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  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  into their imagination enough," Jones says. Her remedy: "Let's free up a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  bunch of guy on Mass Ave pummeling a station wagon. What's up? Oh Ruth and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  worried that I might not end up in the most advanced section, as I was in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  with a professor. Randomly walk up to students and ask their opinion of

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  , leading some people to show up at Ring Delivery with "Phi Theta" t-shirts on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  with studying the proteins which make up neuronal structures called

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  tell MIT that the plan to raise roof fines to up to $500 for a student

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  to MIT as well, as a backup to the courier messing up???" We do require

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  , or just dorm residents?" Everybody started cracking up (ie look at this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  met their specifications. The mock-up was built in a month and it took

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  't discuss the details. After I left the office yesterday, I met up with some

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  build up his/her CV. The average postdoc in the US works 50 hours a week

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  I read Ben's entry about the thread on College Confidential (in the parents' forum) where parents were discussing the pressure to load up on AP classes. It was a good entry, and this was going to be a comment on it, but

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So many problem sets

  

  Now that term has geared up a bit, most classes have given some sort of homework, usually in the form of a problem set. I thought the prospectives on here might be curious to see what problems on problem sets are

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  A reminder: Fall 2005 UROP Direct Funding (Funds from UROP) Deadline: Thursday, Thursday September 15, 2005. Keep in mind that there are three options when doing a UROP: - UROP for Pay: Up to $1,250 per semester, which

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  came here, I ended up on 5th East, a place with a decades-old culture

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  scientific journal. Sweeping conclusions backed up by questionable data like

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  you set up a crockpot to cook for a few hours, can you usually trust

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  personally, and they confided in him, and he checked up on them. He was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  up spending a year in a place that he hated, and where many of the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005