it extra exciting ... in lines outside" is not something MIT ESP is used to working with

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  , common humanity. It was hard to have the drive to continue writing ten ... classmates. It was ultimately liberating, I think, to have had a supportive ... questions to pose. Being simultaneously an MIT student and a writer is

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  generally transforming with each new week. Is it possible to juggle outside ... thinking a bit about age and about what it means to be eighteen, anyway, and ... and foremost purpose of going to college is to learn, but I'm torn about

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  setting up a house will it take an entire semester? stay tuned

  

  September 1st, which is the day classes started. Yeah, it was pretty unideal ... storage locker we'd used to hold things from our previous apartment. It was ... 10 am to 4 pm. Since everyone in the house has classes and work, it

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  , coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a ... she would do it after class, and told me to go to the back closet and ... room, I understood this to mean that I was the only newcomer "- which is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  even. You start to think the dome is a mocking symbol of the work you ... 's hard for me to believe, too.) It has actually been finding the balance ... muffins and cookies *cough* or sleeping.  Everyone else is going through it

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011