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  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  on. You can think of essay questions as instruments which elicit a ... best we can, which is how we've settled on our current format of ... to elicit enlightening information about you, or what sorts of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  colorful new new MIT welcome center will soon be ready for you to see! more on that later this summer it is time for those of you who might want ... . Admissions officers can explain complicated processes and provide words of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  code. See if you can figure out the "secret code" within the unscratched ... lottery," he says. "I can assure you that that's not the case. I'd simply ... If you enjoyed the story of the MIT Blackjack Team -- the movie "21

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  ! But, when I look back, I realize that maybe I don't. I've been getting ... and get ready to head home for the summer! I haven't spent more than two ... walk off, diploma in hand, you'll be hearing this.

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  We frequently get requests to blog about transfer admissions, and now ... there are many students who will get into graduate school at MIT ... Emily, who many of you interacted with during the transfer admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have classes

  

  chunk from 8. 6.004 (Computation Structures): Another class where I know ... 't actually need this class, so it will be the one that gets dropped if I get

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  visualizes dependencies and degree requirements, and lets you drag and drop classes to plan what you want to take each semester. Pictures make more ... . CourseRoad is a wonderful tool because it lets you toy with alternate

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  whose lives you get a glimpse into. A round of applause for the champs ... , we couldn't get Tim on short notice, we realized our slow motion ... . For those of you with the stomach to watch, I offer you this video

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  , frostbite is no fun and neither is being wet all the time. In case you haven ... crazy IAP snowstorm from last year. My advice: don't worry about what you look like, get the puffiest and longest coat, the craziest wool hat, the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  whether or not science actually sells. You can read the full interview here, but here's a little sample: InnovationNewsDaily: Jessica, you have a background in biology and architecture. Jesse, you studied computer science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  greeting of the coming holiday. You can tell a lot about someone ... -paints... "Are you a kindergarten teacher?" asks the sales clerk. "No," says Kelly ... followers. 3.) Trace the outline of your hand (preferably the hand you do not

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  ed sites to "go social", if by "going social" you mean things like ... our office, but by students. We of course have our Facebook page, where ... box called the Wall. It was open only to college students, and you could

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  otherwise corroborated by outside sources. You say you're an excellent ... your transcript and test scores. You say you're a leader in your school ... say about you? So even at the most fundamental level, external

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  heading to the tunnels. If you're interested in learning more about/getting ... undergrads here as it is for pre-frosh, so we are all just as hyped as you are ... ! We just wanted to highlight two that we think you really should NOT

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  contemplating the prospect of having a class on Junior/Senior P/D/F. You get to do ... DID YOU KNOW? Prussian Monarch Frederick William used to kidnap ... royal guard. Like a freshman? Haha, no, you aren't allowed to do that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  . You can read about the history, which was chronicled by Matt, here, He ... people ever tell you how pretty your cities are?!?!) I have about 200 pages ... , but hey, we're MIT students, right? :D So you've probably heard of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Live Kernel Patching System An MIT alum and graduate student just released a system for applying Linux kernel updates…

  

  cool system that I think some of you might like. Ksplice is system for ... loaded, can be used to immediately patch vulnerabilities or introduce new ... telecommunications providers and anyone who hates downtime. “It allows you to hot patch

  • by Evan B. '10
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  and can teach us and how to conduct them. The class has three major components: 1. In lecture, we will discuss (and you will read research papers ... will aid you in designing, conducting, analyzing and presenting a field

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  How do you go from taking 5 classes a term to only taking 2? You ... SEMESTER EVER that I've taken less than 48 units. So what am I taking you ask ... quantity. Commentary: WE GET TO MAKE YO-YOS IN THIS CLASS. And the professor

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  classes, and some of you are probably curious about the classes offered at ... quantitative than you'd think (in general, neuroscience is more quantitative than ... .35 (Sensation and Perception) How senses work and how physical stimuli get

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006