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

  

  completion of the word sequence “World War I was triggered by” is “the ... practices, and the worst of their shortcuts can be mitigated by walling them off from targeted areas of our curriculum–by teaching bits and pieces

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

  The State of the Mail: Opened & Processed It's time to check MyMIT to make sure we have all the pieces of your…

  

  Our fabulous Records Office team has processed all of the mail we ... processed most December testing by now), and, if applicable, Interview Report ... show what materials we have processed for you. We should have the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  a comment by me, or the admissions office, or MIT on the politics of ... your views are pre-approved by someone who does, the same narrow set of ... . And we do that by allowing a lot of students to write freely about their

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  there will be comprehensive presentations by Executive Director of Student ... the programs he's been a part of while at MIT. Insight for Parents by ... gathering hosted by the Chair of the MIT Parent Connectors at the Barker

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  accomplished a net of zero by accumulating a few normal reps and cancelling them ... I competed in the Green Building Challenge as part of this year's Bad Ideas Weekend. From 9 PM to 1 AM, a total of 86 students representing 11

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  As you probably know, the movie 21, based on the true story of the ... MIT Class of 2012 Weekend at the Movies So how's it work? Well, the most ... take a picture of you (and any MIT '12s with you) and send it in to me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  inner workings of the GEL admissions process; it’ll be interesting for ... can be a turn-off. I guess I’m just used to it by now; you see, I ... in table groups, and reflected on some of the capabilities that define

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  fostering a strong awareness of diverse cultures. And by diverse I mean both ... for the title of Person Most Likely to Try to Entertain You by Talking ... % of your friends are within 2 feet of you at any time while you're awake

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  appointment or just stop by 4-243. Practice rooms: There is a suite of eight ... [by Clarise Snyder - Director, Concerts Office, MIT Music and Theater ... so in college, you may be surprised by the wide range and high quality

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  . Smith was one of two-dozen New Hampshire students nominated by their ... Published: Monday, May. 22, 2006 By DAVID BROOKS / Nashua Telegraph At right ... Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall, is one of two Presidential

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  . Acclimatization- the bittersweet process of fitting in but also falling into a state ... precise. There are all sorts of random reasons I could give for my disappearance, drawn from the same set of valid reasons I give to my friends or

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  by Parents is Saturday morning at 8:30 am. A panel of current MIT ... an informal gathering hosted by the Chair of the MIT Parent Connectors ... on the experiences of the UROP student panel as moderated by UROP staff

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  only kind of fulfillment. Making sure I've enough energy to have deep ... that could guide me - only an emptiness that needed to be filled by feeling useful. Productive. Only after six years of losing and almost

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  of interesting discussion after my last post, and lots of good questions, too. I hope to answer many of those questions soon, but today I ... 's mission. The founding mission of MIT was to improve the world through

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  plays whom in the first round of the competition by having you run your ... . Basically, this class was one of the reasons I came to MIT. Most (maybe all) other schools do not have the time and resources to make such a class

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  up this Thursday ( O.O ahh ), and in the process of studying for it, I ... number of resources needed to take care of them. The idea behind google ... A couple entries ago, I described 6.046 (Design and Analysis of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women Rock All sorts of folk, and folk songs too.

  

  % International, and our minority community provides all of the cultural resources ... that there are all sorts of folks at MIT. For example, there is no majority ethnicity. MIT is about 35% white, 25% asian (of some persuasion

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  over her equations, only to be jolted back awake by the heavy beat of ... of practice. I don't know if I have the same endless energy I did when ... A friend in the class of mine which has a huge pset due tomorrow

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  Dear Applicant to the Class of 2019, The long awaited season of ... to a stage not predetermined by government regulations. College is ... most formative (and simply the best) years of your academic path. With

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  've been satisfying that urge by writing a couple of marginally helpful posts ... contacted by someone living in New York! :P Second of all, since I was such ... 's nothing on my beloved Hayden, but I must say that a library in front of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013