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  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  case, selection committee is a pretty intense exercise as far as the ... selection committee. (As a guy who is not wired to do science and math, I'd be ... know what? You're a star. Your handwriting is beautiful, you look great

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddartha Mukherjee (nf) This Is How You ... ’ve read in college so far (I might be forgetting a few, but this is most of ... ) as soon as finals is over!) A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  and thin strokes, how short the a is compared with the b, the angle of ... mater. For Sylvester, who introduced the term, a matrix is where a ... mahal kita. It’s neat that kita is a pronoun that doesn’t just indicate

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  Rodney Brooks. Call me an idealist, but my favorite of the responses is ... each other instead of simply strategizing on how best to stay on top. He ... require the world to think in much broader terms. And until aliens from some

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  science, how much does that hurt me?" It is a requirement for all students ... , it is very much okay that you have changed directions a bit. We also ... a broad question huh? What I mean is, how many of you see our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  actually loved a ton! It was basically just a writing class on how to write ... an obviously not Asian student is a wholeeee story on its own ... all it is an amazing group and if anyone else would like a little more

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  . Normally visits only last for about a day so you will have to cram as much ... the lap of luxury. This is good, because as a prefrosh, the next thing ... 're sitting under the great dome, and want to have a panic attack about how

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  told you how much stardew valley i've been playing recently? a lot. i ... learned how difficult it is to define what a "root word" is without being ... uta is harder than being an la. not that it takes more hours a week, but

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  discusses how he really enjoys the moments where he sees a student is ... learn. He's not there maybe to show how smart he is or how much he knows ... : Peter Dourmashkin is a senior Lecturer who came to MIT in 1972. After

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  This is a long one. Apologies in advance! First, a quick response to ... of my friends died in a car accident. I remember how my class came ... that because this is a personal instinct and not one that is in any way

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  only do so much as a high school senior and almost-college freshman. But ... , admission to a wonderful school—it is not because they think you are at an ... college is a community, so it is unlikely they will simply admit you just so

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  our name, and my [annotation note="Intro to Algorithms, a class that is ... will figure out about me is that I’m a [annotation note="the colloquial ... sometimes i too feel like a square, which is far more likely than me getting

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  second is something that spun out of a series of conversations between ... last month. here's an excerpt: How do you know if you have a moral ... (IAP) at MIT -- between the fall and spring semesters, students get a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  .[annotation note="This is a joke. Please don't do this."]Drop all your classes ... is cool with you dropping classes 11 weeks into a 14-week semester. It ... semester which is different and wonderful Oh, boy, I have been awake for

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  contractor and project funder enter a contractual agreement for how the work is ... you to see how strong the connection is in Nigeria!” he told me, and ... interned for a summer at Uber ATG (Advanced Technologies Group) which is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  apologies. =( So here it is, a long overdue update about everyone's favorite ... actually help him figure out how long he needed to cut a certain piece of ... volunteered to help out the following year. (You know how it is, when you're in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  bucket when it drops. That thing is brutal. Oh, it's also not too much fun if you're a lifeguard. Because then all you do is stand there and ... anyone who doesn't know how to swim jump into a pool ten feet deep???" That

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  responded with much glee, mostly because I wanted to use a cheesy pun (double ... I think that the three-dimensional you, quirks and all, is a lot more ... right now is how it applied to me when I was finishing up my application

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  . He mentioned how if your right hand is out after a punch, you make a ... , maybe try and improve at one of the many sports you know how to play in a ... ’m still wondering how I got here, despite just detailing a page’s worth of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making my Ring Delivery Dress and some reflections

  

  about how I was going to make my dress for senior prom. I had never used a ... Delivery is a major milestone where sophomores receive their brass rats to ... to teach me how to use a sewing machine. As practice, I made this

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022