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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  , but a few departments have letter names or letter modifiers. Students at ... know how to write HTML, more or less, but I didn't feel like it.) FYI ... assigned to each department is a matter of historical contingency, and doesn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  states, which have not historically been as well-served by computer science ... data to the schools where the challenge is proctored to help them ... computer science or math teachers, you should consider signing up; if you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  Let me just start by saying that, historically, my sleep habits suck ... . Besides, it gives me a lot of insight into my personal data: when I fall ... me whether I was a morning person or a night owl in high school, I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  anytime I need just a few minutes of peace and quiet or when I need to clear ... . We get all the pieces when we read it, but we have no idea what it will ... Part I is like the border. That's where you tell us your name, address

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  discussing this, but perhaps other Kenyans will leave their email addresses in ... only 1 B everafter. So without counting the D's I probably will have a 3 ... the ACT or the SATI, your lower SATI scores will be ignored

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  one of which will comprise my thesis and the next year and a half of my ... may or may not be able to read without being on a college wifi network ... always empty except for me). I’m hoping to buy prints of some of my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  components: 1. In lecture, we will discuss (and you will read research papers on) 12 major substantive topics addressed by experimental social ... or laboratory experiment. 3. You, the student, will conduct an

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  most historic 1792 letter” by Alexander Hamilton or the “Birth ... vessel of content (text and/or illustrations).” This definition encompasses ... quality of the printing, binding, or illustrations, the provenance, etc.” So

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  Notes version of your life.       Literally. Buy a notebook or ... whether or not they thought it was good enough. 1. Read the prompts ... with a pithy line or a catchy hook to convince you to read the rest of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  units; Four regular courses and one half semester class to reach the ... definitely the most linguistically satisfying moment I will most likely ever ... . Contrary to the norm, I have really enjoyed TEAL so far, but I will follow up

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  problems such as: 1) landlords don't want to rent short-term 2) landlords don ... take a leap of faith. After all, the contract is with the landlord, and ... principles...something about her sass. If I got deceived in any way, I will

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  result, dorms will host things known as floor rush or hall rush so frosh ... great tragedy like a family death or a broken limb; I personally reached ... for frosh, or even reach out to just your heads of houses for help. Also

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  of data analysis, I will use my lab's high-powered server or I will set ... open it to, I don't even remember, buy some plane tickets or send an ... computer already, bring that for the first year or so. Or buy a moderately

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  super cool “Mobile Lounge” vehicle-thingy that transports you from one ... it will actually work this time (I am able to count on one hand the ... particular airline. I don’t think the problem is the self check-in machine or

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  pot will be controlled by a PIC that will also monitor temperature and water level and send data over the 4E Network. The server will calculate ... cacophonic calls of "Cocoa! Cocoa!" echo through East Campus. Or at least we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  Mystery Hunt 2021, which are unmarked. This post will contain spoilers for some puzzles, which will be marked. Organizing this post was a pain ... what others contributed to the Hunt, and I will strive to assign credit

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  to get internships. Or that people are going to think you're selling ... away from home, I know that I will get more than comfortable with LAX and ... engine outside, the lack of wifi (unless you're on a fancy flight or just

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some of the topics Here are some of my classmates' CI-M paper topics

  

  morning-after pill and unsafe sex December 1: Impact of Vioxx's downfall on pharmaceutical company stocks Relationship between gender inequality and economic ... pharmaceutical company stocks December 8: The Atkins diet and its effect on the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  moment is a global or local extrema. The idea that any period of my life ... will continue living in my basement, in boxes I labelled and taped shut ... arrow off-course, but it's always just out of reach. Whenever life feels

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  this weekend: CPW Registration Help Desk, open-1pm, Thursday Doing ... , Friday CPW Registration Help Desk, 1-3pm, Friday "Voting" for Daniel in ... , Saturday Activities Fair, 1-3pm, Saturday CPW Closing Remarks and A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007