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  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  myself to not [yet] go for a PhD. I’ve always been hesitant about research ... at Lincoln, while fun, has convinced me that research is indeed not for ... research laboratory outside the influence of systems like tenure). My job

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  I had been matched to a research group led by an intellectual hero of ... was happening in all of my courses, and all of my research, all at once ... deadline and see what they could do to help support me; my research advisor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
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  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  projects, educational initiatives, undergraduate research opportunities, and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
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  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  This semester I’m taking 4.110 Design Across Scales and Disciplines, a class inspired by Charles and Ray Eames’s short film “Powers of Ten” which features weekly lectures⁠01 Last week we…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
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  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  The alarming rate at which the semester flew by shocked me, and I had to sit down and recap: August holds sad memories, saying goodbye, and the heady ecstasy of…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  ’re admitted), and boast top-notch research programs. I kept my vocal tone calm

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  opening endless new tabs to research something unfamiliar if and as I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  after I graduated, when I worked as a research tech in Boston and lived in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  range of research conducted out there, and have gotten to know speakers as

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  cutting-edge robotics research is increasingly focused on AI and learning ... research roles, but I’m torn between pursuing something completely creative

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  , writers, researchers, and more. Some of us listen to Bartók while others ... basketball at my local park, to scholarly research, work, and trying to fit a

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
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  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  [annotation note='techX: Think; we run a high school research competition ... run the Research Science Institute (RSI), a high school summer camp

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  senators and mayors, presumably talking about his research. I feel like this ... research next?" look. Then I took some pictures of the scene around me

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  . My father was a professor, at the time, and got an offer for a research

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  decisions to make.” He mentioned research that shows the simple act of making

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
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  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  If some of you have been reading the blogs for a while, then you may know about the Muti Water Project, an initiative I had been busy working on since…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  practice exams until their hands cramped, extensively researched colleges

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
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  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  had a research position with the director of the energy department

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  ways of solving problems, for example. I wrote about a concrete research

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  more complex organisms. Recently he lead research in engineering the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007