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• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  Africa, changing the way people saw the world through photography and ... college’” “Lol no way, why work super hard to get in there when I could just ... way I am smart enough for that, but nice joke” I cannot count the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  ?"--this is from a year ago, probably while contemplating the way that rationality is some people's holy grail. emotions get in the way of reason but ... shortage of work, but I dislike the way that information is often outdated

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  technical classes at MIT. I'm a crazy person. So I tried to find ways to relieve my stress. My main way was running. Every single day, sometimes ... other ways. But I've been helped so many times in these past few weeks

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  Alewife and just took an Uber to drive us the rest of the way (Uber is ... In and Fight Club references? I’ll put it this way: when I look back on ... experience, internships are a very inefficient way to actually gain skills. But

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  along the way. Both of them were excellent opportunities, and there was no way of weighing which one would be better for me. On one hand, I had the ... and linking my devices together in unique ways. I didn't learn coding or

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  ways at MIT where you can get help if you want to. Office hours (an hour ... worked on things together in the same way they did at MIT. People at MIT ... my notes during the term). I've never felt that way about MIT final

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  !") but we squeezed and "sorry! excuse me!"d our way in. Flipping through ... his way from stage right to the podium, he shook hands with several of ... of my mind; instead, I thought that Dudamel could be a dancer, the way

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  experiences that have somehow managed to weasel their way into my permanent ... decision yet, I’d encourage you to go out of your way to form a concrete ... over spring break. A new perspective has changed the way I view things

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  the Virgo galaxy cluster, of which the Milky Way is a member. We, of course, live in the Milky Way, although it's hopeless to try and see that ... and writing lecture notes for Quantum II. On my way out the door, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  reported back to Raphael, and we continued on our way, keeping a wary eye out ... tent in the dark, did some reading (I'm most of the way through this) and ... the concert, we pushed our way through the audience yelling "HAIL SAGAN

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  's the way the field works. I love writing papers as much as (if not more ... coherent way. For the astronomers who don't like to write, writing proposals ... meant, but it sounded like a polite way of saying "nope." At the AAS

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  sister would feel pressure to find ways to comfort me and in so doing just ... to say that it's the "top sliver" because there is no rational way to ... to find a way to comfort me. I don't know why I was so afraid of this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  teacher letters and school forms (such as transcripts) in three ways, listed ... materials works in the same way. We encourage you to have your school use ... small part of the application, and the word limit will in no way influence

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  to where the problems are. Be rigorous. There are ways to test ... evidence, and in this way, design gains the objectivity of science and ... they may be of use to you in some way shape or form. --- And one

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  ...they’re all a little bit off-the-charts in one way or another. And you ... on our own ways and really amped up the pace during our last four ... the many people you encounter on the way at MIT, just like Khan said. It

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  the word limit will in no way influence an applicant's admissibility ... transcripts) in three ways. Please use only one method; duplicate submission ... materials works in the same way. We encourage you to have your school use

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  was stored on top of a tall cabinet out of harm's way. The very first ...  completely changed the way people thought about user experience on personal computers ... - Apple has consistently produced technologies that have changed the way the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  , we all use them in slightly different ways. For example, one colleague ... tantalizing and exclusive that way The media focus on things like school ... 'all. Believe me: I spent much of last week talking and working with them on ways

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  “comparatively pleasant.”) By the way, I'm sure some of you think that “shoes” is ... Cinema but also because of the strange way in which they filtered light ... . Close one eye. Close the other eye. Does the light disappear either way

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  - I prefer my classes the way I prefer local fire departments: fast ... moving point charge before learning electrostatics? By the way, the problem ... way? -8.033 (Relativity): I will heartlessly say that 8.033 makes

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009