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  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  a chance to meet some of the prefrosh Intel finalists and we had a ... experience in all the labs on campus. It's one of the many things that make MIT ... lab of a Nobel Laureate, get a paper published, and go to professional

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  less of the really small things move over time, can store and let go of ... "words" that small computers can understand in the form of bits, and how ... After three and a half years of being at this school, I've taken

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  wanted to update with some thoughts and things since the spring semester ... and talking with people, I made the ultimate decision to drop 6.009. I have decided that taking five classes at MIT on top of a UROP and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  ’s no longer possible to wing it. The volume of complex information and ... more than just the absence of clutter and ornamentation. It’s about ... in your hand, how it fits in the context of your life.  And the very

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  knocking the MCAT out of the way, but doing well. So I listened to myself and went ahead with it. And guess what, it went well! I sent in the first part of my application last May and the process did not end till about

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  update. My grades are all in, and for the first time since coming off of ... beeping oh god the beeping it's driving me insane I am so tired and then it ... , which made for a frequent point of contention between me and my once

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once

  

  My first impression of MIT was through Math Prize for Girls, and it ... class in the morning. Part of me still feels like I’m seventeen and back ... latte,”  and then I did a Lot of Math that weekend,  and took a picture

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  week away (*cough* *cough*). And I waited! Then, the week of the deadline ... 't be, but it is! And of course, the normal anxiety that comes with ... !). I submitted that the day before the deadline. And, of course, I used

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  measure. He wanted to go to the Art Institute of Atlanta and study cooking ... Democrat has the rest of the story: For 18 years, Maria and John Hildebrand ... was the first applicant from his school to MIT in a long time, perhaps

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  was in a tremendous amount of pain. So I got the boot. And I healed ... to the edge of the room, and somehow made it to where the people were ... control of the classes and everything else that gets thrown at us and making

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  called 'To the Deferred' - and I want to now add to the words expressed in that entry. First: to those of you who got in - congratulations, and ... ten minutes, I sort of just stared at the wall and let tears fall

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• FAQ / Visit

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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  scene. I knew, the instant I saw it, that the stress and pressure of ... freshman over the course of a semester. You start ready to work and soon ... I realize that the title for this post could be the title of a hymn

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  do tomorrow. My lack of focus causes stress, and the stress is in turn ... first semester. The going to a dining hall feels like more of a time ... get to my goals” and employ the solution of “suck it up.” I for one

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  doing behavioral analyses and studying the immunohistochemistry of zebra ... and snowsuits, even though this is one of the most humid summers I ... , salarymen, and even train conductors, but Japan is also home to some of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  for the past few months. First, for some students, there are early ... complete. And finally, there's the scrambling to apply for scholarships ... -Help portion of your financial aid, at least at MIT) while at the same time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  'll highlight it in a future entry! A little background: back in the summer of 2003, the MIT News Office did a series of these articles called "Hometown ... of genius at age three or four. After returning from visits to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  Fraternity rush and sororiety recruitment, cornerstones of the ... , the President of Panhel and Evan Wang, the Programming and Recruitment ... from the stress of life and academics, the chance to have unforgettable

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  four different outfits before deciding which combination of shorts and ... of dirty laundry. I print out my p-sets for the week. While I’m at it I ... ’m running out of socks. I spend an hour picking out socks on the Internet. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  favorites. SEM.142 Sex and the [City] Institute: An Exploration of Gender ... experiences of characters in "Sex and the City" are generalizable to people of ... complete a final written project. No prior knowledge of "Sex and the City" is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005