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• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  've missed you! After CPW, I was sick for nearly two weeks, and I got better just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel in Florida. Last night began the first of four presentations with my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  any rewards in sight. If you have those two things and can articulate ... ’ve learned about making decisions in life. Some of you probably received offers ... guides you toward what you truly want to be. In Steve Jobs’ biography

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yet Another MIT 2010? Alex Doonesbury needs to choose a college.

  

  college decision is up for a vote (aren't you glad all college decisions aren't made this way?). For the next week, you can vote on Alex ... In the comic Doonesbury by Gary Trudeau, the character Alex

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  blog entry, you can probably tell I support diversity in ice cream flavors. If you walk in the opposite direction up Mass Ave or take Saferide, you can walk down Newbury Street and pass JP Licks, Emack and Bolio

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  didn’t work, but rather if you understand why it didn’t work. It's not ... memorization, but rather if you truly understand the metrial. MIT is dedicated to collaboration: problem sets (psets) are typically completed in
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  . In a car ride to my dad's place, he asked me "Why would you say shit like that? Are you getting bullied? I can kill them. Who's hurting you ... long in too much detail. To this day, when I think back on it, I can

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  can't smoke anywhere in the US and you can smoke everywhere in Europe ... basically just said, "Smoking kills." Speaking of things that can kill you in ... DID YOU KNOW? The gigantic Bayer sign in Leverkusen, Germany, where I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• 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 ... will aid you in designing, conducting, analyzing and presenting a field ... Social Science to the Test - Field Experiments in Economics. From what I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  experiences in such a tangible way really sucks. so...before you put stickers ... bitch, so get more copies if you can! this message was sponsored by Wow I ... note="tech & repair shop located right next to Trader Joe's in West

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  If you can't explain something simply, you don't understand it well ... Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS). Basically, you can pick three or ... , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  makes MIT...well, MIT. In this entry, I wanted to not only tell you a ... for scientific research, and you have to draw the line somewhere. All in ... you can use your imagination to picture what it was like. Or better yet

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  shop in Seattle), and I gathered to select the bloggers who will join our ... Reckoning. It wasn’t really like that. We spent FOUR HOURS in our committee ... answering a surprise Final Fantasy question in quiz bowl finals, while wearing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  (after writing) to step away from your essays. You can’t do this if you ... subconsciously process whatever you’re writing about. This can help you be more ... that excite you and how transferring to MIT can continue the journey you

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  ,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive   If you're interested in ... Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao: You can also listen to a more serious ... of you who aren't familiar with The Colbert Report, there are some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  verano! [red wine and lemon soda] Well, you can make it in the US, I guess ... you only ever changed in the ways you expect to change...well, that ... , but it does have one thing going for it. You walk down the street in NYC

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  York - you can find every single kind of person here, even Red Sox fans ... Stu, Matt, Nance, Daniel and I are all down in NYC for the College ... being in Boston or Cambridge. Sortof surreal to experience that in

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  you can" and "Oh, DON'T WORRY, we'll be cool if you just SEND ME a page ... ANYTHING DONE YOU CAN SEND ME CHRISTINA?!?!" and "AHHHHHHH!!!! ANYTHING ... 's all, "Oh, I'll just do it tonight! Maybe you can come over and we can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  our fate, in fact, everyone got a letter and you pretty much knew if you ... great schools, in fact some of you have applied to four times as many ... can do about it. You've poured your hearts, souls and dreams into your

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  year from a slightly different angle. However, keep in mind that you are ... , fervor, a fire in the belly, whatever you want to call it - is still really ... your life that are most important to you. Embrace your mistakes. I can

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  , get back in the game because you have a big decision to make in the next ... much pain you must be in right now. You too need to allow yourself a ... , once your moment is over, you need to get back in the game as well

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006