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  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  it! So I`ll share what`s on my mind. I guess this is a book report, kind of. I`m almost 300 pages through Matt Ridley`s "The Rational ... life seems depressing. What`s the point, I wonder. Especially if I can be

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  episode of MythBusters. Randal Pinkett S.M. '98 M.B.A. '98 Ph.D. '02 was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s trending?: My Computer Vision final project Where trendy styles = adding styling to trend lines

  

  complicated! And it’s definitely not perfect. We achieved an accuracy of 76% on ... text, or titled images. That’s pretty cool—we were able to use ... by our neural net. Computer Vision basically ate up Nathan’s and my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  If you’re looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the vast opportunities that it offers MIT students, then you’re in the wrong place. You see, I’m a…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s like I go to class or something. Or whatever.

  

  Contrary to popular belief, I actually do stuff outside of farting around and doodling. Stuff like going to class and paying attention to important stuff. Filing that one away in…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes,The New App…It’s Really Here Or Why This Year's App is "Cooler" Than Last Year's.

  

  If you’ve visited the MIT campus you know that throughout much of the year (when we’re not reading applications, basically) admissions officers do daily information sessions. This summer they have…

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  A reminder: Fall 2006 UROP Direct Funding (Funds from UROP) Deadline: Thursday, Thursday September 14, 2006. Keep in mind that there are three options when doing a UROP: – UROP…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  So me and my 133t h4x0r roommate Yuan decided to take over Bryan’s blog for the day… Shaye: Are you sure this is legal? Yuan: Don’t worry about it. Shaye:…

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  I pulled another all-nighter this weekend. The last one I pulled was for Mystery Hunt. Now let me tell you why. I woke up Friday morning getting ready for casual…

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  transcripts< i got two 100/100s in maths and science, but both an 82 and 100 are ... email describing the program(s) perhaps with screen shots

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  Networking is a funny thing. It can be formal (and slightly artificial) – think of the scripted conversations you have with recruiters over and over at career fairs. But it…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  Currently listening to Currently with: Raymond, Lucy, and Shannia Currently drinking: Odwalla Superfood Currently feeling: warm and cozy in the Shire, floor 4West, Next House, Cambridge, MA. This weekend was,…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  I’m a small-time, not very experienced foodie – but I’d like to think I’m enthusiastic about food nonetheless. On a scale from 1-10, where 1 is “someone who just eats…

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  Last Saturday, when I should be working on a model of a performance space for my architecture studio, I got a call from my friend saying that Lifehouse is performing…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AFROTC = stress, and why that’s okay Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps: "what do you do every week?"

  

  C/4C Claire Nieman ’13 On Sunday, 25 October, the cadets of MIT’s Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 365, including myself, traveled over to Hanscom Air Force Base…

  • by ROTC
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  I started writing a brief response to some of the comments on Chris’ post, but then it stopped being brief, so I decided to post it here. Anyway, some of…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Food, Folks, and Fun…..but definitely not mcdonald’s Quinton makes friends at the Muslim Student Association

  

  As far as admissions counselors go, I am relatively new to the MIT community. Over the past couple of months, I have been exploring this wild and wacky place called…

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  Trivia: What is the name of MIT’s literary magazine, and which MIT Admissions blogger is its Editor-in-Chief? [answer at the end of the entry] Earlier this summer, I received an…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  You’d think that if anywhere offered great computing help, it would be MIT. It’s so obvious but up until today I’ve ignored this awesome resource right at my fingertips. You…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Tyra Banks is 5’10” tall and weighs 161 lbs. I am 5’9 3/4″ tall and weight 150 lbs. I have taken a cue from fellow blogger Lulu…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007