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  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  's not public knowledge. Though the DHL security is apparently easy enough ... against their contract and policies. But most important: the choice to make one's admissions decision public or not should ONLY ever be made by that

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  to high-frequency trading"]work with FPGAs[/annotation] over the summer ... ’re using to read this post works. At the heart of any general ... specific task (e.g. mining cryptocurrency). ASICs address these three

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  could not bring myself to do anything that would require thought over ... 'm switching from IAP mode to work mode!) Let me start with the fun stuff then ... nothing almost immediately. Maybe not for everyone. Some people never stop

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  desk workers, the government, and the like. Last but not least of the ... to be back home.    But all is not well. We hadn’t been in the ... believe.) The Milk became a staple good - not of someone’s forgone mac and

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  In 1965, Jocelyn Bell arrived at Cambridge University to earn her Ph.D. Two years later, she found herself working with four other people to ... post is NOT, in fact, about aliens: Bell's "noise" turned out to mark the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14/19, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  this now to make sure everything works for you. Strange things happen to ... saturday but you're just a tiny baby who hasn't verified and it doesn't work ... mailing address. But please, be nice to our office Grant, and don't email

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  Believe it or not, this is not a post about how the bloggers are ... fees. Admittedly, when four classes, an advising seminar, work ... commencement address for the Class of 2008, as well as a response in the opinions

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  here. How does the wait list work? We are aiming for a class of about ... a spot on the wait list. Not all of those students will choose to ... , because it's not ranked. We will reconsider all of the waitlisted

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  here. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of about ... applicants a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those students will choose to ... , because it's not ranked. We will reconsider all of the waitlisted

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / En Español

  Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their Commercial Strategy team “I really gained a new perspective on the airline industry, on commercial strategy, on competition,…

  

  hard work, collaboration, and fun. All were elements of Tayo ... . “The best part was my model projecting Volaris’ earnings for ... channels. “Turns out there is enormous earning potential from DCC at

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  Math, and classes you might not expect, such as How to Plan and Execute ... , small bags of stuff that do a lot of work to keep us alive. We are ... thought the peas looked coolest. The frozen corn was not very exciting for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  not to sign a contract to appear on MTV's The Real World: Boston (season ... : Craig Forest just received his PhD from MIT in Course 2, he works in the BioInstrumentation Lab (where I work for the summer and Melis works

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  students here. The article also addresses the different kinds of gap years: Gap years need not be a luxury for the rich. Some students use them to earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  , Spain or Germany is. "Getting a six-figure contract overseas is not going ... , but Bartolotta could not get over the stereotype of an M.I.T. student ... to, he works his tail off. If Jimmy is a genius, he’s the hardest-working

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / Events

  This…Is…BLODGEBALL! Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about us.

  

  everything you've been dying to ask our head honcho to elizabizzle at mit dot edu. Not going to lie, folks. Being an admissions blogger is the bomb-dot ... 's okay to go off the well-planned path (though not exactly in the way Jenny

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  students here. The article also addresses the different kinds of gap years: Gap years need not be a luxury for the rich. Some students use them to earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  address the topic in a proper way. First, some questions. Is Physics major popular at MIT or not? Yes? No? What do you think of when you think ... , there are 22 majors. it's not as popular as say, course 6, which is home

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  MIT e-mail address, not my Gmail address!" No worries recently accepted ... Rat. The second, an MIT e-mail address. There's just something about ... just downright cool about having an @mit.edu address. Now, while I don

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  Boston (#37), but I have yet to earn my pirate's license (#64). I recently ... students worked it on the runway: With a team of over a hundred Theta ... work to make the events run as smoothly as they did. But if anything, my

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  ) Thanksgiving saga! [annotation note="it is not"]It is Thursday, November 28th.[/annotation] Or, well, [annotation note="it will not be"]it will be when I post this ... ’m documenting this attempt [annotation note="err… perhaps not entirely"]in real

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025