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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  With Data, CC poster mihcal1 made the following compelling comment: So ... candidates. Would this produce a lesser class? The link in mihcal1's post ... . Why, asked mihcal1, were we, as admissions officers, so sure that we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  -- early action (November 1 deadline) or regular action (January 1 deadline ... for MIT Admissions. While much of this advice is universal, YMMV1 with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  ; in fact, MIT is better than the national average1. However, this is a ... for every 100,000 college students, a figure that translates into some 1 ... Prevention The Jed Foundation Footnotes: 1 Ellen, E.F. (2005). Suicide

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  1ish, then stayed up until 3:30 AM studying for physics. Luckily I ... my room...). And I need to force myself to sleep at 12-1. At least 80

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  's 12:50 AM! Of course I have time. Questions: 1. UROP seems like it ... . Anyway, this happened: 1.5 pages later, the moral of the story was

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  to subway rides, cold sunshine, and $1 pork buns gleaned from a tiny ... 1.6 million people is about as slim as next year's iPod release; the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  without avocados that cost $1.59 each, or FOX television, or staircases, or ... research project: 1.Stop reading my blog, open a new tab, go over to the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  answer. Confirmed. It was 1:00 AM on Monday, and after puzzling ... flaunted in our admiring, frustrated faces. Examples included (1) an Apples ... . Solutions? (1)All the error codes were from the Mac platform (“apple

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  Smith Administration, The Triumphant Year 1 AB, The Year of Fascism, The ... ://web.mit.edu/kimfad/Public/rightsize/MarchingBand/statehouse1_640x480.jpg" _cke_saved_src="http://web.mit.edu/kimfad/Public/rightsize/MarchingBand/statehouse1_640x480.jpg" width="520"></p> <p>And obtaining some

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  isn't that so much cooler and less lame than "FIRST!!11!!!1!!1 ... . ;) On HASS 1. CI-Hs won't kill you. And yes, you have to take them to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  -mails they're receiving: 1)Complain loudly that there should be MIT-Male and ... , complete with NOMNOMs and Mudkips. Click at your own risk → PDF less than 1

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  double is depends on several factors. 1. How much AP/transfer credit you ... threshhold for pain. I, for instance, had (1) against me -- I came in with ... graduating with less than a #1 rank in high school is pretty subpar. Certainly

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  important reasons. 1. MIT classes are harder than high school classes, and ... in point: At 1 AM one night in November freshman year, I was studying ... . Questions and other things of that nature 1. Colin asked, I was wondering

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  can access the internet: 1. The Turkish internet cafe on the corner, for the low, low price of 1,50 euro per hour. However, the upper room ... in Europe. 1. Traveling in a group of exactly 5 people on the Bahn is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  19) in italics, perspective on life at 22 in normal text. 1. There is ... ! 1. Helen asked, Although I looked carefully through your sleeping ... by 1 or 2, you'll be able to get plenty of sleep. 2. Anthony, who is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  that it will be up here May 1. They also said they'll be mailing it to ... freshman advisor sometime in the week of Aug 28-Sept 1. It's also a good idea ... 'll rank the entries 1-9, and upperclassmen in the dorm will rank all the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  's videos can be found here.) Rank each dorm and cultural house, 1 through 15 ... will have to wait, I guess.) 1. Anonymous asked, "What is a postdoc?" A ... the GIRs. Does that mean you get 180 for 1 and 90 for the other, or

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  chose MIT. 1. I knew I wanted to be a biology major of some stripe, and I ... . Things I didn't know, but would have liked. 1. All the dorms are very ... the two of us. Cool. Questions! 1. Anonymous helpfully wrote, if you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  . Unfortunately, whenever I wash my dishes in my hall's sink (which measures about 1 ... for the college students, you are not alone. 1) Parents- Yes, they nag ... that one.) 4)Cars- It's 1:30 AM and you're at 77 Mass. Ave. Or it's 9

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  Calculus 1 and 2 at other schools"]18.01,[/annotation] [annotation note ... already for two reasons: 1) Most people don't have access to/don't spend the ... 2009 newsletter said about 1/2 of the freshman class does--however, I don

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025