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• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  doting quite flattering, to be honest, and it's been very sweet to see how ... on for the past four years? How does one even go about [annotation note ... it's been a really interesting space to explore, how two people who

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  my best but you wouldn't believe how hard it is to keep track of you ... studying at MIT? Or does it mean that you'll graduate in 2009? I'm probably ... are this year's seniors. Now I'm curious, how does the numbering work in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  one with nothing making peace with unproductivity

  

  't know because i've never done it cj: i mean idk i didn't know how to say ... you're probably doing fine then? cj: not as if you'd know how to make it ... wrote a really long post, which is now my longest post on the blogs

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 5, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  corridor” has taken on new meanings for me. at mit it refers to a long ... and a million other things. the stakes still feel high, but it’s also ... process forward. keep seeking. living bundles the kindling. lightning does

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• FAQ / Afford

  How much does MIT cost?

  Detailed information about tuition and fees, housing and dining, and books and personal expenses are broken down in detail here. If you have a specific question or concern regarding financial…
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and I have accomplished more than the average MIT student does in an entire school day. How have I achieved this? It all started with my alarm

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  catch up on months of missed Reddit, I turned it towards the long queue ... Hofstadter's 1979 monstrosity Gödel, Escher, Bach. It’s 700 pages long and ... textbook. You won’t regret it. But what does this have to do with Linked

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  . Was Talbot that hard to find? It's been too long since I was new to ... . The event goes well, though lasts a little long; I should figure out how ... weekdays. What does it say about MIT, for CPW to be such a large, grand event

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  The last week and some are a blur, a long, joyous drink of EC. When I ... it now. I’m living in it. That glow is strongest around EC. It’s in ... stories tall, which overlooked the REX events. It’s in the way we dress

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  We read applications from students interested in everything from apiculture (beekeeping) to building nuclear reactors in their garages. We realize our applicants are very committed to their schoolwork and with…
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  does what it says it does. Almost everybody I've shown it to in person ... "Look at at all this free time I have! I'm going to fill it to the brim ... semester! AHHHHHH!" No, this IAP I'm very much not busy, and it is wonderful

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wolfram Alpha Tonight!

  

  smartest software I've ever seen. What does it do? It does math. Easy math ... 't search for websites, in fact it's all a closed system, but what it does ... I don't know how familiar you are with "Wolfram," but I'll assume you

  • by Snively '11
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  neutrality isn’t about objectivity—it’s about who has the power some words on facebook trending topics, and also net neutrality

  

  questions become: in what cases does it make sense to assess these platforms ... and more pertinent. What does it mean for infrastructure to be neutral ... with high infrastructural power does not necessarily mean it is despotic

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  wouldn't unless I get into USAMO? And if it does help, to what extent and how much do I need to score in order for it to help?" A good AIME score ... depends on how it fits into the overall context of your application, but you

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  teaching people is how to ask good new questions. It is a tremendous art to ... , and then we have to teach people how it is that you take raw ignorance ... something going on and articulate clearly what is it that you want to know

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  (you're still going to do it, right?), so long as no pictures are taken ... 's not how the original philosophy went. But whatever.) It makes me happy ... than by number. I am so fried right now that it took me a full minute to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  It's a beautiful day here in northern Virginia, where I'm celebrating ... how different our grade system is and how we don't use GPAs etc. My counselor claims that because it is a selective english school with a harsh

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  ’t change--indeed, it’s possible they won’t have to so long as the way we ... the problem is not how much we have to do, but how we think about it ... even how much they fail at MIT and just don’t talk about it. In debate

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  is three hours long and stays fairly faithful to its source material ... much else to say about those dark, dark weeks. When you think about it, the concept of IAP is pretty amazing. It’s an entire month of freedom

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling old and coming home

  

  , K., texted me asking what was taking me so long to get back, since it ... ="I distinctly remember thinking, it must get better, right? and it does. that ... .[/annotation] It makes me ridiculously happy – I'm glad that people find my space

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 12, 2023