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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  at the time because I had to finish this problem, due in less than four ... voice-leading possible. He sat down at the piano and played through the ... up at 4 AM after I-forget-how-many hours' sleep and start on a thermo

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  '05 (now a first-year grad student in bioengineering at Stanford) always ... realized 1) it is entirely inappropriate for innocent eyes, and 2) I said ... are not above a little glee at the magic of science. 18.01, Calculus

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  Okay, I'll admit that it's been a slow week for me, so I'm going to ... Westinghouse prize when I was 12, big deal. Published at 19, so what. I got a double doctorate from MIT at 22, chemistry and geology. I taught at

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  to simply use for their next year at college or spend on themselves ... interned for a summer at Uber ATG (Advanced Technologies Group) which is ... former classmate. He graduated last year (as the ‘17 suggests). When at MIT

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  large shoes made for walking in soft ice next time. At the same time ... pictures, which speak for themselves. The Big Rocks have a lot to say, just ... of course, more green living things than my heart could ever wish for

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  ="not that there's anything wrong with that; i absolutely live for vincent ... City to stay for the summer about a week prior. Most of my stuff was still at MIT, so the night before “yesterday,” I took a train back to MIT

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  to never missing out on schoolwork despite not feeling up for it at ... happened for sure. Yet, it was mixed with a variety of other complicated and ... for some things to improve and change as time goes on. One of the most

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  for mechanical engineering students (aka gotta take one of them to ... at the end. 8 Number of teams the class is divided into. 24.9 The ... most fun I've had as a student at MIT.  I was on the Purple Team, and I

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  little more... Fenty For at least a week or two I had been sleeping on the ... lately (which I found mostly began with ‘F’) (thanks for clicking on my ... bridge, and I’m starting to apply for jobs and work in tech and do those

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  silent at night, except for the occasional other pair of adventurers or ... feelings tend to sneak into my experiences at MIT, but I think I've found little ways to fight them off at this point. But, back to IAP. I wanted

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  Listen: writing well is hard. It is hard for a lot of different ... change the way you think about writing. I keep Orwell's rules for writing ... .   But the same is true for college essays, as Orwell doubtlessly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is ... At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... , and how you see yourself as a match for each place. Teachers often find

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  to be blogging about your life at MIT - and for that to happen, you ... entered the lottery for advising seminars (and may apply for one of the ... semester at MIT, on the academic side of things, I took four science classes

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  to look at ways to use STEM for a more traditionally government ... This coming Tuesday, the major declaration form is due for freshmen ... : Course 8 (Physics) Okay I never seriously considered physics while at MIT

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  ’t. I stare at the Solidworks logo for a couple seconds and then go back ... do anything at all, panic, and calm apathy, terror at the prospect of ... to practice to even have a chance at passing, and that I was nowhere

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  enough until I at least start my internship, but no. No, these feelings are still very much here. I look at my internship and, while it sounds ... internship, like I've been telling people. It's a subgenre of sorts, meant for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  extremely difficult feat even for highly athletic people, but at the same time ... Hello! Sorry for the recent lack of post! After an epic trip around ... approaching (of couse, after the horrifying super intense final week for people

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  time to do stupid things at the canonical school of smart people with ... tolerance was shattered. I was fine for the first 3 seconds, so I took a few ... fighting for my life in between gulps of milk. I gave up on finding cups and

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  speak at Math Prize for Girls, a competition for top female students in ... show favoritism to girls, they were doing a terrible job at it. Aside ... that I was succeeding, even though he didn’t think I was that good at

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  nice and all, but this is an idea that is hard for me not to be doubtful ... for help or participate in groups; when i happen to be in the midst of ... for myself are too high. standards such as — i must be intelligent and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021