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  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  until very, very late in the game. I first started researching colleges to build my list in August of my senior year. We had done the campus ... did more research on the University of Chicago. They are weird. Really

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  community, I did research at a local university. But in spite of all of those ... simply happens to attend one of the craziest universities in the world. I ... was going to end up at MIT for college, I probably would have laughed in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  well. Three summers ago, biologists from the University of the Andes in ... currently over 1000 axolotls in captivity at the University of Kentucky ... awareness about the amphibian extinction crisis. When I was in high school I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  Social Science to the Test - Field Experiments in Economics. From what I ... semester it's being offered. I think the website is enrollee-only, so here ... new class on the topic of field (that is, "in situ") and laboratory

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  universities is entwined with the history of slavery. Last spring, I sought Craig’s advice on how MIT could best explore its historical connections in this ... , meeting in the MIT archives. In December, the students presented to me what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  wonderful exchange student from the University of Cambridge, Rob. An ... British. In between correcting our pronunciations of Sixth and Herb he ... did this mean getting to spend some time in Europe but it also meant a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  change the world. With that in mind I started thinking about The Universe ... Laureate Frank Wilczek. Wilczek won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 at the ... the audience, and he recites his sonnet, Virtual Particles in this talk

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  cool in-universe? is he a serious character? the author is dead, so they ... hadestown is a tragedy. the narrator, hermes, tells you this in the ... to Hell, Hadestown in a song that introduces the cast of characters

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  represent galaxies floating in that universe, and also that this had nothing ... universe. Being Course 8, he had an advantage over a mere frosh, but I had the powers of Course 16 in the form of Raul '10 to back me up. Arun

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... , and, as I wrote in Early, it would not have been possible without the ... those 33,240 applicants, we have offered admissions to 1,340, who will

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  , while for others it has just begun. In the admissions office, we are ... me to explain. In a selective, competitive, holistic, merit ... student who is highly proficient in math and science. We say great! Show me

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  MIT – Problem Sets = IAP! Today marks the beginning of IAP 2007.

  

  , MIT students get the chance to enjoy everything that MIT has to offer ... :00-8:00 PM: Build Your Own Loudspeakers- a class offered by the Hobby Shop Whew, I’m exhausted even thinking about it! In all seriousness, this IAP

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  everyday subjects in an entirely new light. The question then is, “Why didn ... far the experience has strained my brain in wonderfully new ways. Or old ... . Professors who interpret it later in class amaze me. My favorite readings are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.

  

  , Yan's vocabulous wit, and Anna's inspirational eloquence, I can offer ... weighted against one. I don't know which envelope you'll find in the mailbox ... open up to you, wherever you end up. Best of luck to you all -- in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT TechFair THINK Competition A national science competition "intended to motivate high school students to think about problems related…

  

  high school students who are interested in MIT: The MIT TechFair THINK ... celebrating innovative technology by bringing in companies to showcase their ... and technology. We're offering amazing prizes - including a scholarship

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  another week or two before I get back in the swing of things. Incidentally ... .112 and 8.01 problem sets this week, working in huge, huge study groups ... each one was, I can only offer you this news, which has me excited beyond

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  It was cold today. So cold. My dad put my winter coat in the mail and ... emails and watched last night's Colbert Report on my laptop in my underwear wrapped up in my blanket, with JP licks curled up next to me. There was a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  once a year they gather for a conference. This year's conference was in ... of University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Donna Shalala, President of the University of Miami. At right, Donna Shalala addresses a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 46 ‚ô•

  

  am utterly in love with this building. Everything from its 90-foot ... December, the registrar sends out letters to some freshmen, offering them ... - the research being done, the classes offered, and the opportunities

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  universe. Teams fix a device in the intro round to access the MMO. Power is ... universe in a vending machine to get a cup of coffee. After recovering the ... lockboxes didn't really make sense in-universe. Then there was the concept of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021