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  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  Assume = Ass + U + Me. Assumptions, generalizations, stereotypes: they have no business in the admissions process - in either direction ... can't figure out which side of it annoys me more - the implication that

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  Okay, I'll admit that it's been a slow week for me, so I'm going to blog about some MIT references. First up, the book Freakonomics by ... , the scenery changes and they let me use explosives, ok?" At least they

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  They say, "You snooze, you lose" -- Kevin and Daniel beat me to two blog topics today. Kevin posted the New York Times article on MIT ... was, "Tell me about your architecture program." The answer: MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  , it made me feel like I was at the Oscars of high school science. And ... struck me on the day after Einstein's birthday, two weeks after an article

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  one other has embraced this pact with me: the fantastic and wonderful ... different people, and thus, so many different communities at MIT - but for me

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  knew me from this blog -- perhaps this is making a difference (feel free to leave a comment letting me know what has been helpful, and what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  Eugene, reminds me of a Dance Troupe concert (Dance Troupe, by the way, is ... selling out). At #6, Lee Jung's "Look at Me" borrows from Bollywood (and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  As you know, I've been traveling frequently these days, and the trips have given me a good opportunity to catch up on some work-related reading ... student and person she is. It occurred to me that we admissions officers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  To tell the truth

  

  presidential debate made me think even more about the format of our central ... &A, you'll ask some good questions which will allow me to tell you even more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  movie derail me from that. I was thinking about how no colleges ever ... among the tens of thousands of schools we didn't visit, let me tell you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Awesome Robot Competition? LIVE?? Check out the 2.007 Final Robot Competition! LIVE May 12th/13th!

  

  , themed after the movie Wicked! Both me and Veronica P. '27 are taking the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  for me, as I spent all four years of college playing D3 soccer on MIT ... busy playing soccer, and she immediately told me that I should give it a ... the right place for me. Five months later, I was on campus stepping onto

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  'm not looking forward to! Which is also a first for me. There was always at least ... because a meat blob full of electricity and chemicals is telling me to do it ... year, but I would like to create things that won't get me sued by the Ivy

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  this year. I sung along where nobody could hear me (hopefully), and laid ... i will not shut up. thank you parents for listening to me jabber on ... with her. I miss my dad coming outside to congratulate me on my

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  plenty of things I did in high school that brought me joy, fulfillment, and ... with me everywhere—in the car on grocery trips, to friends’ houses, and ... —it’s discouraging sometimes to see how much the people around me are getting done, how

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  for me to understand while multitasking and good for my general state of ... , which isn’t at all a surprise to me. I spent 191 hours , which is 11 ... when familiar stories help me get through change. If I had to pick a non

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  well for me—I like focusing on fewer things at any given time, and in ... . Sometimes, younger students ask me if they should pursue the MEng, and my ... real research experience. For me, I always intended to MEng, because I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  ‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

  

  only lost one. Now, let me walk you through the play-by-play for how our ... weekend, and something about how good we’re playing makes me think we can ... win. It just somehow didn’t happen. Later that day, my dad tells me that

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  [/annotation] asked me over Discord one day, “how many unique [orientations] can you ... failed me! But why? Linear algebra to the… rescue? TL;DR, rotations in 3D ... result still didn’t sit well with Fatema or me. We’d spent enough time

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  've decided that it's time for me to go back to my roots. no drawing could

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023