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  How the World Cup Will Conclude Backed by Science

  

  I like to think of myself as a fortune teller. And since predicting a tournament's outcome is basically telling a fortune, I've decided to tell ... , biased by virtue of my being a Ghanaian:     And yes, all

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 30, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  before heading to the living room. Kate's there too, writing something on a ... next hour and a half, before I head to the kitchen and cook lunch. The ... to the living room to grab my laptop before going upstairs to take a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  school summers, I strongly recommend you to make this summer a meaningful ... 't flood you with pictures from Mathcamp. Suffice it to say that it was a ... flattering (as a matter of fact, you HAD TO wear speedos. I got a huge scolding

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  character, and a strong match with MIT's mission to use science, technology, and the useful arts to make the world a better place. We can't wait to ... , and it is. As a matter of philosophy, we have typically preferred to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT's mission to use science, technology, and the useful arts to make the world a better place ... typically preferred to defer, rather than deny, a majority of our early

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  is a huge project that encourages dozens of MIT students to teach ... with once saying, "The trick to education is to teach people in such a ... floor of building 4, right next to a couple of classrooms they use to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  to a boarding school to finish high school; but sometimes, applying to ... decision? Does this student have the emotional and social maturity to be a ... section of Technology Review. I'll print some of it below, with a link to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  to the Museum of Science, one to a theater production of "There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom," one to a ranch, and a few others I can't seem ... to now give you a virtual field trip of sorts - into my dorm: Mc

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  To take a leaf out of Sam's book: DID YOU KNOW? Charlotte/Douglas International Airport has a scale model of the Wright Brothers plane hanging from ... the last six hours, and have another eight to go. But this isn't about

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  around in a circle, to mimic an accretion disk. *     *     * I met Carl ... stretch to meet the lens. I once saw a woman squint a Saturn, and without ... taught Carl to play pool (a challenge, since the pool cue was probably

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  Many international applicants don't have a school counselor. The school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it's only for those who have a school counselor. A principal, headmaster, or
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you want to hear about?

  

  I would like to post more entries this summer, but this is an MIT ... life - I've certainly done it before - but a lot of my big rambles have been posted already, and I'm not sure what you guys want to hear about

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Solution: Are we going to win? Guess where I am!

  

  have used a calculator to convert the times, by multiplying the decimal ... "I need a hand." I was refering to the 3 hands on an analog clock. This ... Can you guess where I am right now? Points to the most creative

  • by Bryan
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  people that I’m a Bomber, especially people I talked to in high school ... DTYD’s :) Some alumni came back to Burton-Conner for a post Fall Career ... to illustrate our culture is by what we do, so here's a glimpse of just

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  Blogs in order to throw a post up without much editing, but now that I ... you’re trying to print something huge, you can’t have a regular printer, of course, because first you’d have to build a giant printer before

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s been 3 weeks the firehose is still alive and kicking

  

  .00). We had to make a game of Hangman using Python. Thankfully, my roommate ... had to take place, one that resulted in a poem that waxed philosophical ... was also a chance to see brothers of the house at their best. Lots of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  around campus all Winter into Spring. I made a mental note to check it out ... fast,’ I said back, “How about a daylong pilgrimage to MIT to see three ... restaurant we”ve been meaning to try and we”ll finish it all off with a concert

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Final Push Who needs sleep?

  

  the material. I've just woken up from a nap, ran to the store, and am now hidden away to study all night. It's a straight push through till ... selection for this particular evening (I tend to listen to the same music

  • by Snively '11
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  worked it out such that I'll get a new hard drive mailed to me, completely ... Just two and a half weeks and freshman year is over. I'll spare you ... and skip straight to what the end of the semester at MIT is actually

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  : Exhibit A Jon is the one closest to you, sitting at his computer after ... Exhibit B. Exhibit B Then BAM!!!, like a kick to the face delivered by ... stress? I walked into my room one day to find a very strange and startling

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008