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  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  does is cloud your vision. I understand that for the initial commentor ... world, I believe in the scientific method, which is to say I believe in ... hypothesis as the best, and sometimes only, route to understanding most things

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  continue giving my best every second of my life. And each day for the next ... another soul for sale, oh well The page is out of print, we are not ... drove up to MIT for the first time. I had signed up for the Shadow a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  to the extent —  and only for the reason —  that it is “narrowly ... context. We believe it is crucial for the successful future of our world to ... are strong matches for the MIT education. This includes (but is not

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  again together for our senior year. They’re the best roommates ever ... Now that it’s August, the fall semester is right around the corner ... a sorority? How do I sign up? When is recruitment? What’s the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  maybe the best send off to you (especially to you aspiring scientists and ... is a long one and remember that life is meant to be enjoyed. Thanks for ... Today is my first day of school as a PhD student at MIT. Today is

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  condition in which the sole symptom is verbal/mental repetition of the phrase ... , disheartened and hoping that the test will be ridiculously curved - it couldn’t just have been you who did bad, right? You want to sleep, preferably for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  at the idea of doodling a science-question post. I still plan on getting around to that. But in the midst of my magnet research, I stumbled upon (actually, not really. My professors for 20.363, Biomaterials

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  -tool-cum-participatory-art-installation for our final project. What you're looking at is a rendering of my ... , it is a reinforcement of the way they see themselves. Certainly major choice and identity are intertwined, but it is perhaps the integral process

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  account for its decision-making. The radiator is described not only as a ... TeX-based CAPTCHA, and the super PAC Why Not ZoidPAC?, of which he is President and ... his final paper for STS.050 (The History of MIT), about the founding of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  professor in the physics department lent to me. For privacy, let’s call him ... shelf.* This is a wonderful book - it captures the lifestyle perfectly. Me ... the name of the author. Let’s call him (again, for privacy) William

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  constantly. I can never seem to hold onto one for very long, though this is the ... purgatory and get my degree just in time for the Class of 2012 π reunion. But ... changed a LOT in the few years I’ve been gone. Registration is now online

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  -school-senior-me didn’t know how to answer. So I gave the only response I knew for sure ... for, well, MIT Admissions, things didn’t go the way I’d planned. I ... decided to sacrifice the comfort of a small town for all MIT had to offer

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  institution is like. College is a place where you'll be for the next 4-6 years ... advice. However, the best way to navigate the college process is to be open ... predicted for your sign or not, the pieces of advice for every sign in this

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  that’s starting from the end, which is cheating. You know the end. The end, as I said, is that I left. The means to that end are worth talking ... into a lump of a person, sitting at the kitchen table for hours at a time

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  The new MIT Class of 2018 Facebook group is a warm, fuzzy place ... Pressure." You should take the time to check out all the results, but for ... for 3.5 years and from looking through the results of this survey - that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  student? it's no secret that coming to MIT is signing yourself up for ... little bit of time every day to have to yourself—the unsatisfying answer is ... into MIT. but i think the trick is to define what the "life" part of

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  of the best things I’ve participated in since coming to MIT.    ... start or join then you can definitely take the initiative to do so! For ... For God. During this event (and also at various points throughout the

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

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  being the right fit for me. Fit is an experience and a quality that varies ... ask myself is "am I in the right place?" How do we know when we get ... part of it to maintaining something you are not. The idea of fit is

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  lacrosse, water polo and crew competitions for the first time. I joined the ... that I didn't even know what the rules were for a lot of the sports I was ... tournament for the first time in program history. They were knocked out of the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  other words, in a world that humans have built for themselves, the roach ... ’s got instincts akin to that of an experienced hunter. Harley is also the ... abdomen that this one is most likely a female. They live for 3 months to 2

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • September 28, 2023