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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  , who directs our admissions process, is a physician, and if there is ... there is a lot of truth in that. Fundamentally an admissions process is ... basically, it's a perfect setup for the Illusion of Validity Why is MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  , cite a theorem, and turn it in. Well, that is exactly what I did, and I ... 8.03, Physics III, office hours as well, but that is a whole other ... in my schedule. I saw that it was much more rewarding to take a course

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing ... free time on your hands, learn ozonolysis. Oh man, was that a meta ... fear that you're really a cylon, all hope is lost. -If reading science

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  Moines looks the same as my audience in Paris. As this is a college ... something. In this day and age, this is far from the truth. You can go to a ... prestigious school in the world. Harvard is a meme. Harvard is camp. Back to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hacking Story poetry, guitars, a hardware hackathon, and the time-to-pee scheduling metric

  

  culminates in a hardware hackathon. 1. The Time-to-Pee Schedule Metric When I ... time-to-pee. What is time-to-pee? It's a metric I made up for gauging ... the number of classes is your time-to-pee. A time-to-pee close to 1

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  (many) graduation requirements is to get a “concentration” in the ... , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone ... MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing and is now an adjunct professor

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  dorms (keep in mind there is also a residence hall called East Campus, which is a specific dorm which falls under the umbrella category of East ... Laura '09 had an interesting bit a while back in her blog about East

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  If you weren't aware, REX (Residence EXploration) is going to be in ... in the courtyard, which temporarily becomes a sprawling playground of 2 ... .) For the record, the current weather is gorgeous. This year, it's all a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  weeks later, I’m in a simple knee brace, stumbling my way around. All is ... meal. Polaroids scattered in a half-packed bed room. Late evenings spent ... . Make Memories. Prepare. After all this is a really special time. A time

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are Too Many HASS Classes I Want To Take What’s a Boy to Do

  

  thing—what classes I’m going to take next! This is not because of a deep ... schedules in calendar format"]Hydrant[/annotation] and [annotation note='A ... actually be here. [annotation note="Note that this is only based on the fall

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 29, 2026
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the ... has a hole in it; and Belgian dark chocolate, which is kind of ... Store is a book store. In the basement, however, the Harvard Book Store is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  . In my homeland, snow is only a myth. My fanatical, creepy ... number of Sonic Youth albums in my music collection is a little ridiculous ... My name is Keri Garel, and nothing else in my bio is true anymore

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  This is a list I made at the end of my freshman year in the reading ... . Caffeine is great in a pinch, but eventually the piper must be paid. 2. It ... comfortable enough to actually fall asleep. A fifteen-minute nap in Hayden can

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  cookie monster. Second: Count how many of each cookie is used in the ... . If a cookie appears N times in the monster, then replace it with its ... CAN BE EATEN is a clue for EDIBLE. These are the cookies: (C

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  room such that the difference in size is unnoticeable. two east is a ... expressions of individuality. there is a large chalk wall in the primary den ... lounges, one with a tv, and in essence it is one long hallway. however, two

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less ... In a couple months, I’ll be back in Cambridge after 10 years of ... have been able to ship a few products that are out there in the real

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  their application. In light of this, I'm going to tell you a story. Maybe ... own applications. Once upon a time and long ago... ...in mid ... early decision or early action to a lot of really awesome schools. So in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here ... should check your MyMIT account to see who your interviewer is and give him ... : If we don't have any alumni in your area and your interview is waived

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the Class of 2028?

  Check out our First-year class profile page to find out more about the members of the Class of 2028.  
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  with new people. and there's a decent chance your partner is in a close ... Rule. in a pretty egregious way, at that⁠—it was a [annotation note ... freshman year[/annotation] and with a senior in my direct social circle

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021