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• Blog / Academics & Research

  joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is *so* cool

  

  Some of you may have heard the news already, but if you haven’t: on Monday, Joshua Angrist, the Ford International Professor of Economics at ... Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel)! He shares the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  of voters that exist here, with more than 50 colleges and universities ... I have heard almost exclusively from fellow members of the MIT community: The probability of my vote affecting the outcome of an election is

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  preperations, and on top of ALL of THAT, you are applying to college. Whewww ... between. My trip was a lot of fun! I saw the Pacific Ocean…… ….got lost ... in the right direction….. ……eventually found the Hollywood Walk of

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  it might be of interest to you! Enjoy, and comment. Derailment Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of ... , “Do you want to see this?” “Yes, I do.” During the fall of my senior

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Bay Area wrap-up The scoop from MIT meetings in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette, CA.

  

  decline our offer of admission). Getting hungry, fruitlessly searching for ... over 600 people in attendance! Of our 70+ meetings that we'll so this ... . At most of our meetings, we'll see somewhere in the 75-300 people range

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  MIT was our dream school. The blogs were one of the main reasons for ... the tails of the bloggers, laughed at their jokes (or in the case of ... up to only a small sample of MIT experiences, painted a beautifully

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  Students who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed more than two and a half years (five terms) of college may not be eligible because of our residency requirements. If you have been enrolled in college
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  So I'm sick right now. Again. It's some lovely combination of fever, nausea, and other TMI that I'll spare you the details of, but basically, I ... 's in part due to my winning combination of Pepto Bismol chased down by

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  experience in all the labs on campus. It's one of the many things that make MIT ... lab of a Nobel Laureate, get a paper published, and go to professional ... down to the bunkers of the basement of building 3 to work on my robot for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  look for universals. Often are gifted in the use of metaphors to bridge ... about it, he was going to do a slight analog of the quiz called the Keys 2 ... : Ravenclaw + INFJ HS Senior: Ravenclaw + INFJ Right before college

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• FAQ / Interview

  What if my interview is waived?

  every applicant. If we are unable to offer you an interview, your ... . The interview is not a required component of the application, and the admissions committee will be aware that we were unable to offer you an
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  the sense I got from friends on social media was a general consensus of ... : humanitarian crisis, deeply divisive politics and high-profile incidents of terrorism were one of several dark pockmarks on the face of the bygone year

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  financial aid offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of ... . In the email, please include your full name, date of birth, and the ... , along with the QB supplement, in place of our first-year application
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  to Hell, Hadestown in a song that introduces the cast of characters, before we know anything of the plot, we are given a spoiler to the whole musical. expect a bad ending. hermes tells us this in one of the most upbeat

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  rise to the level of a [annotation note="Although, if a minor is offered ... new College of Computing, which coordinates computing education ... offer insights to improve the social, cultural, and political impact of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  I remember the first time I ever heard of Facebook. I was donning my ... personal hero of mine) so I figured it was some sort of creepy cultish leather tome with yellowed pages and predictions about how each one of us

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  , from all over the place: BU, University of Kansas, UVA, Macalester ... this summer, which is sort of embarrassing since I keep making reference to it. So, here's a snapshot of what I'm doing RIGHT NOW, at 11:52am on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.

  

  , and Freedom University (a college for undocumented students).   ... I don't usually watch TV but recently I saw a few episodes of The ... (Head Honcho of the Bloggers and Senior Counselor for Web Communications

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  studied Engineering at the University of Havana before coming to the US in ... teaches us about the FUNdaMENTALs of design and we have guest speakers share ... included the Chief Engineer of General Motors and an engineer from Texas

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  the above sentence of a college essay that thankfully never made it into ... travesty of a sentence last year.  I still make lame over-the-top metaphors ... offer that expert food, he or she is probably more than happy to talk to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012