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  Application dreaming

  

  The reading continues, almost non-stop here... for another ... technology, about the possibilities for research to improve society, make the ... . You get the point) The best candidates to MIT bring much more to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  This post is written by the beautiful and talented Christina '10 ... is quite possibly the funniest (and happiest) Baker biology genius I ... how preposterous that truly is. Two of my best friends were rejected

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  problem is that people like pictures. And people like to know about the ... bulbs, the filament is a resistive unit, so the more voltage you put ... shine. The filament is made out of metal (these days, usually Tungsten

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

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  . Shoutout to An and Trevor for being the best TA's.  Return to Table of ... and how they are best teaching it. Not to mention, the content is very ... interested in for a while (Reinforcement Learning), and the professor is also

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  for the name John Underkoffler, and write down what he is credited as ... . According to the Wikipedia bio, this is Stark's background:   ... room. Another nice touch is Tony Stark on the cover of MIT's alumni

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  the strong case I made for her. Why? Partially because she reminded me a ... that SAT scores can't account for all kinds of intelligence. The student ... of the case that was important for me to remember. Also, Jordan (from

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

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  for you; beginning with the launch of our new site in early September, I ... do your best work late at night, embrace that. It may be the only time in your life when you can. If you write your best papers the night

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  scores you got. All you can do is put your best foot forward and hope for ... I was back in the day, or my younger brother is right now, or like ... that perfectly depict who you are. The thing is, after all this, you

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  for. The beautiful thing about this is that, since the meeting is ... system, for a while, but after querying the 2015s, I discovered, to my ... my best to actually bring you useful information applicable to the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  day (except for the plane crash). Unfortunately, there is no way we can ... with the students: with the web, it is much easier for students to learn ... :00 meeting. The chance to eat a real bagel was a treat, and a must for me every

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  if my body is being pulled apart in different directions. yet at the ... ’s working. i am one of the co-directors for hssp, which is an educational ... if extracting my physical energy as a tax for my sin. the entire month

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  for the early waking. There was a snowstorm. There was the walk up ... in the end I wished I had another week, just for the students. I stayed ... . I came home every day for lunch with the family, napped, ran, read

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  the couch is Reva ‘18, who fell asleep on her laptop keyboard while ... casualties strewn across the furniture. This week is my second-busiest of the ... .02 Multivariable pset this morning as well as study for the midterm exam tomorrow

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  cell achieved an efficiency of 7.7%! For reference, the best ... contain images of Catsby, so we all know who the real winner is here. For ... ="attachment_86574" align="aligncenter" width="768"] (The cat to the right is a random

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  , that it is ripe for mockery (or can itself be used to degrade the self ... believe that they are not on the level, it is always best practices on the ... selecting schools to send an application to easier. On Tuesday, the company is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  Charlotte Blonsky a patent: In case reading the crumbly Times New Roman is a struggle: their patent was for an "Apparatus for facilitating the ... apparatus is that if you spin a mother around in a circle with her head at the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  on how I got here is the most popular thing I've ever written ... Aero/Astro department that he's one of the best undergrads to come ... math, he actually got a 600 on verbal. But lucky for all of us, the MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  training and consulting services company. Here is the official course ... target, and then we fired practice rounds for the Top Gun competition ... the border between black and white. We had five minutes for five rounds

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  is going, though. I'm working on so many different types of projects that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make something for myself. I'm still not sure this is "good." But it's beginning

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it ... think of it as a stepping stone. 18. Take risks. 50. This is the ... (with the guy who is now my son's godfather) at least once a month ever

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010