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• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  having sat on countless committees, that we simply don’t care if your ... Foundation’s book on legacy admissions. That chapter doesn’t actually contain

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  11:30 am. For those of you who don't know, the GRE is a computer based ... go. Empty everything I had in my pockets; the GRE doesn't let you even

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  and buildings I don't quite recognize, but want to know. Seeing without ... do it all over again. I don't know where I'm going, but I hope

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) – a DVD you will receive with your next big mailing (scheduled to be sent out early May), after you choose to matriculate.…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  I’m in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting tomorrow. You may wonder what Admissions Officers do when they’re on the road on a non-working day. Well, for…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

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  . .- -.-. …. / .. .- .–. –..– / .- / .– — -. -.. .-. — ..- … / – …. .. -. –. / …. .- .–.…

  • by Piper '13
  • January 22, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  Please don't be overly concerned about your class rank or GPA (grade point average) or even whether your school calculates them. With our ... school doesn't calculate GPA, please don't convert your grades to a U
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute see alan's post :)

  

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know The rules of the networking game

  

  may want to do in the future. Rule No. 1 Don't be a afraid to put ... suggestions on who to talk to. Don't be afraid to go talk to people at career fairs, even if you aren't looking for a job yet. They may not have a ton

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  little New England town that you probably haven’t heard of. Enter freshman year at MIT. But wait, don’t enter yet; you still have about a week ... whole bowl of pins such as this one at the Academic Expo. T

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  by her room to say hi so we could finally meet in real life. We haven't ... misery for a few minutes. I can't help but think back to the first and only ... circle, isn't it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  'd fill you in on some of MIT's not-so-well-known secrets. No, this isn't ... . Don't forget that when you get to the Activities Midway, held on the ... potential free food sources. If that isn't enough, there's always a few

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  If you’re a QuestBridge Finalist that didn’t rank MIT, you are welcome to apply. Please email us at [email protected] stating that ... didn’t include a math/science teacher letter of recommendation, we
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  At the very least, we recommend you have one full year of both calculus (or higher level math courses, if you entered college with credit for calculus) and calculus-based physics.…
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  managed to crash the Internet. I don't want to lead with that story though ... manager for MIT's campus since 1984. The only reason why he wasn't network ... empirically. It didn't make it to Interop Atlanta.) Ascend got the contract to

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  to do with all that power?  I can't answer that question for ... . I can tell you what I did: I learned a lot of math! And I didn't ... was a revelation. A blog post isn't anything like a paper or a

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  I am writing this from an internet cafe just outside Lusaka, Zambia, and Sam is awesomely posting this for me. My group has been here for just under a day,…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• 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

  

  ” is not a defense of neutrality, because algorithms aren’t neutral ... network neutrality debate, neutrality doesn't mean objectivity. In American ... other and form communities. So if neutrality doesn't mean objectivity, the

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

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  on the team “We Can’t Hear You, You’re On Mute”, a team traditionally ... haven’t done in a year, but let’s not talk about that"]walking onto Putz ... , “what?” Shuli: You don’t know what Second Life is?? You make me feel old

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  are all numbered (e.g. “I have 5.111 at 12:00 in 10-250”) wasn’t enough ... was that studying engineering taught you how to solve problems, and isn’t ... Biomolecular Systems, Linguistics, and more.) (On a side note, so far, I haven’t

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007