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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  on the role of institutions and political power on economic outcomes ... , and designing institutions that improve the way people work and live ... this was a really good decision, and continue to highly recommend it. I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  have a diploma. I have about 100 pictures. I have a sunburn. It's a ... this flag with Martha ’12 for the Cross Country and Track teams 3) after an 8:00PM track race that went well and I was so hyped up on

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  of the company, university, research institute (if you will be UROPing, please tell me as well) * where it is located (city and state) * the dates ... Syndrome. I love the way Frau Jaeger raises her eyebrow and the weird scarves

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  , because I work at a university, and because there aren't any admissions ... Maker Movement from all 50 states and some of the core team at OSTP that ... summer is a key time for us to travel, work on dormant projects, and take

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  backing up, about someone not flushing the toilet, about the nation's state ... , and also completed several assignments equivalent to a normal problem set. I had worked all summer in Latex and Matlab, and I was pretty

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  rough, and can sometimes leave you feeling as if you’re trapped in a sick game that is like a scavenger hunt and therapy session rolled into one ... of recommendation and proceed to your personal statement, where you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  deadline came and went. For those that submitted EA applications, good job and best wishes! :) On November 7, I received an email. To be honest, I ... and simple: "Should I be expecting an entry today? ;)" [name omitted by

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  Institute of Technology. Whether they're humanities-and-arts-laden paths, or ... into a couple paragraphs and punchy phrases. This fictional super-eloquent me would end with the blog version of a mic drop, and then peace out

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  arrived in Bath bright and early around 10am. That means waking up at 5 am and walking to the Cambridge train station in sub-zero temperature, say ... cold, but still!) Then I took a train to London at 6am and another train

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Solar Eclipses and Bloggers bloggers around the country all watching the eclipse

  

  A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the ... direct sunlight. The day becomes dark and you can see the stars. Some animals might even get confused and you could hear crickets chirping or

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 22, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  move on and pursue another dream -- and whatever else the Institute would ... registration expenses. This coming season, NYU and University of Delaware are ... Club of Boston...," and sometimes, "Representing United States of America

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  Institute and the city governments. My IAP so far has taken place mostly in ... firehouse across the street) and a call from our team captain saying that the ... in Colorado, snow days are few and far between. It usually takes about

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  PhDs, and not all master’s degrees are equal. It’s important to have ... , and if you took another year for a master’s degree, you would start at ... between grad school and undergrad. I live in an apartment now. Grad housing

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  fraternities and sororities ( NALFO ). At MIT, like many New England institutions ... , 1989 and encompasses the campuses of MIT, Harvard University, and Tufts ... consists of women from MIT, Harvard University, and Wellesley College

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  -frosh get their I3 (Interactive Introduction to the Institute) housing DVD and ... Yay, you guys asked me questions! And now, I will try to answer them ... what can be found in most universities?" Wow, that's quite a question

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  computer science department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the ... school's president, Susan Hockfield, is a neuroscientist, and the institute ... -foot building of limestone and glass, the largest research building on campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  degree from the MechE department and no official recognition from the ... horrible person. Please don't tell me about it, because I already know, and I feel awful about it. =( But, my field hockey season is over and now that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  finally committed the last of my code at 7:15p, and hastily dressed up and headed over to the State Room. Luckily, groups of people were still ... — I ended up going with a gold and an Ultrium companion, not an easy

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  web-chat with a class at the Polytechnic Institute of Valencia (which I ... be a killer, since after the Physics test and some dinner, I ended up ... . But, through very valiant perseverance (and a lot of Youtube music

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  On schools & context

  

  selective universities, for the most part, hasn't changed. And with new ... A while back, I asked for parent questions and received exactly one ... public school might have equal stats, more activities, and a much lower

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005