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  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  mark it and move on to the next part of the application. For some though ... an ethnic category through no choice of their own, had it easier at higher educational institutions? The short and easy answer is no. But since

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  sent the famed Henry Markram, the co-director of the Brain Mind Institute ... much a lot of the stuff written in the MIT forum (and elsewhere, for that ... 'm writing this from a computer in EPFL's Brain Mind Institute, where I work. I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  middle of term can be just like any other week, or they can be ridiculous ... instance, of my tendency to pick HASS classes based on what sounds interesting rather than what's easiest. So, of course, since I exhibit

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  improving lives through the connection of the brain and technology. We do ... , for the surprising amount of support and encouragement over the past few ... inducted into the Best of the Blogs, a great honor and my second post to do

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  Remember what the first day of school was like in elementary school ... classes (Course 2) and filling in the rest of my schedule with classes in my ... of Biomolecular Systems is listed as both a Biological Engineering (BE

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Look at Unified Engineering and the Aero/Astro Department Back in business.

  

  you've completed both semesters of Unified Engineering- a series designed to encompass all the fundamentals of engineering while exploring ... 'Are you sure?' (Read more about the trials of the course in the intro

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 30, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a ... feared the finality of it, all at the same time. I find the act of ... music when you want an in-between: Switched on Pop (one of my favorite

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  Last fall, I took STS.S20, Tales of Two Parallels: East Campus History. It’s a special class, offered for the first time this year, with the purpose of documenting East Campus culture and history before the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  decision. Out of the 437 students on our wait list, 26 were offered admission ... many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list. During this time ... from the wait list. This year, we had a record-high percentage of

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  lot. i helped design an airplane in 16.82, one of the capstone options for the aero/astro degree. here is a part of that airplane (i worked on ... talking to strangers. i also ate lots of granola bars.   i spent a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Lazy Day Today is one of them

  

  college degree (whenever I'm not lazy) instead of making millions of dollars ... It's Sunday, and the beginning of the second full week of June ... plenty of things to keep me occupied today, and all of these urgent reasons

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  " instead of tackling hard technology problems that have more world ... Combinator.  YC has spawned $50 billion worth of startups, including Dropbox and Airbnb, and shows no signs of slowing down.  A common criticism of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  of great importance. I wrote: I think my being a physics major has ... long after writing that blog, though, I had a bit of a breakthrough in ... general relativity, and all of a sudden I was reminded of just how

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  final week of excitement at MIT. Events include "Breakfast with the ... today on this blog, I also begin a weeklong celebration of our seniors. I ... representative of the class as a whole. They are not random, but rather students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  Professor Virk teaches 10.301 and I hear he's a fan of Nelly. ------------------------------------------------------- Since you are a member of the MIT Class of 2007, You get to ask a ... much...FREE FOOD. ALL THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH How about this: Get a

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  offer my congratulations, and a warm welcome to the MIT community. For the rejected, I offer my condolences, and the best of luck as you apply to other schools. For the deferred, I offer the rest of this post. Posts like this

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  and/or exams the last two weeks of classes.   Hardware for my ... to go on the last day of classes, a week early. And after my last class ... ride through 33-degree sleet and rain en route to Colorado Springs for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  ’m talking about the hundreds of billions of silicon transistors that form the brain of your computer, each engineered and manufactured to near ... Displays of Science Regardless of what display you’re using to read this blog

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2020 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising ... Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life and culture of their residence halls.In the ’90s and early ’00s, these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2020