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• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  it however you like. So when a parent says to me, "Why does HYPSM ... . Obviously my response is directed to parents, but I thought it was important enough to post it here as well: As with most of my posts in the parents

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  sense no matter how many times you re-read it and you're really stressed ... anyone that does that). I can't really tell you how to best learn everything tonight because I don't know you or how you best study. But I can

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  've learned a little about life - and how to live it: 1. Tell the truth. I ... Yes, I know it's a Sunday, but nonetheless, I went to lab around 2 ... about lab and about how these past few weeks in Bhatia Lab have taught me

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  how short it really is. Modern Ethiopian governance, a system of ‘ethnic ... discussion does succeed in giving me, at least, some context--is it so ... “Nobody is going to do it, if we don’t do it.” The room is quiet

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  should be anonymous. It's a long and detailed entry, but I think it ... earth; it happened a long time ago because of transmission delay, and by ... at MIT – since arriving here, most of it the hard way. I know that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  -folding algorithms, and pork floss cake roll, and how bad Next.js is. But was it going ... my laptop back, and that was it. It was over. An ending can be as long ... how it's different from my old one, and the best I can come up with is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  aren't famous for how much spare time they have and nothing to fill it ... interesting. I was stunned by how good it was. A novel very much set in North ... working to overthrow it -- but I think it does it better and more

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  about how they look. (Specifically this number is 5.77 X 10^65, it ... for it. Life favors the bold. I would like to know how classes taken as ... are? Why does a house burn up until it burns down? The world may never

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  stellar humanities program (which, by the way, it does) or a vague gesture ... -shifting; while I was only thinking about how it might change me, I failed to ... that didn't flatter my face and blunt bangs I cut myself. It was spring

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  , which makes me feel bad about how long ago, but the pandemic crowded a lot ... give some advice on how prospective students —  and their parents ... time, it's remained one of the most widely read and shared posts on the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  I have discarded jeans for yoga pants. My laundry load does not fit ... intervals on the same day. I call it Dark Thursday. Learning at MIT is hard ... Media” have long lost their appeal. When was the last time I looked at a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  issue of Newsweek about the future of America's global leadership. It ... solutions. MIT President Susan Hockfield weighs in, as does MIT CSAIL Director ... each other instead of simply strategizing on how best to stay on top. He

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole

  

  of "what happened to 318 Memorial Drive?" It does not, however, give us ... . However, in the process of doing research for it, I read a book titled ... systems. In it, I found this photo of Harvard Bridge from 1929: This

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  , “I didn’t even show up to class, but I passed.” But he does worry. It’s ... ’t think I had earned it. I mean, how could I have? According to all previous ... , they’re there. I’m here. Long story short, it’s going to be all right

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  killian and up to the big dome, and think about how wild it is that i'm here ... honestly it does feel like it is home these days. nevada, where i am ... about it (at least, right now), with how intrinsic and personal they are

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  Science and Engineering) and how small and close-knit it is (there are about ... not realize how good I had it. Last year, I saw Of Montreal (twice ... ... Again, sorry it took so long. I was so surprised and happy to see all the

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  doesn't offer halal meat, it does offer salmon burgers at the grill which ... doesn't have healthy options, it just that it does the treat ... down my to-do list. But here it finally is! Hey everybody! I'm Lady

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  quite reasonably ask yourself: how does one judge the aerobatics of a ... asked Andy about his history with paper airplanes and how it had factored ... why, if and when people ask me precisely what it is that I do, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  contribute to our fraternal environment. Still, you protest, how is it ... plus fraternities at MIT do not all have the same personality, so it ... how much my opinion matters or would apply to future students, but here

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  questions as I can. It's a long entry! Before we get to that, though, I have ... ? (How would I pay for it?) I am a huge fan of MIT OpenCourseWare and that ... it would help my application? 2. if i have a rock band does that count

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006