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• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  again a team of drastically more boys than girls.   The first ... that there are fewer women. But the interesting effect of being at MIT is that I sometimes forget what the outside world is like. Of course I know

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  ;         A helpful hacker forwarded the text of ... also Einstein's birthday) and the imminent constitution of the rest of ... transferring to one of the state schools that had admitted me the first time

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  released — the few quiet hours that Ben once called the eye of the storm — I ... I wanted to open my decision alone so we could get the argument out of ... the 2019s in anticipation of pi day by Yuliya K. '18 (2015): but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  internships elsewhere) and I are trying to take advantage of the random ... because of the MITOC (MIT Outing Club) mailing list and other email ... we met up with the team! Meeting one of the captains of the team

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  your schedule. Easy, over, done. However, the nature of MIT lends itself to one more blogger freebie. In four years of reading the blogs, I don ... the time to figure out that I had barely completed 65 out of 100 points

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second… Fifth Week?

  

  fate of the MIT Class of 2010 is (more or less) set in stone. You ... communication course. In the next couple of weeks, I'll write a five-page paper on the different communication "cultures" of men and women, with

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  (though you probably weren't...). I got the "i know this is a busy time of ... posts planned and then the first round of exams hit us. Some of them went ... am actually that much of a freak.) The fact that MIT’s its own little

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  IAP externship offer for the month of January and had the opportunity ... to think of myself as someone who asks the tough questions and is not afraid to get to the heart of issues. So in the spirit of Charlie Rose

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  , how it’s always dark out after my last class of the day, that tells me ... Masters of Engineering concurrently with finishing your bachelor's degree ... the chillest thing ever." For the most part, that's a stinking load of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  Without fail, if I could only eat one food for the rest of my life ... went at the end of last semester before it was time for us to take our finals. One of the nice thing about Tosci's is that they have some pretty

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  this fall (Yay! Welcome officially to the MIT Class of 2013!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you're making the best ... Hello MIT Class of 2013! Here are some things that admitted students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  6.7800 (Inference and Information, the subject of the exam and by far the most challenging class I’ve ever taken) but four years of MIT ... good way). It’s one of the reasons why I’ve written so many blog posts

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  Tube advice videos or romanticized audiobooks or way too many of the MIT ... via the endless stream of short-form videos spoonfed to me by various ... ! There’s been a lot of the ways my life has changed, both expected and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  little space as possible offers the best protection. Both of them were ... year full of blades. If you are interested in supporting the victims ... to stay safe, but the request felt empty. How could any of us ensure

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  I’ve learned more about the inner workings of MIT from my summer job ... year I had applied to be a counselor, but I landed the job of AD. My boss ... Diva.” 617) Being AD means that any time any of the 77 students or any

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  exist, I can confirm). It is the one form of art where I am perfectly ... that music is one of the most relaxing things, ever. Whether you ... affordable) way to relieve some of the stress MIT can give. And trust me, there

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  details). If you are a member of the Class of 2011 and would like to request ... members of the Class of 2011 are deferring to spend a year in Israel, others ... one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  lot of health campaigns as well as water testing at the source, although most of the distribution is done by NGOs. Our first, rather impromptu meeting was with a man named Jean Francois, who was in charge of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 27, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  .  Part of the moving-to-Indiana process involved selling my house.  I ... just had an offer on the house, it hadn't actually sold.  Well, in late ... , my buyers withdrew their offer.  All of a sudden I had a house to sell

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  of in awe of the fact that I'd apparently survived almost a full year at MIT. I did not, shall we say, come from the most stringent of high ... in the world of sleep statistics.) 2. It really is better to get a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006