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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2022 judge our music taste (the 5th installment)

  

  jenny - top 0.5% PUP audrey - top 0.1% Phoebe Bridgers MG - top 0 ... we all are! Listening Personality ah yes, more personality data for us ... ) again, or are you constantly on the hunt for something new? How about when

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  helps inform how you choose classes at MIT or beyond. There are three ... taking. In order, they are: Will I thrive in this class if I took it [annotation note="Or whichever future semester I'm planning for."]this semester

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  (Read part 1!) I will start with a disclaimer--there are definitely things that can and will change at MIT. In fact, that’s what I love about ... someone was able to win an argument with me or not. Now, none of my friends

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  makes 3 current or emeritus faculty (Diamond, Robert Merton PhD '70, and ... didn't happen in a fancy board room or anything -- they held it in a ... 's historic World Series win in 2004. In responding, he made reference to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  room or outside to the fort that is beginning to be built. The floor has ... shall be eaten." or "Wear Shoes or DIE" The cast: The EC rush chairs, in ... . "Rush" is what we call REX, or Residence Exploration, the time when all

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  date. I had assumed that these took place in like February or March, but ... ' records"]volunteer Ancestry.com data entry[/annotation] and running a ... ones with minimal or no prereqs, are consistently overenrolled. I have a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  reaching the heavy heat of Kentucky summers, summer in Alaska feels more ... phrases I wanted to look into later. What I saw that day: 1. The labrador ... , these beetles bore holes into the bark until they reach the phloem. Laying

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  December or January, you can include MIT as a score recipient and we will ... deferred. In fact, there will likely be nothing at all missing or needing ... "submit" on your application any time on January 1 or before

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  5 hours or so! Well, not really! But hooray!  Sarcasm aside, I will say, the best part of final projects is when you are done with them ... industry, could be ready to present, pitch, or develop into real products

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  common data set, over 60% of the classes at MIT have 19 people or fewer ... than grad students, or something (I don't know why; I work half as much ... 'm close with have been more than willing to be mentors to me. Plus, Carlos

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  1.5 weeks during which I really had nothing in particular to do. Then ... "]Hayden[/annotation] closes, or the best times to grab food from dining halls to avoid the post-class rushes, or where all the vending machines for face masks and CLIF bars are

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  tried it." I said. "And, oh, nor will I ever, because I'm not going to be ... , fastest ride you will ever get on. Seriously. Wikipedia tells you Kingda Ka ... denigrate anything from New Jersey for fear of retribution by the mafia, or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  this. Or this. Sometimes MIT feels like one intense workout on a treadmill. The treadmill just keeps going and going. You're trying to reach the controls to slow down, but they're just out of reach. You fall flat

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  friends do, and I never will. My boyfriend's own ex recently reached out to ... know this will only keep bothering me until I get it out, so I'm going to ... me, or what was lingering in California. But sometimes the past

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  further ado, I give you: 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team 1. It sounded cool ... interested who had been building rockets since they were 10, or who studied aerospace intensely throughout high school, or casually built planes the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  morning room sounds get your headphones

  

  mit dorm rooms - check out these blog posts (1, 2, 3) and the 2015 ... intriguing: data sonification of wikipedia edits - by the world according to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  venture outside to go to the "happy hour" with grad students from 5-7, or just go to dinner with my student host from 7-9... or if I even want to ... river to Boston, which is about 1/4 mile away. And it's pretty tempting to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  First Day of Classes! Today, the MIT Class of 2014 begins.

  

  is addressed by the faculty and MIT President Susan Hockfield. Would ... American 1% Other/No Response 3% International citizens 8.7% Geography ... school 17% Religious school 8% Foreign school 7% Home schooled 1% High

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  is. friends  this goes without saying so I will keep this short but ... I will leave it at that. quantum is certainly one of the classes of ... will agree that he is unbelievably kind and patient and treats every

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  work at the last minute. Or maybe you’re just not really sure if you want to do this whole application thing or not, so you’re waiting for ... ’s why I think you should apply. 1. Applying to MIT is how you get into

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017