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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why the title of this post is really important I got to present my UROP work looking at the titles of graphs at the…

  

  graph’s title—in this case, a single word—can affect how people report its ... the full-size version. I’ve been looking at how changing the title of a graph can affect how people remember the data it contains

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  . Everything was going to be AWESOME. I was going to double major in biological engineering and neuroscience and double minor in history and music and I was ... time off from MIT. I ended up attending classes at a local university in

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2025 i3 videos megapost

  

  traditions of their residence halls. In the '90s and early '00s, these I3 ... (alongside tours!) I’ve embedded all the 2025 i3 videos below in case you ... includes the Interactive Introduction to the Institute (I3) videos, which are

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 2, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2024 i3 videos megapost

  

   (alongside tours!). I’ve embedded all the 2024 i3 videos below in case you would ... Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  I can tell, they only make the problem more complicated than it ever ... asked: How much time does a sport at MIT really take up? I'm sure you ... may have sent in one of those little response cards asking if I was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2021 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  (alongside tours!). I've embedded all the 2021 i3 videos below in case you ... Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 30, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  , and oftentimes even while doing [annotation note="I can only do this if ... my brain. And now that I’m at MIT, I can only occasionally do this ... ever again! As a side benefit of obsessively using Libby, I can go into

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  it, and those who love it. You can find me in the former. If I ever ... hours perfecting my email’s filters, labels, and everything in between. I ... my Gmail account, and for the first time in quite a while I was so

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2022 i3 videos megapost

  

   (alongside tours!). I’ve embedded all the 2022 i3 videos below in case you would ... Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  how good a post can be. i am optimistic by nature, so whenever i ... me now than they did while they were in school i have a bad habit ... description. i’ve written about this idea before in the context of meeting new

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  getting into MIT, but I think having a little faith in yourself can ... Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a ... high school. In fact I loved my high school. No matter where I went or

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  student with some close friends at Harvard! In Part 1, I discussed how cross ... we met. In this post, I describe how we've stayed in contact (and even ... time zone mismatches and Zoom fatigue got in the way of calling. I took

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  't belong here, or like I was just in the cosmically wrong place. I didn ... , Asymptones, NaNoWriMo—but I enjoyed the camaraderie, enjoyed learning how to ... story still sticks in my mind. I've told it over, and over, in a way such

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  their classes this semester, I thought I would show off how naked and ... nothing. In fact, I think this will be one of my busiest semesters so far. I ... expanding to fill its container. I am enrolled in 45 units, which is 3

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  interested in the material and can therefore contribute and participate more ... journalism, how newsrooms function, and the science news coverage in daily ... So while I like to pretend that I don't procrastinate sometimes, up

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Anticipation a little something to keep you company

  

  today too. And I'd love to hear how you're doing :) ... what the day holds can be scary. Or exciting. Or overwhelming. You ... a time. Because today is special. Because you'll never be in this

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  . From the website:  In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, [150] students work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and ... 2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  how it looks, I found it to be very fun and interesting to drive. 10 ... before the meeting. 11:30am. I arrive in Ann Arbor a little early, so I go ... , 2008 The next couple days, I visit a few high schools in the area, and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  as I can in my training to become an EMT.  Here are some of my friends ... for it! You don't have to put in as much time as I did, and you can even ... first of which is a swim class, so I can finally get the swim requirement

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  experiences. Can I call / email / owl in to find out why I was deferred? No. We ... interview has passed. How can I contact the office if I must? Same ways as ... as we reconsider their cases in Regular Action (RA). I've had a number

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014