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  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  that are on campus. If you love to sing and dance, there's a group for that! If you like playing Starcraft, there's a club for that! If you enjoy playing Ultimate Frisbee, there's a team for that! I can pretty much

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  said. "This is one area where we're able to make an impact." You can ... How are you planning to spend the day? Jeffrey Warren, a Media Arts ... , one of the MIT students who in September launched a $150 camera balloon

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  (whoops!), so here's something you should know: at MIT, I am a proud ... non-fraternity men. There are legitimate reasons not to pledge a ... 've gone through Rush enough to get a bid, you probably already know

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  England and the first term is half way over! I really can't believe it. The ... from the city center. It's about 45 minutes to walk there. It is an amazingly nice college that has grass that you can actually walk on! And then

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  mailing lists, there is a catch in that you have to write a color at the end ... . Just for some context, this is what I mean by [annotation note="If you ... email filters you make, somehow, emails will flood in like a tsunami. It

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

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  intention of this process. There is a big difference between "I can't afford ... outside of your family who can help you to determine your need for a waiver ... to MIT can be a barrier for those of modest financial means or those

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  . MIT is different -- it's a neverending beast. You will wake up covered ... relief, I see ;) You see, I wanted to drop in and, you know, tell you a ... 're going to become a Pokemon trainer -- you'll be catching them on your i

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  small wins early. Instead of the whole nuclear reactor, is there a ... goal of colonizing Mars.  You can't get to Mars without making a lot of ... jump into a field 70-80% of the market is chasing the current fad.  This

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  , no matter how much you cut into your Hamilton time, there is always a ... Hall freshman physicist. If you enjoy integrating you can try out some ... fractions is a total drag. Anyways, I waltzed in for the written portion

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  you're sleeping, you're also doing something wrong. There is so much ... #4: Explore the campus. Walk around the campus. The fact that you're a ... you try it. I can't say how many things I would have missed out on if I

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Non-Stop a completely stacked google calendar? in THIS economy?

  

  UROP/job. It also is a great means of keeping in touch with the language ... lyrics to non-stop from hamilton in this post. nothing else just that"]A ... tutoring organization I'm a part of to discuss my lessons for a student. I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 25, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  soundtrack is even more challenging. Wes and Luke did a phenomenal job—I can ... scene where a previous president is [annotation note="this was President ... student body. What's evident is that there is a lot of liability associated

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  " is honestly the most you could ever demand from yourself. It's both a ... said, "Ana, the only thing you ever have to worry about is about doing ... just how powerful and true that piece of advice was. You see, as a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  where you end and this place begins. Sometimes it's so quiet here, or nothing is moving, or everything is moving, or the rush of people you wouldn ... ? Maybe 5%. And it's a good thing, I think. Because, really, you will find

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  . "Why are you taking a year off?" I ask. Well, he tells me, he, an MIT ... it out. Basically, it is a super-easy way to synchronize files across computers. I love being at a place where students are so creative and are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I am slowly going insane This is your brain on AI-generated videos

  

  next time though, if you're offering me a free GPU as a prize.) ... .5940 (TinyML) lecture: the class was holding a competition, with AI development ... was trying to create a benchmark for evaluating AI-generated videos, and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 6, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  tours of some labs. As I'm a nerd for everything neuroscience, can you ... Nearly two weeks ago, I promised you a Post of Substance™ to be put ... (when did that happen?!), so we frosh can finally declare a major. I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  until the coin is found, usually sometime Sunday. To give you a flavor of ... Period, is a special four-week mini-term full of interesting, fun and ... activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  a pi day (decision) story 3/14/21 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  help! In the meantime, there’s a bunch of things you can do while you wait. You can watch Ellen and me fly around campus trying to avoid robots and jujutsu sorcery. Or, you can play Celeste and pay your respects to

  • by Tim
  • March 8, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  ), the City of Boston is shrouded in fog and a light sprinkle of rain. This is the edge of the Tropical Storm/Hurricane Arthur (now lowered to a ... the Pops concert live from the Hatch Shell. You can watch the concert

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014