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  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  about the nature of the universe and all that. I’m considering Econ ... major. And for these gracious inquirers, I have a lot of different answers ... -3.” “17 and something else?” *loud sigh* *spontaneous combustion* “Course

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The state of Arizona does not celebrate daylight ... quite 1,000 googol pages. All I can offer you by way of reconciliation is ... around and I'm like, "Oh no! It's the last time ever I'm going to forget to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  and the holistic admissions process. And while I hope that these entries have contributed some insight into how and why we do the things we do ... to accompany and support the claims I had made. As one commenter put it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  .112 lecture in 10-250" or "I have three psets due every week this semester and ... words and abbreviations and numbers are part and parcel of our culture, with unambiguous and precise meanings. But to my friends and even, to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  denied five years ago. He and I had emailed a bit when he was denied, but I ... really nice note, and maybe an encouraging one, so I asked him if I could blog it, and he said I could. I've reproduced it in its entirety and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  like to mentally split my workload into “steady-state” and “anomalous” categories. Steady-state work is recurring and regular: things like lectures ... in the steady-state category. Assignments are pushed and flushed from

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  Sloan fellows to Singapore University of Technology and Design undergrads ... the crew with a couple questions and offered to set up lights or wrap ... blogosphere. The MIT+K12 Videos Program is managed (and executive produced) by

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  to get the CS degree alongside my business one. And so that's why I ... and my budding interest in pursuing computer science despite not having much CS experience and not being very good at it. Now, nearly nine

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  exaggerated clarity and make a point of crisp, rapid pronunciation in everyday conversation. A perceptive friend of mine from Tufts University made the mistake ... and rapidly refuted her claims with a dazzling barrage of nicely

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  to survive college and maybe even leave with a degree and some shreds ... . And then I check answers with other students and offer and receive help ... I heard over and over again from mouths of all shapes and sizes was

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  an institution that appreciates you and understands why you're special ... -Conner Anonymous '15 - "You want to attend an institution that appreciates you and ... name on a diploma doesn't define you. Your life, experiences, and how you

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  just curious to see what it's like. And lucky for you, I've got the scoop ... , and about another 24 percent of students live in [annotation note="fraternities, sororities, and independent living groups"]FSILGs,[/annotation] which are mixed

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  's, University of London MBBS) Medical doctor - physical medicine and ... -- my MIT class. It was fun to see so many of my classmates and hear about ... the members of our class (about 1000 people) and asked for "10-year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  have that compared to the other HBCUs and universities she was ... students from MIT, Harvard University, and Wellesley College.[/caption] One ... , and Kenneth ‘19, to talk about their experiences as members of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  perfect GPA, my interviewer loved me, I had founded a few clubs, and my test ... math SAT was 40 points below MIT’s lower 25th percentile, and I wasn ... colleges and had drafted a handful of generic essays, but really didn’t have

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  discovering the oldest stars in the universe, and is a funny and endearing ... different type of work this semester--the work of being present and focused, of using my body and my voice, of taking care of myself--things i am

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  purgatory and get my degree just in time for the Class of 2012 π reunion. But it may surprise you to know that even an institution as old as MIT has ... Hey! I’m back this term to finish my undergrad degree. I realize

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  demographic present at MIT and a field of study that we offer is a person we can ... new Iron Man with Riri Williams.” This sentence, and the conversation ... (and/or don’t particularly follow Marvel), Chris was referring to the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  accepted me immediately and the third offered me a UROP but no money, which ... orientation was from Alaska. While in Paris this weekend, Ling '07 and I went ... who built giant marble and stained-glass memorials that have long since

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  University in Tempe, AZ. I visited here for the first time this summer, and I ... perspective on the reading, go on over and visit Ben. Shahab commented with ... , research etc) ?? I am an international applicant, and I will definitly be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004