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  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  On July 6, the world eagerly watched as London was named the host of ... 're evaluating Class of 2010 applications), Torino, Italy, will host the 2006 ... world send teams of 4-6 high school students to represent their nation in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 7

  

  finally got around to reading a bunch of articles from the MIT News Office ... remember" is lead author of an upcoming paper announcing the discovery of three stars that have the largest diameters of any normal stars known

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  regular action, regardless of when the application was submitted. In each of the past few years, we have admitted hundreds of deferred students ... report. You can download one off of the website if you need one. Your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  to really like it, for a few reasons. Certainly, it is a swiping of the nomenclature of a certain telecaster's forum. Now I don't care much for that ... stuff. If you haven't read a biography of mathematician Paul Erdos, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  at CPW, I came to understand the meaning and context of those words. My name is Li, and I am an enthusiastic member of the incoming class. I ... from?", and approximately ¼ of the time it was followed up by: "You mean

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  part 1: impact One of my strongest core beliefs is that the answer to the question "what is the meaning of life?" is not "to change the world ... 's admirable, in a way, to declare this the meaning of life. The world faces many

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  the oft-quoted line of Gatsby: "So we beat on, boats against the current ... my best to set up good practices at the beginning of the semester, but I am borne ceaselessly back into the mediocrity of the past. So far

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  fellow [annotation note="gonna represent that 10% of the student body ... the world regardless of their financial situation. MIT is need ... at your application and make a decision regardless of your household

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  , has sung onstage with one of MIT’s student acapella groups called the ... portraits of dogs? Did you know that she loves folk music, her family and friends, and political drama TV shows? I didn’t know any of this.  In fact

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  went into the making of an article like this, and what it's like to do a ... Student I have been a big fan of Marvel ever since 2016. I get pretty hyper ... movies and collected lots of Marvel knick-knacks. When I applied to MIT, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  I can begin to even explain where I've been. At the risk of sounding ... responsibilities in favor of going out and wasting the night away, and ultimately just playing a game of distraction. As of late, I've been watching my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Lessons Learned from (Watching) D&D thank you brennan lee mulligan

  

  for 'binging copious amounts of Dungeons and Dragons content.' I've been watching a lot of Dimension 20, a tabletop RPG game show produced by ... Dungeons and Dragons. For those of you who do not know, Dungeons and Dragons

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  IAP thoughts two weeks late, but with an illustration!

  

  the city and vibe, visit a ton of museums Clean my room and finally ... bit of a stretch, because I’m still catching up on the lectures for 8 ... classes on [annotation note="my year is allowed take up to 4 classes of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  recently, i have been having a lot of thoughts about the ways in ... love and commitment. here are some of them. sometimes for me, this spring and summer were full of striking moments when i made big

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  ’t think of better advice. I don’t blame them, certainly, they were just ... details, caveats, and qualifications. I like taking a little bit of this and ... ”--because they never tell you how to do any of that, and though the sentiments

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  't think of anithing But Nasa! So I Dicided to mak a book about Dinosaurs! So I set to work." *Accompanied by a drawing of what I assume was meant ... crucible slipped and fell down the sleeve of my lab coat. I shrieked and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  cobblestoned plazas and taking in the sights. However, guess what some of the ... proposals and applications. Aye, it's that time of the year again. If ... of someone who was pretty involved (in my opinion) during the high

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  checking the IAP events schedule pretty regularly, but unfortunately, most of ... work hours. But today I was finally able to attend one of the seminars I ... you anonymously suggest at the beginning of the meeting. Facilitators

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  This is a story of how two MIT students -- one with a fabulous idea ... considerable grant money, and over the course of a year, create something truly unique to open MIT's research to the world. I'm sure most of you have

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  school friend Shana for that bit of information. Finding myself suddenly ... have also been a huge fan of West Side Story ever since 8th grade when I ... of my musical preferences. So, upon getting to Europe I knew that what

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006