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  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  together in front of the curtain. I had the best seat in the house to ... the ingenuity and enthusiasm of the Hunters in the audience rising to ... interviewer) in action to get the most out of this one, but having a interview

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  assignments, or in class. I tried answering it to the best of my abilities. When ... need to know to learn When the first exam week came in late September, I ... and to learn the material in a way that I'd remember it. They also told

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  glee and sugar in the elevator to the fifth floor. The chocolate and ... relieved that I wouldn’t have to give up Taekwondo or good chocolate at ... than any other event I went to. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  , and I'm hoping to finish my Q&A post in the next day or two. Until ... . The group we admit in the next few days is going to change civilization ... over Route 2 on my way in to MIT. On the way I pick up Nance Nance

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  to pummel an innocent robot with a hammer. In return, the Frosh got a ... out into the light of day to finally turn in that one impossible PSet ... just another roof to pass. The Frosh counts the days until departure from

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  pairs, to stumble out the steps of the international rumba. Here in Lobby ... slacklining, so I gather, lies in training your leg to counter-wobble against ... , and you have to throw out an arm or a leg to counterbalance and keep

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

   English, and you can read it on the web here. Or, if you come to MIT, you can ... Here in America, our vaunted exceptionalism takes many forms ... -DD-YY[/annotation] means that in America today is 9/10/19, which reversed reads the same, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  on your planned roadmap. Want to schedule 200 classes in your sophomore ... ’t learn college-level differential equations or quantum mechanics in high ... [/annotation] classes you’d need to take to major in 6-2 and get an MEng

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  self-doubt. In hindsight, it’s easy to recognize that they spoke out of ... time gone??? I feel like just yesterday I was in your shoes, nervously ... a list of 14 colleges that I was planning on applying to, but I had

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  wasn't the smartest person in the class -- it was great to have friends ... , informatics, and biology. In each country there's a selection process to try to ... participating in the IMO, Lander went on to Bachelors and Doctoral degrees in math

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo Goes Camping An adventure to the top of a mountain and a little cabin in the woods

  

  hiking in the snow. My car on the way to the cabin consisted of Duncan T ... arrived with her car full of people. She brought us up to the tiny cabin in ... the back of the cabin to claim their spot on the giant 12-person loft in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  defect in the game: The visible numbers turned out to reveal essential ... " and/or the book on which it was based, Ben Mezrich's "Bringing Down the ... own consulting company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. One day, the story

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  living here. According to them, somebody had first smelled smoke in the ... even sent a police officer down in Crystal River, Florida, to check it ... does seem to be accidental (and also her name is redacted in the police

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  . In the photo essay that accompanied the article, they showed a picture from Bono's visit to MIT to discuss poverty research. Here's Bono with ... -- I blogged it here. Also in this picture is Rachel Glennerster, the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  capstan to raise an anchor) or hauling task (like raising the sails). Modern ... behind, but look at him now! Giving soda to people in the street! If he ... there has been in a while. I was outside writing this blog in Killian

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  , Cambridge, like…here? Or are you from England?" My trek to MIT was very ... …etc. I even managed to catch the EC/Senior House Water War in action: One ... since "senioritis" is really starting to kick in.) My only regrets are: 1

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... early action, 13% more than last year. We admitted 390 students, or 11% of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  them. The psets appear to exist in some sort of perverse dynamic ... adornment of an entire, modestly sized single room in East Campus. Which is to ... had come to $3.14, the monetary equivalent of the ratio between a circle

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• FAQ / International applicants

  What is the Secondary School Report?

  Baccalaureate, A Levels, French Baccalaureate, or CBSE, which are required for entrance to universities in your home country. We understand that many grades
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  'll probably be ready to be a real person in a year. Many other nerds seem to ... any sane person to keep track of. In Jackson's own words ... A couple of weeks ago, it was too warm and humid to sleep, so I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011