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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  . Of all of the hundreds (thousands?) of classes offered at MIT, three of ... Yes, I've read a bunch of books since my last post. No, I didn't feel like writing about them. I'll be back at school soon, where I'll actually

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  and the current is flowing west and a school of goldfish is exerting a ... . I did the following two pages of it: …before finding out that my ... ’s just so freaking cute! Of course, he’s totally in love with Veronica and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  scenes all of the time. A typical 2 hour class starts with a warmup, some ... drive is littered with scraps of nonsense that will probably never blossom ... have a few one act plays to my name by the end of the semester. Also, the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  of offering ''universal access to human knowledge," and, in pursuit of ... plenty of time to read both the New York Times and the Boston Globe. The Globe's business section today had a nice column by Scott Kirsner on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  believes will negatively affect his chances of getting into a "good school ... comments of his high school classmates who intimated that he was only ... surprisingly is the number of students applying to MIT that cling to that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  turning back time now your clock can follow the right hand rule!

  

  doing some math and a lot of camp. Mickey Mouse™ won’t tell you this, but ... name like Mathcamp, you’d assume we do a lot of math. And you’re not wrong. But everyone can choose exactly how much and what type of math they

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  -years-more-or-less-when-we-feel-like-it gathering of admissions folks from the "IvyPlus" schools, defined, for the ... from at other schools. And it turns out that, though all of our offices ... back. And so most schools cut back on some combination of hiring, raises

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

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  , given that we're so busy during the school year giving presentations and ... other schools and are interested in other things and are still a lot of ... than a state school, and of course a talk by Questbridge Co-founder Dr

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  rise to the level of a [annotation note="Although, if a minor is offered ... offer insights to improve the social, cultural, and political impact of ... share with you. First things first: as you may know, the foundation of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  really complicated I thought it might be worthwhile to offer some of my ... be offered a place at another great school. Waitlisted: In some ways ... of choices, first accepting an offer of admission elsewhere — which all

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  or a vapid deferral offers no reward for many years of hard work. But ... take away from you. The end of high school is only the beginning – and ... This week has been a battle for all of us – I just finished my

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Dark Side of the Moon Mi vida. Nada m√°s.

  

  school in terms of cross-admits with MIT. If you apply to both and get ... other ESP chapters after they went on to grad school. As of now, UChicago ... Sometimes, when life at MIT gets too tough, this is what I think of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  This summer has been busy, this summer has been full. I’ve been ... flower pressed between pages. Here’s a snapshot of a week: https ... plays, there’s always at least one free table, and most of the clientele

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  mention school and real life), I do need to mention one vital part of the application process that should be at the top of your To Do list: the interview ... . Just like the teachers you’ve asked for letters of recommendation (you

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  This is the more hardcore half or so of the 42 recipes. Most of these ... and sweet peas Effort: 3 Ingredients: Sweet potatoes Small can of ... dish and add a small amount of salt. Cook on high in the microwave for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Food, Folks, and Fun…..but definitely not mcdonald’s Quinton makes friends at the Muslim Student Association

  

  , attended the dinner and offered words of introduction. He has been a member ... community. Over the past couple of months, I have been exploring this wild and ... , and staff as humanly possible in order to get a full taste of the true

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  extra years of life   How schools kill creativity This video is a ... left before EA decisions. Given that the average length of a TED talk is ... remarkable people, free to the world." I started watching them in high school

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  amazing to attend school in an area where these sorts of people's paths ... school in a city that is a hub of so much intellectual activity. (And I don ... I try to attend at least one guest speaker talk a week (many of them

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  . Remember that, regardless of where you go after high school, these are your ... my elementary school parking lot alone. Vienna by Billy Joel was on the ... . Dear Ella,  We have completed our early action review of your

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  school could be, these were the types of things i could only dream of doing ... high school, the period of my life where i felt like i "became a person ... overview of the bajillion things I’m busy with these days) is to share some

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025