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  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  finally worked up the nerves to ask a question in his class, only to confirm ... , in my book) that could get away with using Comic Sans (the other being ... in front of the blackboard to comfortably enjoy the Logs as they

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  holidays in boston a photodump for you to procrastinate with

  

  of lobby 7[/caption] Also in an attempt to spice up the awful, drab ... myself ice skating and get violently angry at how bad I am. [carousel ... off. There's no way Santa can afford to take time to go to Boston in

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  'm going to school in Boston remark on how cold it is, but the most jarring ... decide how many layers to wear, whether to bring an umbrella, etc. For ... Schedule In high school I went to sleep around 10:30 pm, and woke up at

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  Random to fall housing in McCormick (a sweat-driven Tuesday morning haul ... feels that pit of dread drop in their stomach as things get worse and ... way back to the States near the end of week 3 after a few days in Japan

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  to major in anything evenly divisible by three. I am not making any of ... up in and boarded a one-way flight to Boston. The rain was moody and ... out to help me move in, but, fortunately, they had round-trip tickets

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Are We Waiting For besides this video from the freshman arts program

  

  (appropriately) to the MIT Movies Emeritus page. In its place, you can find "What ... If you're returning to our site today, you may have noticed that we ... we could feature it on the website, and they said yes! Starring

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Together in Service MIT community working collaboratively

  

  message you want to get across in a strong and memorable way. And that’s why ... that. MIT believes in service; service to the world and service to each ... in the Sloan School of Management who is using an algorithm to help

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  're getting dressed in the winter. Layering is key, but you don't want to over ... flops are my shoeware of choice, even I have to give in at some point and start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  thoughts to myself. I’d get lost in my thoughts on teaching and math, and ... with how well she was able to hold my attention with math content ... education. But in truth, I can talk to anyone. Well, mostly. Some people want

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  taken from the website. Again. So anyway, back to this semester, I saw ... 't mean for this to be uber-serious or anything. Just something to keep in ... I've recently had the opportunity to see three MIT productions - I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  .009 course website:  "In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, students work in large teams of approximately 15 to 19 individuals to design ... 'm so excited to work on my 6.005 final project for probably the next

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  regret wash over me. New waves of kiddos are coming in to make MIT their ... Raymond and others to get through my coding assignments and I wonder if I've really learned at MIT, or if I've only learned how to ask for help. I walk

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... 's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  about overscheduling; they just wanted to know how to get into MIT. Now ... right). We in admissions are all proud to work for such an inspirational ... woman who actually decides which one in seven MIT applicants gets in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  DND.  In one last attempt to get a hold of her, seeing her Find My ... line roughly a month before move-in, in an effort to capture just what it ... tendency to stick regardless, and how can you possibly expect anyone

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  "shopping period", in which they get to sit in on classes and decide if they ... everything else I'm already doing, I don't know how it's going to fit in. It ... school, Curtis '10, and Adam and Lia, who go to another school in Cambridge

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  who didn't get into MIT but went on to thrive elsewhere (like this, and ... truck stop town. a city in the central valley that used to have a bean ... the only uc she gets into is davis — “i don’t want to go to a fucking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2007 Numbers, numbers, numbers.

  

  are statistical. What is the average SAT score? How many students were admitted Early Action? Luckily, I can refer most folks to our website, where ... 'll update the freshman class profile page closer to Registration Day. Here's a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... capabilities. If you're new to how MIT shows off your grades, then I should tell ... -inscrutable concepts racked my brains to no end, had a few guest appearances in the 8

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  T-Minus Six Days Ready for the best four days of your life? CPW 2010 ftw!!

  

  you get on campus! It's going to be EPIC. As those of you who tuned ... idea to exchange e-mails with your host before you get here, just to get ... the events I wanted to attend at last year's CPW by ranking them in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2010