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  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  Kay In high school, when I'd start to get bored of a class, I'd sit and stare at the clock, and I'd count down the time left in the class period ... halfway there." And I'd repeat this throughout the class. It became almost a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  -time applicants to MIT, this application is newer than most, and we're [annotation ... technical backend and applicant interface to make it more robust and user ... note="including the Self-reported Coursework, Test Scores, and Activities

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  of our core economic and social institutions. He believes it’s time the ... winner receives $100,000 and two years of support from Thiel's network in Silicon Valley and beyond. The MIT students (or should I say former MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  very least an appreciation, of science and technology. One Institute ... to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve ... name is Gordon and I’m from sunny Santa Monica, California. Most would

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  .671 (Mechanical Engineering Institute Lab Class) experiment, but I had to share with ... for this lab: "You just graduated from MIT and are traveling around ... group of people in a pub in London, and when they find out you are a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  Drug discovery is a difficult and expensive process. The approximate ... . Pharmaceutical companies are facing enormous pressure to cut cost and increase ... Engineering and Biology majors, along with his Biomedical Engineering minor, to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  at the Institute. The pomp and circumstance of an MIT graduation was a ... So another school year came to a close, and so begins the season of sun and fun. The class of 2005 graduated, and it was really awesome to

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Everything Everywhere All At Once a free early screening from lsc and a q&a with the directors

  

  screenings of movies and projects them in 26-100. I've gone to a couple of screenings and events in the past in an effort to see more movies (I watched Fresh with Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones a couple weeks ago and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 29, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  This blog post is by my brilliant Randomite, computer scientist, and ... be clicked for larger versions. You can read more blog posts by and ... —tomorrow they would be mounting their saddles and pedalling off into the deserts

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  passed my EMT class during IAP, and then the state practical exam last week ... This semester has been quite quiet so far - just how I like it.  And ... couple weeks.  Wish me luck!  I have been studying a lot and I really hope

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... you click View Update.  This past year, inclusive of both Early and ... to the same standard of attentive, empathetic, holistic review, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2012! how is blog formed

  

  practiced wakesurfing and (poorly) performed in a triathlon. 2) Sports! As you may know, I'm a football fanatic, and since there is no lockout ... Celtics…well… I'll miss you, Ray.   and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  applications makes me extremely optimistic about the state of our schools. And ... Tooling, to come out and join their fellow slugs for a hot mug of cocoa (bring your own mug and spoons, we provide the rest) for a few minutes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  ended at 11 on Friday after my last class and I had only 28 hours to do laundry, change currency, buy travel books, and sleep. After a pizza lunch ... way. Saturday was the big day. However, I slept in and still hadn

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  CEO of University Beyond, helping brands find and manage campus brand ... , 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants. And that was just on ... (Thursday), my friend Sathya called me and said, "Yo Erick, I just heard about

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  GC's, the parents, the colleges and universities, the high ... Some parents wrote to me and asked me to contribute my opinions to a ... ' forum, I'll try to respond both as an MIT adcom and also as a parent. This

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  outside and had said all my goodbyes and everything. You know how there's no ... near campus, and we talked about the past three years (after working ... school, and about careers in science. He gave me a lot of good advice about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how i feel about ai-generated art from an artist's perspective

  

  planned, by June, I will hold bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and computer ... people can just enter these trivial prompts and then pass this work off on their own! I’ve spent so much time learning how to write well and then

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my last first day every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

  

  , the other three getting master's degrees at MIT. Tomorrow is ... classes you want to take. You discuss which ones and why with your advisor and then they approve your course selection to officially register you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  : especially 1) the state trooper at IHOP and 2) friends we ran into there). I ... ! Brought to you by bloggers Canna H. and Am T. and a pair of mouse ears ... things scary on Halloween: college applications and cats. College

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010