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• Blog / Academics & Research

  joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is *so* cool

  

  . When I took AP Micro and Macro, I thought a lot about where the models we ... on Y?” where X and Y can be, quite literally, anything: the effect ... : I do not have a time machine to go back and study the same person

  • by Phi A. '21
  • October 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break ... end of a prolonged battle with the flu. * I’m actually not sure about ... obligated to continue. Sometimes I feel like I’m slowly devolving into a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  here, but I want to thank you all for using this as a positive space with ... Decisions come out in 36 hours, and I know a lot of you may be ... about admissions. this is a safe haven from that. you should not be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  ; it's been a great introductory class since I don't come from a strong ... impromptu event you didn't have to register for. The dark matter lecture I ... -armed" (and completeley loveable and entertaining) professor with a question for

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  entire piece reads so much like a meme that i can’t tell if i’m just taking it way too seriously, but a lot of my friends have recommended it so i ... because i guess there’s a first time for everything

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  ) -- I hope that you have already asked your teachers if they can write a ... recommendation -- one from a math or science teacher ("Evaluation A") and one from ... , and how you see yourself as a match for each place. Teachers often find

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  blog EVER! * waits for the “Welcome to the Blogging World” song * I am ... this grand experience, I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES ... jumble of sounds that only I would have any reason for using or even dare

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  difficult subject for me to write about, so I am going to stop and let you ... killed in the bombing two years ago, I also ran it for Sean.   ... Today, MIT dedicated a memorial to Officer Sean Collier, who was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Weekend in New York [by Davie Rolnick '11, Guest Blogger] Art Scholars go to see Wagner at the Met!

  

  one can be a graceful Rheinmaiden while suspended 30 feet in the air I ... , and epic-scale lust for the power caught up in a little golden ring ... premiered in a theatre Wagner built specially for it. True to form, the

  • by ARTalk
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  ; Comp Sci) offers this and I'm pretty sure it's a lock if you have a ... freshmen get a flavor for what they might want to study next year), and we ... you can come up with a joint thesis to satisfy both degrees. One of the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A circle of shared breaths rediscovering synchronized skating at MIT, by Eleanor L. '27

  

  from the loss of a friend in October, I realized it’d be too lonely to ... joy can be difficult, but it’s 100% worth it!! For me that comes from ... . Before we continue, I should give a quick intro — hi! I’m Eleanor, a junior

  • by Janet G. '27
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  for a month before I got a response from another researcher in his group ... For a gaspingly radiant millisecond after I received my acceptance ... Chemistry last term; therefore, I pseudo-stalked Professor Sadoway for a week

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  ? Well, it means I not only have a lot of free time for writing blog posts, but I'm also feeling reflective. I have a lot of wisdom to share ... My grades for the semester have finally all appeared on WebSIS, and I

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  like tennis, both playing and watching it. Thus, I'd guess a lot of the ... national average). From there he went to a New York law firm, then to the NHL ... Federer and Rafael Nadal once again face off for a Major title, this one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  , I'm still riding on the adrenaline from that a month later! Woo hoo! I can survive MIT! There's hope for me yet; years from now, maybe I won ... 'M STUPID AND MIT MADE A MISTAKE WITH ME IF I CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND A BASIC

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  number of classes i can take while maintaining full-time status, which is a ... material changes every time it's offered and i can retake it for credit. this ... to it, like a gas does. so i'm telling myself that i need to get this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  just for fun! What colleges are you applying to? I have like ... has a good penguin department and idk maybe I’ll major in that not ... What are you writing your essays on? well I did one draft about a club

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  until November. No no, today I felt I like a freshman, hosed for the very ... reason anyone's ever had for not taking a class P/D/F, isn't it? I had also ... eventually turned out to need about two and a half hours of touching) when I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  —and, since walking outdoors is a comparatively safe activity, I recruited a few friends for each trip. I also ended up getting a ton of photos ... didn't have a concrete plan to do so. With that in mind, I set a goal to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  risk of sounding like a complete idiot, I have to ask: do people always ... queries: I'm a little concerned about MIT's degree of toughness...is it ... of fact, I do shower. Daily. (If that's not enough for you, I also wash

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007