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  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  field trips and buy things for your projects using a budget. The class ... interested in for a while (Reinforcement Learning), and the professor is also ... throughout the class as we put together a proposal for a possible solution. The

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  rang in the new year at home with a power outage. I’ve since relocated to ... home feel a world away; I am being taken by both the excitement and the ... Happy 2016! (By the way: 2016 = 2^5*3^2*7, in case you need the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  't from a song lyric, but I must credit "hcs" for getting the last one ... some balance to the conversation. I remembered a guest post I wrote a ... applying to MIT. I thought I'd post it again (recycling is good for the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  which are required of you. Tell us about something you do for the pleasure ... questions intentionally designed to help us get to know the student as a real ... people what they like to do for fun is a fantastic window into their world

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  means easy. The hard part is over (for now). A lot of adMITs will throw ... like for you. You might have gotten recently added to the Discord or ... than done, relax. Give yourself a pat on the back. MIT is one of the most

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Events

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  a struggle: their patent was for an "Apparatus for facilitating the ... to applaud in public" and the Belarus State Police for "arresting a one-armed man for applauding" ** A group from Thailand for "the medical

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  -wielding tourists. You bump into one of their shoulders; they regard you for a moment ... the whites show, thinking, “A class is hard? An MIT class is hard? Who ... start a novel with the lines, ‘It was a dark and stormy night’.” And you

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  other words, in a world that humans have built for themselves, the roach ... a roach spawn point for about a week. Most of them however, were ... sprinter down the hallway, and can probably spot a fly a building away. He

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  see the full-size photo.) That photo is incredible for a lot of ... the previous fall. It was a five-story, 100-foot-wide dorm with two ... ," the Faculty Houses. The dorm's name of '93 would last for

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  out some of the stuff in between for a future post-Pi Day advice post ... finish. There was also a Part 3, a poem I wrote on the plane ride home for ... more “photo dump” albums in the works. It’s a good type of post for days

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  :00 meeting. The chance to eat a real bagel was a treat, and a must for me every ... in a plug for your having the interview. Last year I posted a blog ... the local area ECs and me. It was a good way for me to talk with our

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  strong negative memories of. But it's a requirement for the new 6–14 major ... up the points of the things I even wrote anything down for, they just ... ’t even have the salty tears to show for it. I’m sure I was hosed in past

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  a coffee at the Thinking Cup, an adorable coffee shop for the tired ... ’s Little Italy, for a chance to participate in the midnight hustle, grab a ... to the district for a snack at Bova’s Bakery, where delicacies are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  the strong case I made for her. Why? Partially because she reminded me a ... horchata (yummy Mexican drink). I wanted to tell you a little about the last ... that SAT scores can't account for all kinds of intelligence. The student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  advertises 33 majors for the Bachelor of Science degree, including a few ... aid:a) Fill out the APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL AID and send it directly ... , I stumbled into some accidental admissions archeology. For nearly a

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  . The reason for the concert is Easter. The lunar eclipse is a convenient ... closer. A man stands on the stage, a banner fluttering behind him. The ... east parallel. In a window on the second floor, behind the man standing

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  -turning Rush shirts for a while. I don't want to make the Admissions Blogs all-East-Campus-all-the ... has stuck with MIT for the last 65 years, and has led to a rough ... Admissions Blogger :) East Campus was occupied by the US Army for a brief

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  at risk of not getting into a Cook-For-Yourself dorm due to the group ... East Campus at the top since we wanted to live in a Cook-For ... continues to be used as a sick dorm for some reason, the renovation might have

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  warp and stitch them together). The class is super cool! I made a ... ) with tape. This is a sign I made for my floor; it twinkles and stuff. I made a new floor sign for Loop #diy A video posted by Rose

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  talked about humanity as a perk; that is, the admissions office has high ... excruciating little knots. Anticipation. Dread. A pang of regret for having been ... the math section of the SATs, a mere 710 on the SAT II Bio test (why

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010