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  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  -written applications) to a largely digital one (with applications and supporting ... undertaken by prospective students that ultimately leads to a college choice ... is important and what you would like for a reader to know. Student: Oh

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  be pretty easy. Ummmm - definitely need to go find a good TA. STS.075 ... workload, my friends and I have made a promise to insert fun, spontaneous ... quickly. Case in point: in the past two and a half years, I've learned the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  me a piece. Now, whenever you print something to one of the campus ... another Laura moved onto the floor over a year ago, I've been trying to get ... room to find a slice of chocolate cake that literally had my name on it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of ... -sensing contact lens that has a little patch of color that changes in response to ... to hang out with students on a Saturday night! I think it says volumes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  to compensate by progressing in difficulty at a slightly faster rate ... distilled into a form gentle enough to be diffused into our frail young minds ... source: http://xkcd.com/863/ Last night, I had a convincing

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  Microsoft, but has since moved to Las Vegas, where he became a professional ... 's taught me to think from a technical perspective, and it's much easier to ... Apprentice. Jennifer Johnson '98 decided not to sign a contract to appear on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  is more than a job: it is a privilege and an honor. We are grateful to ... to remind you success is not always a straight line. Your future isn ... available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Room Tour 2017 edition

  

  2021s, can't wait to meet y'all this week! To give you guys a sneak peek of what is to come, I (finally!) got around to learning how to film and edit videos. Here's my first shot at it, and a room tour to show for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  sadness - because we were not able to offer a spot to SO MANY wonderful people. This seems to be the case every year. You'd think I'd get used to ... letters and packages to be mailed. I'll keep you posted. Decisions will

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  think the true definition of drinking from a firehose is to be learning ... particular, used mathematical concepts to reinforce his optimism that a supreme ... wrote a book, Introductio ad Quadraturum Curvarum (Introduction to the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  This is a long one. Apologies in advance! First, a quick response to ... these blogs are just a glorified PR trick. I'm not going to waste any time ... . Okay, here are a bunch of responses to my blog comments... No

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  . It's been a long semester. I had to take four course 16 classes, and I ... laundry, but my room was a mess. I went to class, but I could have and ... hike Mt. Washington, and leave Boston for a weekend. I want to stay up

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  EECS student Michael McGraw teaches STEM concepts in Regensburg, Germany As part of the Global Teaching Labs program, student Michael McGraw taught Physics, Biology and…

  

  to learn about power distribution and to gain a sense of the how the ... was a huge boost to my speaking skills. Hearing the words spoken often ... in German has helped me to speak German more freely. As a tutor and

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up ... of our number decided to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day in a uniquely ... contained a number of pictures, which I am more than happy to pass on to you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  So I guess telling you my name would be a good place to start: Bryan ... 's Inauguration last May. In order for you guys to get to know me a little better ... ----------------------------- 1. The first day of high school, I rode a unicycle to school. 2. I can

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  the past. A bunch of people in our hall told me to get the shot. It ... , because as soon as you get assigned to a table group, you’ll get a shot soon ... language from one of my favorite books, Made to Stick, it’s a very sticky

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  a trip had to include visits to prestigious college campuses. It ... , right? It would be just as simple to tell a story about any other number of colleges, had I decided to attend those instead. Here's a secret

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  nothing special

  

  get to come back a couple weeks early in the fall for free, in exchange ... machine of the working world stops. If you're waiting for a meeting to be ... myself in math, but I think I now deserve a good night's rest. After all

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  about this place I would call home, and I felt a drive to be social, to ... "]the answers to those questions,[/annotation]and this place feels like a home and not a brief and wild summer camp, and so I’m starting to be able to hear

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  ? It's the thing you do if you major in life sciences and want to get a ... [/annotation] to the field. I am not someone who dreamt of being a scientist as a ... need to go somewhere that will give you a scholarship. I'm going to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020