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  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  could be exchanged for a backpack; a thousand dollars’ worth meant Air ... had just lost a game of Pac-Man. For a fleeting second, it was all I ... in my math class—how to compute a probability density function, for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  , I stumbled into some accidental admissions archeology. For nearly a ... advertises 33 majors for the Bachelor of Science degree, including a few ... cause and effect, a demand for precision, and a powerful curiosity about

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  with my dad in New York. He had traveled to the US for a program called ... simply typing up words whenever an idea for a story comes to mind, but ... than moving my fingers across a keyboard for a long, long time. After

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  higher capacity for spatial reasoning than females. A large-scale 1995 meta ... females are more verbally proficient. A man being tested for spatial ability ... cause has actually been identified as a suitable explanation for the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  direction is important. you'll need to develop a sense for it." "isn't there ... , to his boat for a sailing trip. in the hours before we set sail, we ate ... other one lasts for weeks at a time, without reason or pattern behind

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Events

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  play. Play a tournament for bragging rights, or make a fool of yourself ... 'mores, for the discerning sweet-tooth. 09:47 - 11:17 Disney Sing Along ... lovely ladies of Fortress Awesome invite you to their castle for a glorious

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  , observing in a local high school classroom, interviewing for cool jobs ... like Tungsten is, it's spread out as a gas. For electric current to flow ... and current, for the lamp, are really weird. Even if you put a high

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  with.    Reason for God During IAP we do a series called Reason ... I’ve been trying to write a blog about Christianity and Cru at MIT for literal months now. Every time I start writing it I feel like I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  for everyone else I emailed.[/caption] Josh replied after a few days ... , so I dropped it for a while. With a spark of inspiration, I looked ... floorpi for a semester, before moving to Epsilon Theta, an [annotation note

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  the most. Each of us is paired up with a Teach For America teacher; my ... ’ve been out here for two and a half weeks now. I’ve seen seniors in Algebra ... , this was a waste of precious learning time, so I stepped in for the class

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  anxious. 3. A Happiness Budget Budget some money for happiness. Yes, we are ... two scrapbooks, one for my friend and one for me, and a bunch of ... playdough, and now carry around a little playdough for me to fidget with when

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  weekend was what I think the blogs created for people much sooner, a ... here everything that was going on in my life for a couple years--thinking and then writing down your thoughts is such a great habit, for so many

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  could be a little bit warmer. I’ve been sitting outside the Stud for about ... applications exist, will you be a different person for having spent a year at ... economics possible, and is a very useful bargaining chip for getting off of

  • by Phi A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  ten reflections on mit

  

  to MIT for a science research camp, and I remember hearing about how ... this place yet?” It’s a fair question — I’ve been here for literally a ... for me, and I am glad. I grew a lot here, in many ways. At the same time

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  used as a metaphor for life, and that it's highly unoriginal to come up ... panicked for a split second when I actually didn't know how many - but then I ... quite as much as I love DUSP. But still, it's a lot). So when I found out

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  , ash and debris blow up into the atmosphere for days, creating a dense ... ; Day 12: Kissing Cactus Emergency! After evolving among waste for a few ... , a class inspired by Charles and Ray Eames's short film "Powers of Ten

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  major. And for these gracious inquirers, I have a lot of different answers ... 3 seems pretty cool.” I guess for most people, it’s not such a hard ... simple. I signed up for 6.01 in my first semester and went to a few

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  student) would normally afford for dinner. I never missed a group meeting ... hasn’t been seen around the lab for several days in a row, he’s probably ... as why there haven't been any outstanding baseball batters for a long

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  applying, about which colleges would be a good fit for me, and about which ... random imo” “MIT: High Reach with a 710 Math score. Aim for a 760 ... Like most MIT students, I was aware when I applied that I was a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  offered frequently throughout the week for multiple hours at a time, as well ... exercise before, but for those who don't know, we had to develop a system ... [/embed] For this project, I implemented a menu highlighting system, where the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020