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  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  is to optimize a tennis-ball-sized creature through a series of ... "emergencies," or sudden environmental changes to which our critters must adapt ... confers the capability to move randomly in search of a spot to anchor on the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  cultured to the term “Ivy League” or anything of that sort. I knew nothing ... -JAMB). Due to great restriction on the number of Nigerian universities I could ... really had one Nigerian university I could apply to, which of course

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  :( Studying in Cambridge is a great experience. On the top of my favorite ... ball, on the other hand, is a ball only held at the end of the academic ... traveling to all these places though, is the company of all my wonderful

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  came across a collection of things that I had written which can most accurately be titled, "How to get the most out of reading the MITblogs," or ... when the grade in question is as low or lower than mine. Listen to me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  better on? LOSS OF POTENTIAL. DISAPPOINTMENT. BAGGAGE. For the past three ... need to take better care of myself before I run around thinking I ... called “Minute Math”. Some of the strongest memories of my childhood is

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• 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

  

  . Entertainment. The closest major city to my town is St. Louis, which is two hours ... , this deal is too good to pass up. Research. I mentioned one of the ... of the larger Small Town and Rural Student (STARS) Network, which aims

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

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  use moments of confusion or disagreement to grow together. It’s a very ... 2.5 months of chewing, a faceless algorithm spits out a decision. Or ... . That we are there to judge them and find flaws in them. The truth is, we

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  own, kindness is the first thing I will try to teach them. Passing on ... was lit in tribute to MIT police officer Sean A. Collier on the night of ... to help”. I called Milton, the head of the volunteer department and he

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  , this is not important, and you guys can probably stand to wait another week before I update you on the last 5 months of my life. Right now, this is about you, because as of RIGHT NOW, you only have this much time

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  TeX-based CAPTCHA, and the super PAC Why Not ZoidPAC?, of which he is President and ... to and influence on campus life allowed a critical mass of students to ... physical culture, […] but it is to afford as well a place which shall be the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  ? Granted, it could mean that there is literally nothing acting on you to go ... in light of changing fortunes or events. Flow is knowing what it takes ... wanted to be a doctor -- which, at the time, was no longer a settled matter

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  To a lot of people, myself included, getting into MIT is the dream we have worked for years to finally reach. This is just a little excerpt on ... due to their neutralizing nature I felt no better or worse about my

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  ’ Theorem, which I think, based on my 5.59 years of experience, is the very ... , the probability of A given that B has happened or is true is equal to ... , using the most comprehensive, unbiased data available to me (which is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
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  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  recreating it to better reflect the diverse departments and people of SHASS ... entire list of faculty members added to the display is included at the end ... all of SHASS together. -the hackers The hack is to be preserved in the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  go to the Concert in Bad Taste. Or go on the Burton-Conner boat cruise ... time that I spend at MIT, which will add up to 80 hours per week of real ... , I had four problem sets per week, three of which were due on Friday

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  MIT has brought its own set of failures. It's hard not to get hung up on ... maintenance on the text. My agenda created plenty of opportunities for me to ... separating points which would otherwise be stacked on top of each other. Was

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  ) or a tie-back to your beginning narrative (the second part of the story ... sentence and ask yourself, "what is the connection of this sentence to the ... of flavors, you get to customize it, and experimenting with new flavors

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  others or found online. Consider this more a list of opportunities to look ... max of $2400 a semester (Fall/Spring) or $7680 for summer More info on ... is agreed upon at the beginning of the term. Unlike an intense UROP or

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  process, which is really what the essay is supposed to do in the first place ... worldwide? Which topic shall be chosen, A or B? Can I impress those admissions ... when I decided to apply to MIT Early Action. Or precisely why. It was

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  -value level of what you're about to learn is on a par with the Tooth Fairy not ... 't make this stuff up. It is against all the rules of absurdity (which I ... amount of knowledge on the subject they need to have in order to field your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007