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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  us head over to The Miracle of Science to decompress for a bit. MIT is ... committee. That night I edit 50 pages of copy for the new viewbook in preparation for a meeting the next morning. (Lunch: Mass Ave food truck

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

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall, is one of two Presidential ... Washington, D.C., in June for a presentation that might include meeting the president; and those most impressed by his summer job -- as an intern for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  when I was here over the summer for [annotation note="Interphase is a two ... -week summer component meant to ease the transition into MIT for incoming ... for the first time and overwhelmed by the feeling of having an entire

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  felt about my MIT application, and here's the post I wrote for decision ... . (Well, okay, here are a few more recent ones.) The best thing I could think of to do for this post is one of those drawings where you smush a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  'm spending the summer as an RTA for the Center for Talent Development at ... students. There are two sessions each summer; I was the TA for Neuroscience ... is awesome and all, but that's not what I'm here for right now. Neither

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  for Biotechnology and Neuroscience, 10am-1pm. Next up is 9.24 Disorders ... … 9.24 Disorders and Diseases of the Nervous System is my last and most ... .” … “The best work has simplicity, yet leads to clarity.”) Incidentally, the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  the earthquake hit in January, and is structured around weekly guest ... destruction and devastation in every direction. There are tent cities for miles ... . I wish there was more that we could do. But there is also the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  real. Of course, this is MIT, where we believe the best way to learn is ... biased or anything... Overall, 2.008 is definitely one of the best classes ... Junior year pretty much ws a gigantic ride on the struggle bus for me

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  companies and products that are directly relevant to the college search ... with Michael about his vision for the next generation of college campus ... school for a Masters in Comparative Media Studies. Basically, there is no

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  I often receive requests for advice about the college process. It ... , the underlying question is almost always some variation of “How do I select the right summer and enrichment opportunities to best position my

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  is by far the coolest toy in the inventory. So when I heard we were getting a fly-in for Marine Week Boston, I had to go see. The weather was actually gorgeous yesterday, except for the 10 minutes at the proposed

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  , decisions will be posted. For regular action applicants, the deadline is ... for tomorrow - same place, same time. Best moment of the day: 8:00 AM ... classes. For the last class, I have to write a thesis proposal.. which is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  about it some more once I hear the jet engines whirlin'. :) But for now ... Montreal, we got through cutsoms and had to wait for maybe four hours at the ... thing was from a display in the airport. I was looking for more proof that

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  New year, new bloggers! introducing the new bloggers for fall 2019

  

  Today is the first day of classes, and, as new MIT students are introduced to the fun of the firehose, we also wanted to introduce our new ... PS, calligraphy enthusiast, and enthusiastic evangelist for the noble cause of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  ’t,” says Mr Nelson. ... The plan is for admission standards to be higher ... for Schrödinger's student, who simultaneously is and is not one of the ... could not find the space for them. The problem with this goal is that it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  difficulty: the majority of classes are 12 units[1], which is supposed to refer ... ? But So-and-so is taking five! And that kid down the hall is taking six ... for it, but the number of classes you take doesn't determine you at

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  recently is that all advice is directional. the meaning of the phrase ... actually have power over. this is illustrated in quotes like the following ... own well-being. this is one of the reasons i was initially drawn to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  Practice. We do some acting, but the main focus of the class is on directing ... /Underdog won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, making her the first black woman ... .) I couldn't attend it, since I had rehearsal for the Musical Theatre

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  strongest light source in the picture, it is pointed directly at the subject ... Maxwell's Equations in integral form on Wikipedia. This is a new low for the ... to sleep. For those playing along at home, here is Pset 8 in all its

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  fruit, what kind of fruit would it be? 3) What is the most appropriate ... yesterday or the day after tomorrow? Is born even appropriate?” How will a ... p-set right now is given by the letter S. The number of freshmen that

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013