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• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  I'm in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone's throw from the ... backed by data, I went to my hotel room, counted the words in those essays ... have never found a quantifiable predictor in 25 years of grading that was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  of being in the Navy, when push comes to shove I knew that the guys on ... of the only hub of activity for miles, I waited. I was crouched, poised to act, my eyes focused directly forward. Out of my periphery I could

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  , when I logged into WebSIS, I took special notice of a link that had been ... ." I noticed that it had to be in by February 9 or I would suffer a $40 fine, so I figured there'd be no harm in doing it tonight. A few moments

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Sneak Peek A teeny tiny sneak preview of BC REX. I mean really. It's basically useless.

  

  , and can I just say: SO THERE. Study Shows Boys and Girls Equal in Math ... , I bring you: a totally useless sneak peak of Orientation. This is ... director of MIT-Spain is in Madrid, and all of the interns are meeting for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 31, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  The burning question in my in-box is "Can you tell me why I didn ... with your app in committee, and I can't recreate or try to determine the ... school in the world to get into to begin with. I can use that fact to try

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  " meaning "sick of" and not "finished, because I have landed my dream job, see ya next year"), so I sort of just wandered around and chatted with ... run across the street to turn in homework, but I do appreciate how new

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  . This place is hard, in all senses of the word. It cuts you to the quick. But it can be lovely, too.   When I first thought of this blog ... I am going to put this together haphazardly, work on it in drips and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  waving my hands around in the air. But from my point of view, I'm moving ... BeaconStreet, all of which are organizations I've volunteered for in the past before I ... different gestures.   Throughout the conference, I met lots of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  a beautiful thing. One of my favorite things that I've done over IAP ... .... BUT my partner in crime Preeti '15 managed to grab a nice shot of our ... , It's A Pain. For Chris M. '12, It's Amazing Pterodactyl. For me, I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  interests. Back in high school, I was really interested in the art of turning ... /Course 2 reasoning behind how it worked, 2.) it can be used in a lot of ... conversations, I found a group of people in Course 2 that I enjoyed talking to and

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  Last night, I attended the ceremonial unveiling of the design of the ... process begins in freshman year with the highly competitive process of ... down their factory for the one week each year of prime MIT ring-buying

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  make it yet. i can ignore the deadline and process my feelings in the ... . or, when the news breaks and i am not in the right state of mind, i don ... until i can listen to it. in practice, no news is urgent enough that i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  circumstances']move in.[/annotation] I was one of the first people to move in and ... managed to do a lot of what I said in the letter. when you get this, i hope ... dear past me,  I moved in last year on August 17th, a couple days

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  string is everywhere, splayed out in front of me like...like...well, I was ... me before. But at the same time, I realized that in the midst of my ... . In a quick moment of psychoanalysis, I know I'm definitely not the only

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  all its worth, but I still gets lots and lots of questions about being a humanities major at MIT. So I thought I'd wrap it all in a neat little blogpost in an attempt to talk about it. What is 21E? I am not the first

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  of the classes in green. I need to only add 36 units to my lavender ... is my favorite time of the year! I love registering for classes because ... gives me about 33 units to play with. I have a list of classes I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Vive la France!

  

  I'm about to head off for a two week in vacation in Paris, Rennes, and Bordeaux. In the meantime, you can check out the MIT France Program, one of MIT's awesome international programs. Current music: A.R. Rahman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bloggers Wrapped 2019 aka i harvest everybodys data, my favorite pastime

  

  .03 ASE. Check out my last.fm for more of what i've been listening to in the ... things that are just cool to know. So of course, I begged Abby if I could ... represents them. I think it brings up an interesting discussion of how

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  else in my boot. I was quite certain of that. But I still needed to check ... past the rows of viewers. I donned my best cardigan and favorite boots. Underneath my shoes, I concealed the mark of laziness, two mismatched socks

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  Dives! This trip, we're trekking to all corners of campus, trying the all-you-can ... stations set up in Maseeh, I decided on the safest option there is: a freshly ... 11, 2018: McCormick Hall I really really wish I had a photo of this

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019