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  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  'll attempt to do him justice in a few lines.  He is: a prediction wizard and ... consulting to poker to baseball to politics a sassy Twitter fiend not afraid ... only a median and a mode; because no number would be mean to Nate Silver

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  xiang" - a phrase that alludes to the traditional "tou xiang," a Chinese ... meet new people, and trying new things - the better I adjusted to a new ... interests, and connecting to a new support network when even MORE

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  no idea what I'm going to do, but medicine is definitely a possibility ... someone who can't talk to people and who only sticks her nose in a book... nobody's holding a gun to your head. If anything, MIT students are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  fair to compare one or the other on par. Joining a fraternity doesn ... something that you get just because you show up to all the Rush events for a specific fraternity (but this is a popular misconception). One week prior to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  MIT is likely to face, come 2113? 6)Over a 1000 freshmen will be ... will you say hi to, if a new fish is born today? 7) “Are new fishes born ... one freshman in the eye without freaking him or her out to begin a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  undergraduate student that works with MIT faculty to provide support and act as a ... go on, a lot of these things will change and so it's always best to ... informative and offers a lot of good information on how to search for classes

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  for ten hours it’s 7 a.m. jesus christ, go to sleep," but I can’t cause ... . Usually, I am fine with losing a night's sleep as long as I don’t have to do ... alone finishing a whole pset. Sleep is important! Anyway, one day last

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Marching Band Refused to Yield Band in the name of love.

  

  or other, so I probably won't get a chance to do it tonight. Anyway ... until I get a chance to get all the pictures together, here's a poem I ... enough percussion players to have, you know, more than just a snare drum

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 4, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  to the reader). I'm struggling to keep my brain from blowing a fuse and ... out of a spoon using a bowl. It's an unpleasant way to feel right now ... why that is. Turns out, the combination of September starting on a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  , it's a good one! Living group is one of the most important factors to ... A lot of you have written me to tell me you've voted, and it ... 'm not dead yet :) It's definitely possible for a vegan to survive! It

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  important things to know when designing a ballpit.) With the help of some ... , a measuring tape that someone is going to come back to. Every color of ... business was to go down to the basement and check out these balls. We had a

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  only the slightest amount — maybe even a bit that wasn’t important to the class as a whole — will stick with you. To show this idea in action, I ... much more than the material that is directly taught to you. If you’re a

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s like I go to class or something. Or whatever.

  

  important stuff. Filing that one away in my list of Things To Refer To When ... -flow-transport-electrokinetics-booty-kicker. I'm looking forward to it! See? I'm a quarter of the way there ... because it gives me a legitimate reason to use my crayons. Otherwise I just

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  , etc. I feel that it’s important to have knowledge on how to be safe in ... can’t wait to arrive! Remember to be careful around the muggles when disappearing into Terminal 3.14 at Logan Airport. Meanwhile, I have compiled a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  to get practical experience in a software company before even having to ... still under development but was starting to come together into a usable ... had the chance to contribute important, client-facing functionality to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  fits you. (That's a pretty sweet thing that's unique to MIT - at the end ... , and pick someone to live with. It's a pretty flexible system, unless you want to be a part of Residence Based Advising, at which point you must

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  DEALicious in which i counsel an FPOP and come out with free candy. also how to…

  

  First things first -- I took a weekend trip back to New York and ... freshmen. Totally optional, but a great way for incoming students to meet ... , important, life-changing activities. Building a home for an egg before

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  . As a long-time fan of Bo Burnham, it was absolutely surreal to see him ... . I continued to follow all of his stuff after that. I was a bit too shy to go up after the talk to say hi, and I'm sure a small part of myself

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  were important. My essays were not related to my “stats.” You have your ... to convince an admissions committee that you are a good fit for their ... . Fortunately, to make your life easier, MIT published a page about what it values

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  admissions for a long time, and (finally!) here goes. First, an important ... that definition, there are two very important things to remember about ... need to give a student during the admissions process. What we do is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005