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  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  I'm going through my in-box today, taking care of some long ... , and I decided to wait until now instead of posting it in June - this ... their MIT experiences. I'm sure some of you will be able to relate to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  freewill and a deterministic universe. It was just one of those things people ... have passed since freshman orientation, turning it into this blur of free ... under a mound of problem sets and midterms. However, each time I'm thought

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  entire university of MIT. Every freshman comes in undeclared and can choose ... well as a good number of the other "top" national universities. Good luck ... of January, but he wasn't certain." There is no "deadline," as we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  history of the universe. This would horrify undergrad Anna, who was afraid ... ; *         *        *   I used to think of decision-making as a complicated optimization ... be prescient enough to solve for the best combination of choices. Once

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  not universally feasible on campus. In four of the twelve dorms ... Thanks to the miracles of modern transportation, I'm wringing out this week's MIT roundup from the wrong side of the Mississippi. (Internal

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  back from MIT is the music. Classical guitar has been a part of my life ... MIT or your other choice university -- or you need to appeal your award, you may request an extension of the May 1 deadline until your financial

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  University of Cambridge. And yes, none of these were really rejections to be ... About a year ago, in the midst of job recruiting season, I wrote a ... return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  lifestyle, independent of family and old friends, who were now one Atlantic ... manageable, because I had seen much of the material in high school. One of my ... of October, fall semester of freshman year - and it had been one of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  Activities Period—this glorious month of fun classes and activities. It’s kind of hard to describe IAP because people are just doing wildly different things during it. Some of my friends chose to have an extended winter break

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  traditionalist and as one of the "universal synthesists." Using the French Suite No ... classical music-loving group. My neighbors are members of concert choir and ... lot of exposure to music composed between 1600-1800. I've listened to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  In 1965, Jocelyn Bell arrived at Cambridge University to earn her Ph ... string up 120 miles of wire and cable and set up over 1000 posts: they ... charge of operating the telescope, and collecting data. Bear in mind that

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

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  HELLO. So the last three weeks of my life have been absolutely ... apocalypse vibes) Driven 24+ hours and 1000+ miles over the course of three ... Tried to establish a new normal in the middle of the woods I’ve been here

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  , the current state of my life and psyche, and the existence of God ... all of your concerns about MIT and thus help me become a better blogger ... something. One of them, Bryan '06 was so crazy about biking that he took his

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  at least i’m not as sad as i used to be i don’t keep friends, i keep acquainted

  

  imagines a universe when my parents were more accepting of me, and it is ... all the corners of the world. and i saw many of them, for what will ... in some cases, this is true; some of my graduating friends are sticking

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  on one of those rare cold days, with icy sheets of rain washing the ... the well-practiced, the shouts of people reached my ears. “Come and see ... look at one of them— I have no idea what happened next. The world

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  seen. Seen in the sense of sending a message to someone, but they just ... , in which case you should look and listen instead of just hear (protip ... (mirar) with different verbs. I can't think of an appropriate transitive

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  victims of natural disasters. I myself am from Naples Florida and just got ... they will ever reach MIT nonetheless reach MIT in a reasonable amount of ... students who have been adversely affected by recent events. To all of you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  took off, Boston dropped beneath me, a sea of darkness cut through by millions of nighttime lights. I pressed my face to the window, not quite sure how I felt. It was this strange mixture of disbelief and excitement. My

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  surprising pulpit of a university famous for its overachievers, she has become ... Press about our Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones. According to Google ... 's currently on CNN.com, with a nice picture of Marilee and her daughter (at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  that getting into MIT would have been "the ultimate recognition of all ... sympathize - I know how it feels to pour a lot of yourself into something, and ... . And embarrassing. One of the worst parts is when people who believe in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012