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  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  -analysis found that on average, men outperform women in a cluster of tests related ... tests of this ability have widely been used as one measure of spatial intelligence. Example of a mental rotation test. I’m guessing that you

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  faulty voltage regulator in a protoype before demo session; pitching to ... than the amount of money we had in our bank account (and I wasn't eating ... with way more than I thought I'd be able to. Several times I drew lines

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  CHI PLAY 2020, an "international and interdisciplinary conference for researchers and professionals across all areas of play, games and human ... blog post, I thought I'd document the process of my first research

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  “Ideate, Model, Test.” Even though Computer-Aided Design (CAD ... a product to demo. Sometime around 4am, someone Slacks out a video ... ; presentations because they're backstage trying to test our product as many

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  discussed alternative methods for deactivation like: playing your ESP32 ... passwords matched on the 'Create Account' page. I also utilized the database ... left button (for demo purposes, will be integrated with speech to text

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  holistically, taking account of many different factors that have shaped a student ... testing (as one empirically important measure of academic preparation, at ... trial that Harvard and UNC were acting legally within the

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  process of trial and error, and in some ways it was, but in other ways, it ... : [caption id="attachment_63279" align="aligncenter" width="463"] graphic design is my passion[/caption] We had to account for sensor noise, and

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  scale The why game [caption id="attachment_49403" align ... ) hit people who go overtime. [caption id="attachment_49471" align ... to sign up to teach for Splash. [caption id="attachment_49472" align

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  assignment the next day. When the tests rolled around, I would attend the ... saving time, right? It made sense, of course, until you tried to account ... occasions. I would skip meals reasoning that I'd got up late, so I didn't need

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  Contents: Free Online Educational Tools Free Standardized Testing Tools ... overview on almost any chemistry topic especially before a test. Some pages ... tests that are organized by units and can help you self-learn almost any

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  tests, long before I contemplated completing an application for college ... certainly come into play in a college admissions decision, the actual impact ... like an oversimplification, it takes into account both the disadvantages

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  this: [caption id="attachment_66969" align="aligncenter" width="2560 ... MIT Alumni Directory, and sent them an email. [caption id ... Alex D. '12, which was a delightful coincidence. I'd seen his name from

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  ’s article titled "A Call for Accountability: Anti Blackness in The Menstrual ... that I myself can point out and rebut, but play along)  The infamous ... admissions, testing, financial aid, and other topics. I think I fell into this

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  the drinking fountain, and not the fire hydrant.) [caption id ... , and I’d really like to see it get picked up again. Maybe you can even ... their blog, Shayna A. '23 gives a full account of the pain and outrage

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  : “Definitely not in a big city.” I’d spent my entire life in a small town in ... for, well, MIT Admissions, things didn’t go the way I’d planned. I ... transition was without struggle. [caption id="attachment_100914" align

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

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  ’s not what I wanted to write about. Instead, here’s a genuine account of ... lunch period before the test. I sometimes got Bs, and I sometimes got Cs ... account was actually a terrible idea. I don’t know if I can think of any

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  test it out. I’m not sure why Larry took the drone the beach, as opposed ... dawned on me that in order to use Android Device Manager, I'd have to log ... -step authentication enabled on my Google account (extra security sounded good at the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  the shower, swearing to delete Facebook account tomorrow. 11:52 AM ... 'd give me a day instead of the allotted hour. Even still, though I'd probably end leaving the testing site to check my email.

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  result—I’d get into the habit of it for a few days, and then I’d stop, more ... to hang up the phone so I could use the Dial-Up internet to play online ... . I watched anime and read Percy Jackson religiously, played card games

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  also got Facebook accounts for the first time. OK, enough about pre-2007 ... class of cancer therapeutics worked. I’d say grad school at MIT is a ... test once. I cried about it and then I went to La Verdes and bought a

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014