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  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  offer that expert food, he or she is probably more than happy to talk to ... substantive about Iran on stage is like expecting a monkey to type Hamlet. So ... whether or not to weaponize, though a military strike on Iran would almost

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  topic that I think is worthy of discussion. Normally I don't enter this sort of territory with my blog, but I think it's directly relevant to ... classroom. No doubt you've heard about it, as it is getting a lot of press

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  -decision-release onslaught of comments. It's eerily quiet, which is both nice and unsettling at ... - I can't remember a time in which I was alone here. I hope that all of ... every year.) Having said that, there are of course many of you to whom we

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Write about Tea (with tea (with Paige))

  

  while writing these blogposts. Which is perhaps, inadvisable. Back to the ... doesn't need to be running on caffeine 24/7 to simply exist. Which, there ... tired (which MIT is prone to make you feel). There's a character in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 24, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  MIT's Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones (our rockin' leader) is in the ... read or listen to the entire story. In the New York Times: Her Mission ... put on things, trying to be something for everyone.” In USA Today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  to you. the most important aspect of a college is how well you fit in ... quizzes you need to take: on college choices, your type of bae, and ... , another game of endless distraction on the powerhouse of the cell (which

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  is a school he had heard of before coming to this country," Mr. Taylor ... -bound students. "This achievement is a tribute to their pursuit of educational ... Shih and Albert Chang will be going to the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  Cognitive Sciences minor, which is heavy on biology]. I was almost a physics ... year. It is now my last chance to share these freshman thoughts with you ... is my past avatar, a more accurate depiction of me when I wrote this

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  How I Made the MIT Orientation Trading Card Game The Insatiable Urge to Collect Continues...

  

  and felt, boxes and tiny army soldiers. I'm sitting at my desk which is covered in cardstock and stacks of cards. I am furiously scribbling on a 2.5”x3.5” pieces of paper. I am putting the finishing touches on my Magnum

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  're making your college decision. A bunch of them are mine, which has less to ... should I do in order to know MIT better?" A great starting point for how you can get to know MIT better are these very blogs. Actually, Blogger

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i stole a vhs player! and other old things i’ve acquired over the last 2 and a half weeks

  

  . I had to look up which way was forward on a [annotation note="i feel ... play from right to left, which i realize now is upside down from normal ... the language out of respect to the original post."]Two weekends ago

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  events on our campus and we're thrilled that so many of you will be here to ... the campus itself and the best way to do that is on foot. Even just a ... Counselor on-hand in the Student Center or schedule a 20-minute appointment to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  've heard!) consider themselves to be on a premedical track. Many of them are ... to complete, then drop as many as they need to, which is easy because ... Necessity is the mother of invention. So I was making meatballs

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  , which is a measure of sentiment ranging from -1 to 1 calculated by taking ... used it mainly to get a second machine opinion on the sentiment of each ... campus provides to shield many of us from greater worries.  It is such a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  lot of people relate to sad and angry, and D) not everything I post is ... time of year where every MIT student can choose to do whatever they ... coolest. thing. ever. A whole month or more to just do whatever you want

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Course Lounges press F to pay respects to the entirety of course 21 and CMS

  

  tl;dr: the google map of course lounges is here Here at MIT ... comprehensive list of which you can find here. Almost every course at MIT has ... Google Form and asking Abby to dormspam it because I was too scared of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  , or I just want to sit in all day and cry because of how much there is ... filming, which is something I'm really interested in. I really want to teach ... I'm kind of iffy on, seeing as it's really hard for me to pick up new

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stitch n Bitch: Quarantine Edition a tight-knit community scattered across the globe

  

  on campus. 3. Photo Gallery Now it's time to appreciate some of the ... circle, which helped me forge better relationships my sophomore year. One ... posted something about it on her social media. It was this post which led

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  , or the life described in it, better. Think of your wonderful high ... future or telepathically reach the Admissions Office. So for now, try to ... . MIT is competitive, but it’s not a competition. There are no judges to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  point, or perhaps there is. Maybe the utility of my rating scale, (which ... response because I was subsequently asked to rate the pie on a scale of 1 to ... Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023