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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  I'm briefly emerging from hard work in the application mines to share ... language text in response to prompts.  There has been a tremendous amount of ... college (or even admissions application) essay, to say nothing of broader

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  for high school. Sometimes it's possible to get extensions or have ... school. In my humble opinion, xkcd used to be a lot funnier than it ... a UROP in their lab, or anything else. This is how Melis and I got an

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  have no idea if want to major in science, engineering, or business, you ... to be home for the first time in six months, and I'm looking forward to ... does not have to be what you actually major in -- there are no quotas for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  me in the dentist's chair. Inevitably after they've numbed one or both ... it occurs to me that Dentist and Nurse are probably involved in some ... of the movies at midnight, or been to a book party, or even dressed up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  applications. It's never good to put all your eggs in one (or even two or three ... stamped envelope to send their recommendation in, provide them with one ... and ask if their English teacher's recommendation has come in, or if we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  adrenaline rush. Being able to make meetings or classes across campus in ... how I inline skate, or rollerblade. Even after three years of being in ... in these cities and to struggle with issues like gentrification. Since

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  in high school, I was a pretty shy person. I was very quiet, went to ... other person from my high school, and he was going off to live in New ... , I'll be honest. I went to high school in the south, and you know

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  will also talk about in a later post). right now, i just want to talk ... someone's door and ask to talk or get dinner or do work. and i know that i ... the past month (classes here start early January) and will return to MIT

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Just a few hours to go, and I know you're feeling the stress. We're feeling it too, believe it or not. I have to tell you that the selection ... Chocolate Science has come to the rescue! The Lab offers free hot chocolate in

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and why? (100 words or fewer) At MIT, we bring people together to better ... out in an essay?" or something to that effect. As MIT admissions

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  hiring frosh. And in the case that the program is freshman and/or sophomore ... 't really have that much experience in writing cover letters or a resume; in ... gone to CAPD in the beginning of the year. At this point in time, I wasn

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  on writing!) to compare a bunch of genetic sequences. For three hours a day, Monday through Friday, I'm taking 6.189 - a crash course in ... , it really makes a difference when I'm learning it alongside fifty or so

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  To my surprise, one of Marilee's quotes in my last entry about the ... to show the student's passion in the sciences? I know many students who ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  A Year away from home An intro video rant to my time in China

  

  time in China. If you can’t tell, I decided to do this video in Chinese ... . As of right now I have two big posts I want to make, “being black in china” and “my globalization experience in China.” However, I do want to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 5, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  to watch out for rainstorms in the spring (or any time, for that matter ... week, he gently reminded me, "You chose to live here in Massachusetts ... live in Cambridge, MA, how do I come to terms with the fact that I will

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  ", or as I like to call it, "How To Write Good Code That Won't Kill People ... "Communication Systems and Networks", or as I like to call it, "How the Internet ... to include the people you're trying to help in the design process

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  residents, she's not here to take classes or do any research. Primarily ... appointments who live in dorms alongside undergrads or grad students. (Maseeh ... Maseeh and Burton Conner, to have one on the premises. In honor of

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  would’ve meant the world to freshman me back in high school. But as I ... east coast to a state you’ve never set foot in. But on the other hand ... when my family went to Ghana back in 2017. So visiting MIT last April for

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  available to everyone in most other countries since they were a preteen. I ... ’ve acquired on the way to becoming a full-fledged adult (in no particular order ... has the power to bring people up or tear them down. Make them count or

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Experiencing Psycho in Full G(l)ory Sharon L. '21 joins the blogs to talk about movies and art by and large

  

  stuffy.   Somewhere in high school, I decided that I needed to ... Germany, Italy, France, and China thrown in. It’s really fascinating to learn about how some stylistic choice in films (choosing what dialogue to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2018