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• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  Hi, Whew, it’s been a long week! But I was thinking today ... haven’t started worrying about the applications yet, that’s ... then say whether they did or did not get in. Trust me, there’s no

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  gave five minute talks about their core research project(s), and then met ... Economics Has rising trade integration between the U.S. and China contributed to the increasing polarization of U.S. politics? Let’s look at the data

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  (it’s traditional). Then, as I waited those three months, my ... gods, and long-distance runners. I realized that it’s not about where you ... special, it doesn’t mean you’ll only be content there. It’s easy to think

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 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.

  

  problems at the end of this post, and if you enjoy Mike’s writing you should ... type of math. Maybe it’s the physicist in me. So when I heard that MIT ... question: what is an integration bee? Yeah, I know. It’s a little

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  , I visited Student Support Services (S3) to meet with a dean who would help me reschedule my Monday final to Friday. He was super nice (as the S ... to take an OX for the class. I visited S3 again to update my dean on

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  that it’s difficult for public officials to know how to act toward a ... were taken away. And there’s certainly no risk of losing votes that way ... across the board: It’s been tried, it doesn’t work, students don’t vote

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  new special topics course called CMS.S62: The Internet as Social ... spread more or less evenly across 2016s, 2017s, and 2018s. I'm coteaching ... adopted and reshaped it. In CMS.S62, we take the Internet as our object of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  Imagine: you arrive on campus. It’s awesome. Breathtaking ... friendly company? The math gangster you dreamed to become? Now’s your chance ... ’t overheat with excitement. Orientation moves at light speed, and it’s easy to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  convenient excuse for not blogging since February - it’s not that I’ve been too busy, it’s that I haven’t been busy enough. Last Monday, in MAS.S66 ... PowerPoints or half-hearted reports, MAS.Magic’s midterm project was a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  their food that it’s become deeply engrained in who I am. The other side ... people’s opinions. In making this map of opinions I could pinpoint the ... saying it is bad to be influenced by those around you, in fact that’s how

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  real camera or know anything about photography. However, my roommate’s ... and quiet. That’s why I like snow so much--it makes everything quiet and ... AP’s coming up OMG) I’d encourage you to all press pause for a weekend

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  tournament! sMITe Spring 2013 My shin splints evolved into stress fractures ... that will help me in the long run even if there’s no immediate incentive. One of GEL’s capabilities of effective leadership is self-awareness and

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  us is: It’s better to make a bad decision now than a good one too late ... : As you can see, there’s no cascade of steps to follow. It’s a lot of ... solid piece of advice. Why? That’s exactly the question I should ask

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  students to help staff events and run registration—it’s only a couple of days ... Theater Arts Faculty. (If you’re curious about the plot, here’s a more ... -length musical in only two weeks. It’s definitely the closest I’ve ever come to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  the tiny scented candles at Shaw’s. The big one behind it was a present ... looking out over Brigg’s Field and Simmons, in the same entry as Ceri R. ‘16 ... almost all my legos, which are still chilling with Cory’s legos in his room

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  it’s just a lot of exciting things going on!!! First up, my work this ... been working tirelessly on the system’s designs. Nathan Kipniss ’14, also ... up with the team’s progress (since I came back from England after the

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  Foundation’s book on legacy admissions. That chapter doesn’t actually contain ... demonstrate MIT’s alumni donated $77 million in 2006, it says nothing about ... at least the 1960s – gives me confidence that we have not offered a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  ; Urgency to Deliver, Initiative, and Decision Making   It’s safe to say that the GEL 2s devote at least ten hours a week to help plan each ... calls upon the GEL 2s to conceive and operate a unique ELL. We started

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  career in research, I needed a very specific plan. I had no plan, but that’s what summer internships are for, or at least that’s what I told myself ... enjoyed the experiences I’ve had in labs, but I started to realize that it’s

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  reviews, but it’s Spring Break now and time for all of us to take a ... and Anna have said, undergrad admissions is but a phase and it’s so important to hold on to your dreams. Here’s my anectodal addendum: It was

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011