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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  to the rap class I’m taking this semester with Lupe Fiasco; my living ... I don’t have the voice to ever become better than a mediocre singer ... ’s Sour album and realizing how wonderfully she captured the pains of first love

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  So much has happened academically in the last month! A while ago, I coded a ray caster for 6.837, the computer graphics class that has been ... , it's not...that great. But I digress. I actually wrote the bulk of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21W.762 Poetry Workshop some poems from the class!

  

  ) poetry with the blogs. I love writing about and highlighting the humanities ... be fun to share some with you. I asked the class to submit poems if ... adore everyone's writing and everyone in the class is super, super

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  on here and say harsh things?" Well, as has been noted in the comments ... hope that these blogs have shown you the care and consideration we give ... out of every 6 applicants. In one of the Oscar-nominated short films I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  the deadline for Early Action. Here are some things we want you to know ... their materials after the deadline. We are much more flexible and ... this date and you will still be fine. Please allow five days for the

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  The past four weeks, in maps. 3 continents, 4 weeks, 11 planes, made comprehensible.

  

  My adventures from the past month can only really be described, and my absence from the blogosphere explained, using a series of maps. I spent a substantial amount of time at each arrow tip. Where? In order

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  Remember the plot of The Matrix trilogy? Neither do I, which is why I IMDB'd it before writing this blog. Fun fact: under the space ... as coherent as any scene in the Matrix movies that didn't involve

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wanna be on the Radio? (Update) CPW: T Minus 4 Days

  

  entry. Thanks everyone! Expect an entry tonight about how to make the

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  advisor)'s office on Tuesday in search for the answers to life, the universe, and also how to navigate the Course 2 roadmap, littered with numbers ... minutes or so, I was convinced that he not only is the Best Advisor In the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  This year, Jeremy, Nikki, and I were in charge of the Admitted Student Welcome and Closing Show—two of the flagship events of CPW. Jeremy wrote a lovely blog post to document all the behind-the-scenes work that

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I fill out the self-reported coursework?

  Use your best judgment when completing the Self-Reported Coursework section. We're simply trying to get a clear picture of your academic preparation by subject area—you can't do anything wrong when completing the form
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  pretty much the perfect metaphor for what MIT has been like for me thus far ... for what’s to come. Then, before you know it, blasted in the face by the world’s largest fire hose . . . ever . . . in the world . . . /universe

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  There exists a nontrivial subset of the MIT population for whom the ... ultra ultra math nerds, and suddenly you can smell the scent of math wafting into the next room. It’s in the name, after all–the Mathachusetts

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  Sometimes you put a lot of effort into something and the external ... 's like trying to pop a pimple, where you'd poke and prod at the pimple for what feels like eternity without actually getting all of the pus out, so

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  every iap at mit. i took the class in 2020 and was an instructor in 2022 ... day meaning the first three days of web.lab, after which mit announces that classes are no longer allowed to serve food. you feel the strain in

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  at the end of every day to see if I can find any patterns. I take a ... late! Communication was bad on both ends; you’ll get it done. And the ... , so they know what they got. If we’re doing the work during the hours we

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  East Campus has a reputation. It's known as the mysterious and ... . And yet I’ve been happy on the East Side for three years. That said ... ’s perhaps my favorite aspect of the Institute—the chance to grow in a tight

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• 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!

  

  . That's about all the backstory you need. Also, nice to meet you!) You ... as the Japanese toilet. From the bare minimum squat toilet in the ... unfortunately, at my work place, to the highest of high-end seat-warming bidets

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  happened to you at what time, and then post the information? Not 'just ... , etc. There's a more detailed breakdown about the Class of 2005 here. As ... been reading the blogs (and they are wonderful,) but I am still in a

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  taking three classes this term, and the grade in all of them is based ... in the actual grades I get this term. (I wish I could be all badass and ... recently Go shopping. Adam and I went to the Cambridgeside Galleria on Friday

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006