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  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  colleges and universities, the high-priced independent counselors, the test ... of 42.6 degrees for said aardvark, where is the banana and why is that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  curricula were similar to that of a Soviet university and that “the kind of ... role of a private university in an era of well-funded public universities

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  Forbes article, MIT was listed as one of the most attended universities of the 2017 recipients, alongside Harvard, New York University, Stanford, and University of Pennsylvania. Obviously, awards are subjective, and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  quality!) The article is basically about how the Princeton University human ... words or phrases have been banned at the university.” Even so, it's pretty ... prestigious universities to support it - at least in formal settings - is big

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  weights of the top three airplanes at the end of today: University of California, Irvine: 2.86 lbs San Jose State University: 2.04 lbs University

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  Cambridge University students swap places for a year (or in my case, a ... for granted the wonderfully fast, universally-available and fast ... that were discovered or researched here at Cambridge University. The

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  .           7. Some things are universal. Or quasi-universal. Like Latin. Really ... all those Latin roots definitely eased me into Italian. Also universal

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  ). Also known as the father of inflationary universe theory and, apparently ... Universe - which is pretty mind-blowing, since we owe much of our theories on the early universe to him. If that didn’t blow your mind, maybe this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  Universe” and soon it’s like, “Oh yeah! The rest of the world! I forgot it ... matter is, as much as I love being in the Bubble Universe (where else can ... finish, but don't get too embedded in your bubble universe [of college apps

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  other Universities that have had successful track records. The two places we looked at were Baylor University in Waco, TX and the University of

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  did more research on the University of Chicago. They are weird. Really ... accepted into the University of Chicago early action, and life was set for me ... , made a checklist. We visited both universities, again. The schools were

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  universe. Being Course 8, he had an advantage over a mere frosh, but I had ... claimed that creamy style peanut butter much better fits with the universe ... represent galaxies floating in that universe, and also that this had nothing

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  community, I did research at a local university. But in spite of all of those ... simply happens to attend one of the craziest universities in the world. I ... of the University of Notre Dame. Although I've eagerly adopted Boston

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  University, 1989, BA Sociology (Home of the Spartans!); University of Delaware ... to know that you can't afford a College/University: First you apply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost ... the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant ... University of Pennsylvania: "Not wanting to break stride is the American way

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  get an 18C degree as compared to a physics degree. This semester, I am ... 'm really interested in; and a math degree would inevitably involve many more

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english

  

  degrees (celsius), with the daily mean being 28 degrees. in the summers, daily highs are 35 degrees. during the rainy season, from june to october

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  showed, to a degree that can never be sufficiently told, how much Jobs ... as a boss, or the degree to which he hamstrung developers with capricious censorship in the App Store, or even the degree to which he was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  also ask Matt for his thoughts, as he oversees international selection ... ! ------------------------------------- Wish wrote: "Hi! I'm an international student and I was just wondering if ... like open to internationals also. I am looking for computer science

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  about the H-word, Harvard University. I’ve found myself going to Harvard ... !) with several Harvard University students this fall semester, learning a ... pretty large number of local and non-local universities.) Say goodbye to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019