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• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  so into the hectic rhythm of classes, psets, extracurricular commitments, that "soon it's like, 'Oh yeah! The rest of the world! I forgot it ... to do. And I finally understood the appeal of a semester or year off

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Report on the Status of Undergraduate Women at MIT in honor of International Women's Day

  

  class of 2016) released a report on the status of undergraduate women at ... work outside of academics. The report also shows differences among the ... . The report is not an indictment of MIT--rather, we should celebrate its

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  Name: Stu SchmillJob title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational CouncilHometown: Little Neck, NY (in Queens ... Carnival, The Inner Game of Tennis, the Spencer booksAdvice about applying to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christina Royce: Analyzing Re-entry Systems Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through…

  

  of impurities, and heat treatments (1). Thus, the same piece of silicon must be processed using the same set of machinery several times. This ... engineering and is the associate director of the LMP. To analyze these systems

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  of of United Airline’s weight limit— it was the perfect day for all of ... from one crowded platform to the next— the amount of times I had dropped my luggage in the past hour was enough embarrassment for all of 2025

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  Picture Yourself as a Worm if it helps, make it four-dimensional.

  

  The way we interact in our three-dimensional world is frankly kind of ... dimension, I refer to the number of independent directions on your space. The most clear understanding of this may be through the directions on Earth

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 6, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  called "Hidden Treasures at MIT"(HT@MIT) that take some of the hidden ... afternoons were the highlight of every week. But why I enjoyed it so much was a ... enjoyable. Eventually the quarter ended and I was swept up into the world of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  Essay -  this is one of the two classes I'm taking "for fun". I don ... . We're trying to understand science, tech, design in the context of the ... should be taking this class. 15.567 - The Economics of Information

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  for "Crew of the Week" and you can all help our crew team be recognized ... fast. Crew at MIT is one of the largest sports, and our only Division 1 team. This year especially, the teams have been enjoying a lot of success

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  From across the Web… Recent happenings across the Web.

  

  , Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, by the Seattle Post ... Some random links I've been accumulating: The New York Times asks Professors Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo of MIT's Poverty Action Lab about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  pronto) and I found a video of me at the beginning of last year that I ... challenge? Here are the rules: 1) You have one hour to drink a gallon of milk ... a great look into the types of conversations that happen here and the

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist, Etc.

  

  of the people of whom I spoke in this entry were admitted today. I can ... did after RA selection, I'm sharing the happiness of the waitlist admits and feeling a sense of closure to the '10 cycle. Congrats to all the

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 9, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is EECS?

  , nanotechnology and more. Part of both the Schwarzman College of Computing and the School of Engineering, MIT EECS consistently is at the top of U.S. News and ... Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE). The nature of interdisciplinary and
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  out of the dining hall, I stop to get some coffee and he chats with a ... Italy for IAP. We’re all busy.” There’s a moment of quiet, after all the ... the end of the day, she’s been stressed out trying to keep up with

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  kinds of thoughts to mind. This happens every summer as the academic year ... but this year is different. Last year I attended the 25th reunion of my ... their families in attendance and ended with the final celebration of MIT

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

   https://www.facebook.com/data4blacklives * * * i'm sad i won't be able to attend most of the ... talked about the the power of technology and data science to bring change to the criminal justice system. CATHY O'NEIL, author of Weapons of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Procrastination For Finals 2 T minus 53 hours...

  

  I've got a pocket, got a pocketful of orgo I've got a pain and I know ... of orgo I've got a pain and I know that it's all mine, oh, oh oh oh Do ... coming, oh, oh oh oh I've got a pocket, got a pocketful of orgo I've got a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  yourself" means 3:47 The "what do you do for fun?" essay 4:37 The "what do you want to study?" essay 5:17 The "how do you improve the lives of ... The secret is... there's not really a secret. Just some tips. 0:18 A

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  promise you: the excitement never wears off! Even after a day full of ... of a thrill upon seeing the Dome for the first time in months. As soon as I stepped out of the cab, I could tell that everyone else felt the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Democrats, Republicans, sportsmanship, books The unbearable awesomeness of literature at MIT.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The combined weight of all the termites in the world is 10 times the combined weight of all the humans in the world. Confused ... middle of a field. "How interesting", observed the astronomer, "all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2006