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  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  the concept of students completing elaborate “paint by number” applications that could often be appealing at first glance, but ultimately turn ... , I can not argue with the logic of trying to discover the formula for

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  as part of the application to be reviewed? Will it be interpreted as ... the applications of ballerinas, inventors, artists, software developers ... , DDR players... Yes, students at MIT are excited about science and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  to cross a body of water without doing any work at all. There's no ... point of college: the assertion that, if you attend any college, you'll be ... you need for shelling out something on the order of (tens of) thousands

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  at the end of the road. I also have finally found the right balance ... family and contributing at home.  How many hours of sleep did you get last ... whenever I'm reminded of a particular friend which is pretty frequently. At

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  undergrads UROP at some point. Most of the people I know currently UROP. While ... professor’s office number, and walked in. A couple of post-docs stared at me ... 'skills' section of my resume, so it doesn't look so empty?" Other Freshman

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  exploring all of DNA repair, or at least homologous repair which you can ... you're writing a report, and feel completely productive and proud of ... was the first technical communications class I took at MIT, and it has

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  buildings lining Newbury Street two miles away in Boston. Much of campus ... architectural styles, the atmosphere of cumulative, continuing history it creates, and the view of the river. There’s romance in losing sleep and body heat

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  That phrase is probably the most uttered string of words I hear. It ... around like basketballs of our more athletically inclined friends. We've spent hours at a time like this, discussing topics ranging from Computer

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  parts of CPW is the massive amounts of delicious free food, but eating at ... are late at night. You have the rest of high school to sleep. K: Truth ... 30% of women at MIT are affiliated. Throw out everything you've ever

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  . It's an issue at the intersection of other excellent posts that folks ... communities, I often am asked something along the lines of the following ... question is not hidden within it at all, but barely-veiled, an unstated

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  living groups at MIT, including some absurd number of fraternities; about ... cheerleaders were talking about them at practice. Isa dressed up like a bunch of ... of student life at MIT?

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  of them at once from the baggage-claim room to outside the airport ... to Random, and wished me the best of luck at MIT. The world needs more ... the indignant rumble of my ungrateful stomach, which was screaming for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  . And just look at the two campus maps. MIT is a school of numbers ... -shelf collection of science fiction” at the MIT Science Fiction Society Library ... also get an experience of a contrasting culture and learning style. At

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  (researching at a Department of Defense Research and Development Laboratory ... first place. At this time of year in many other classes, students are cramming as much into their heads as possible for midterms. At this time of

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  you and other runners leaving at your time will sort of swirl, in a ... was happening in all of my courses, and all of my research, all at once. After a lifetime of being smart and good at school — the thing that had

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  at any given moment. Way more than half of you will be in the bottom half of your class at some point in the next four years. Get used to it ... without feeling guilty about it. Make a complete ass of yourself at least

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  like. At least during the first semester. The Office of the First Year ... pros and cons of staying at home were as follows: Pros: Safety and ... out here at MIT. I was barely learning the numbers of buildings and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  incidents at University of Missouri, though arguably MU’s incidents were more ... collaborative. The incidents at MU and Yale brought a lot of other school’s black ... students of color at MIT. I was with one of my friends, Alberto Hernandez ‘17

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  MIT. Literally. At the beginning of the semester, when I finally stopped ... . Towards the end of the conversation, he glanced at his watch and gave me one ... presentation. All of them turned to look at me. The terror that Dumbledore could

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  client at the end of the day, which was slightly terrifying (since our structure was out of PVC and not designed to support his weight at this point ... . At the end of the day, we won Honorable Mention! We were all surprised

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015