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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  so, for a few different reasons. One reason is to remember a ... anybody who is legendary for his ability to "diagnose" an applicant, it ... basically, it's a perfect setup for the Illusion of Validity Why is MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-Italy: Working With Ferrari The MISTI experience of Patrik Kunzler.

  

  readiness to dream, this made for a working environment one could only dream ... lots of discussions - easy to imagine for a group of architects ... [by Patrik Kunzler] Over the summer I had the good fortune to spend

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 27, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  ridiculously grueling for me. It's not even that I lack all sorts of stuff to ... of this one. So I don't have any specific questions for you to answer ... everyone else's blogs. I would be happy to get feedback from my readers on

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  campus can be difficult to navigate for first-time visitors; and parking is ... out of the way. Do your best to find deals for the better hotels on the ... ! How else can I help with your summer visit? For those of you who plan to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  sports, the marathon - a sport that doesn't even have a side to cheer for ... This was supposed to be a happy post. It was supposed to be one of ... ice cream, Tetris hacks, and a campus-wide show of unity to welcome

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  . So why then do we ask for this information? Simple - it helps us to ... be hesitant to report your ethnicity because you don't want to be ... rumors to the contrary, being Black, Latino, Native, or any other minority

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  resign." "It'll be good for you. You'll learn to deal with failure." It ... went to New Hampshire with my roommates for a getaway, a break right ... hungrily gaze upon the little pieces on the screen as they hop from square to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  it was no trouble for me to just lie down, put a sheet over my face ... , because sometimes I want to sleep for only, say, 7 minutes before my clothes ... paying for it. They were closing so I didn't want to trouble them to make

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  seattle felt foriegn to me as i walked its avenues, but i wasn ... to boston, and to cambridge, and to MIT. they have successfully ... different mindset compared to three weeks ago. then, i was still in MIT mode

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  , looking for any and all signs of fall. My only directive was to maximize the ... the city. You get to check them out for 30 mins at a time before you ... to find some residential trees. For whatever reason, they were mostly

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  . This got me thinking: what would a success profile for an MIT student look like? This is a challenging question to answer, because the variety ... profile for the Ideal MIT Student™, I do have a good sense of what types of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  “trained” for half an hour to compete in a mock-race. Everyone was super ... as you look for the opportunities. I didn’t know where to look last ... internships elsewhere) and I are trying to take advantage of the random

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  for those who just tuned in) kid, I have to take this *one certain class ... You may have heard people say, “I’m not _______ enough to go to MIT.” You may have even uttered a version of it yourself. For me – in high

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer, you'll find a pretty heavy ... Phi sent out emails to all the dorm lists urging artistic students to try out for their annual competition, Mic-Check. If a student had a poem

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  lead to greatness in any field. But for me, and for any performing artist ... [by Danbee Kim '09] My mother, like any other parent, likes to keep tabs on what I'm learning at this fancy college I go to, which is why she

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  schedules to tell you what my scheduling looks like for the upcoming semester ... space for electives, and deciding which exactly to take is hard! (yes ... classes). This makes for my most productive day ever since coming to MIT (I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  like Java's rebellious younger cousin, you can only eat oatmeal for so long before you want to punch someone, and learned that snow is, despite ... ! Beyond these valuable life lessons, I've also been lucky enough to take a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  living the sloth life regressing to my feral weeb childhood self

  

  hell as well—i locked myself in my room for a whole week to study. masha ... with my friends. i'm really excited for the chance to hang out with ... *spiritual cleanse.* shoutout to my difficult and tumultuous semester for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  really easy for you to build radio receivers with a car antenna and a ... in session yet. the snow's only just turned to rain and we've had two ... cats, camping out in the kitchen warmth. everyone raiding the fridges for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  if you’re looking for a detailed curriculum, go to http ... everything you need to know for your more advanced EECS classes - Differential ... to as Course 6 or EECS) is the most popular major at MIT with 700

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007