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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  .  Here's the main lessons I took away from his talk: How to know when to ... cost and cycle time.  If the costs in a field have come down recently, or ... start up in that field (see: genome sequencing). Aim for small wins first

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  in your college app process: good job! You're doing really good, keep ... those personal essays. I recall really having to dig down deep into what

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 3 Independent Video Games, X-Men, and Interstellar

  

  Indie Games celebrates the games you quite often find in the Humble Bundle ... looks like it'll be a first day watch for me. And with that I'll finish

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 18, 2014
• 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 / Academics & Research

  YoYoPhones The iPod has nothing on this.

  

  Before you get all "zomg" on me. This is *not* the iPhone v2. MIT students are much more clever than that. So this semester with my ... message will self-destruct in a minute. Bye! So that was it and then we

  • by Bryan
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that it’s already 2007. 2006 was the year of YouTube, iPods, gas for $3.50 a gallon, record ... ://web.mit.edu/spotlight/lookback-2006/ for a look back at the spotlights. So what’s in store for 2007

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Reading Commences The applications are in, and now we're reading them.

  

  progresses, but I did want to take a quick break to at least give you all an update. Your applications are in good hands. Stay tuned.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.

  

  !) of dissolving salt in hot water to make a solution strong enough to ... snort a salt solution up your nose, I guess, by osmosis, the cells of your

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.

  

  or so, right up until we mail decision letters in the middle of March. Today, I'm wearing a tie, which is my custom for days on which the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Odds & ends

  

  nice photos in his latest post of the final class of 3.091: Introduction ... , I hope you also continue to check out Mitra's blog, which gives a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  , and your safety. You will not be penalized in the application process ... possible in these situations. When you’re able to do so, reach out to us at ... you need to apply in the timeline that works best for you and don

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  : Thursday, Thursday September 14, 2006. Keep in mind that there are three ... , for example two years ago I was funded by the Cathy M. Comeau Memorial Fund which supports women UROP students pursing research in the School of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  .    Today I am going to offer my advice on how to approach the ... : If we don't have any alumni in your area and your interview is waived ... prepare for the interview: Review the ways in which you spend your time

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  question and answer session. ----------- WALK IN STUDENT FLU SHOT CLINIC ... Fatigue or A Ten Second Sting?? you decide. WHAT? Flu Walk-in Flu Shot ... , doctors, and varied health officials in some of the poorest parts of rural

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

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  • by Piper '13
  • January 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I Am Not As Lame As I Appear I've just been feverishly at work on the new website...

  

  Really. I've just been feverishly at work on the new website because Mollie starts tomorrow and I needed to get things to a certain point so that she'll be able to do the work that I've hired her to do. So

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes you just gotta relax (putting this out there as a message for ourselves as much as for anyone else)

  

  interaction in the present moment, while not thinking about any work i.e. blog ... stayed in office hours for 15 hours), a 6.042 pset (wouldn’t have been able ... I G H T – animation assignments. So the long weekend Saturday, 10

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  I(t)A(ly)P trippin in the off season

  

  . I didn't do anything educational whatsoever, but I sure did enjoy the non-freezing temperatures. Also, the food was gr9. Whenever I plan a post like this, I get anxious about whether or not there will be enough

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a Pirate Now just in case I don't get a real mit degree lmao

  

  As of last week or so, I've taken and passed the following PE classes ... Certificate. It looks like this.   I'm showing it to you because you ... that I, an elite athlete, have accomplished. Not only have I completed

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The decisions are in the mail They're on their way...

  

  The postman departs with the last of the decision letters, at 1:52pm EST.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2005