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  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  's faculty - and what's actually here on the website is only a small sample of ... campus culture we have all come to know and love. The traditional image of ... 's actually just one of the many, many completely amazing professors and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  opposed the apointment of a chaplain, and, as you can imagine, a few ... you can have a "first post" war. And like I said, I do reply to all the ... checking the IAP events schedule pretty regularly, but unfortunately, most of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  : not personal growth and the importance of self-care, or how long one can ... outlines and hand-wavy explanations of the topics I've covered, sort of as ... ! We got a lecture or two on the shape of the universe, and the Higgs

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  What is a zonotope? Get a sheet of paper and draw some vectors in the ... vector originating from each end of the first segment. Connecting these two ... point and you’ll get the same shape. During the process of drawing the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  first walked through the hallways of East Campus and stared at the murals ... , and that's one of the reasons I fell in love with MIT in the first place. ... deeper understanding of how the system works, and appreciate the freedom I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  -term: it lies perfectly at the intersection of weather/climate and computer ... , in my very first blog post, I came up with an assortment of general ... ; though the earth science comes in through my research, and not through

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  ! ...if you're a girl) and to lead a tour of my UROP lab. But the one thing ... telling people my major in words instead of numbers, and I always say the ... advanced-standing exam and you pass out of it, it's better that you take the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  food first and started taking a salsa lesson in front of us. by the time ... single blog post. I won't dive into the history and implications of U ... tickets during IAP, booked Airbnbs at the start of the semester, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  first college and enroll at the second. This shifting can lead to a second ... colleges recognize and accept this. If I'm admitted off of the waitlist, do I ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully

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

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  to think of myself as someone who asks the tough questions and is not ... incredible. They are some of the most talented, accomplished, interesting, and ... of the program, and I was accepted. When I applied, I didn’t mention it

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  first time, I am spending a lot of my free time UROPing, and now I am ... along the lines of applying or choosing a graduate school, med school, and ... and friendships in the class of 2020 as well as 2021 and 2022 (….. <

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  It's Sunday. I've had a particularly draining week. For the sake of journaling, here are some of the lowlights. I dropped 6.0002. Actually ... Thinking and Data Science"]6.0002.[/annotation]By the time I realized it, it

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  Square (still during said FPOP) and feeling the vibration of the trains ... whole experience and draws your complete focus to the exotic creatures on ... the second-last day of my FPOP, we sailed to Spectacle Island and had an

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  speak all I feel about emotions, identities, parts and whole, bodies, the ... my year is ... CODING. Yeahhh - What the... I’ll be first to say that ... ...with programming languages. A few of us have some programming background, but for the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  it down. And while at the end of my first-year, I still wasn’t fully ... learning and decisions that need to be made over the course of college, and ... , to be that sure of myself.” And I think in this virtual age, the free

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part two) sophomore trinkets

  

  like to go through all of the stuff we collected, and reflect on the ... part of the Sleep No More *experience* The program and tickets to ... where both of the shows were held...and!!!! fun fact: the Mckittrick Hotel

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  awesome UROP at the Page lab, and some of the rest volunteering as a brother ... War II and deepened by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia ... salaries and some help from the government, was just enough to buy half a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  the way first: no one needs a tablet. And no tablet, Surface or iPad or ... title wouldn't fit on the image below. Paper and pencil Antiquated, I ... 't mean you have to lose the advantages of new technology, though.  Most

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  take the test and you need exactly one piece of information from the review sheet. You take the whole test and you at least attempt to answer ... just feel sort of gross about the whole thing. Then you get the test

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  occurrence. The unit was prefaced by the account of the world's first and only ... ): For me, the second month of college has ended, and what a wonderful time ... is known as the "father of modern linguistics" and the "world's top

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014