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  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  hear a buzzing sound. A puff of smoke comes out of the box. Nicholas McC ... DSL that does not exist. Haley C. ‘18 You put on a start-up tee ... your man, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me. Leo de C. ‘18 It is hot

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  your classes, a blank slate in the form of a P that equates a C to an A

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  at a constant rate C for tourists. Also, keep in mind, Sabrina can walk

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  -Variable Calculus. If you score a 5 on both Physics C tests, you can get out of 8

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  and Engineering Fair in Washington Michelle C. '20, "Determining the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  In my (high-school) senior spring, when I was almost sure I planned to enroll at MIT, I read obsessively about student life at MIT–the research and academics are, of course,…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  Clockwise from top right: sketch model review, sketch model review (on a real stall), mockup review, final alpha prototype on stage.  Top left photo by John Chow.   End-of-the-semester class…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  During my college application season, the adults around me (in addition to books like 50 Successful Harvard Application Essays, which I would not recommend reading) gave a lot of advice…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  This past Friday was the MIT career fair, a huge event where hundreds of companies send recuiters to set up booths at MIT. It fills up an ice rink, a…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  description: The display was the work of Jayne C. '16. Last year, one of my

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

   Boltíànskiĭ’s 1978 Hilbert’s Third Problem: If two figures A and C are each equidecomposable with a third figure B, then A and C are also equidecomposable with ... ) required. This problem was posed by C.F. Gauss. In a letter in 1844, Gauss

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  . See you again soon, hopefully not in a month. c: As always, I am

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  was the question I chose to respond to: 12c) Tell us about the most

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  time in Harbin (low: -30ºC) was cold, er, frostbitten. But well worth it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  communication talents with him to the policy world of Washington D.C. He

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  the Intro Bio. Midterm grades were out. I had gotten a C. -- When I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  exclaimed that "you have a very exciting life!" We talked briefly about C

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  , using Maxwell's equations to show that light travels at c, something to do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Let’s do a puzzle. Ready to flex some cranial muscle?

  

  -looking letters like X and L and M and C. The letters didn't look useless to my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  . I got a C in 3.091 and 18.01 and a B- in 8.01. I was very happy that I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011