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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  I'm the undergraduate assistant for a Freshman Learning Community ... ! The course has asynchronous materials in addition to the synchronous 1 ... of cook-alongs. One week, Dr. Dagmar Jaegar, a Lecturer in German

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  Under 35 for his pioneering research in comparative genomics. When I sat ... undergraduate, a graduate student, and a member of the faculty. I would also ... attention to their undergraduate students. While I have never encountered such

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On schools & context

  

  A while back, I asked for parent questions and received exactly one, which I haven't yet answered. It was: "It would be good if you could talk ... I've said in the past, the large majority of our applicants are highly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  were fixated on MIT, we did not question that we would major in a STEM ... A couple days ago in the blogger slack, Petey sent a screenshot of a prospective 2023’s message expressing hesitation about choosing MIT. I think a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  You may have noticed that the application for the class entering in ... to wait until the very last minute. While I certainly won’t extol the ... adversely impact our review. I have highlighted a handful of my least

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  is redesigning admissions and SFS. Elizabeth and I were both on the ... its launch in 2009, it has maintained a straightforward and uncommon ... in brief, bold type that itself (through hyperlinks) serves as a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you ... who has taught you in an academic class in high school (i.e. no middle ... process is the same in this case. I get many questions about what subject

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  would have likely sought anyway. I have always regarded Bexley as a ... ", which is consistent with what I would have guessed. ... cultures. You see, I have this theory that for MIT dorms, function follows

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West

  

  environmental work, I would take this callout more seriously. But he hasn't. Yes ... Summit. "I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other ... Being as musically obsessed as I am, it'd be impossible for me not to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

  bombing and are both in serious condition, at http://bit.ly/whalleyrecovery. My name is Jess Kim, and I'm a 2010 alum. I've tried to make sense of the tragedy that happened in Boston this Monday, knowing full well that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  sparked protests in several other Arab countries. Some of these events I ... There has been some discussion on CollegeConfidential and in the ... significant December 17th. I am going to continue to keep our reasons a deep

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  use. I had never lived in a place with any kind of public transportation ... got to explore the city in a way I never had before and share the ... home. One way I got to do this was by hosting a student in my dorm

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  years of involvement in Burton Conner government, I've seen how staunch administration seems in their decision to oust murals. I did, however, get a ... of years. I'll be long gone, but I have a lot of faith in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  Hey hey! Welcome to the liveblog! At this very moment I'm sitting in a hotel in Portland Oregon absolutely surrounded by prefrosh. Why am I ... and giving somebody my seat, but I'm in the middle of the last row and

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  First: Hello! Long time, no talk. I feel like each of my entries this year has started off in the same way: "I'm so sorry for having ... in the months to come! ___ That's it for now! I have a couple other

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  few hours blurred, but I'm fairly certain I toured East Campus in that ... conclusion to a CPW entry, it's not something I'm capable of writing, so in its ... luck. Having just turned in my enrollment forms, hopefully I'll see you

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  in a 40 mph headwind. As a sprinter, I thought there was nothing worse ... Computer Science) and I were upset). When the bus was packed in the morning ... joined the rest of the MIT cycling team for training camp in Borrego

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  Virginia, the most important city in the world that night for all I cared ... maniacal fervor. By the time I returned to Random at 8:30 PM, puzzling was in ... ice cream parlor in America and I sprinted away into the snowy night

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  see him play. I had taught DeRon Artificial Intelligence in 6.034 when ... that would make! Always moving forward. I must find someone who can ... get a job in the NFL.' He's a computer programmer who's saying, 'I need

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Let’s do a puzzle. Ready to flex some cranial muscle?

  

  converting the numbers to Roman numerals. I'll be frank: never in a bajillion years would I have tried that, because Roman numerals spit out useless ... You're sitting in your living room, one eye on an Agatha Christie

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 24, 2012