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  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  ) Prof. Egozy is amazing and you get to create cool things like your own ... , you get to build your own microscope and micro fluidic device then ... . You get to pick your own research area and dive into any topic related

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  happily relied on public transportation to get around. Recruiting for MIT ... you are able to meet an MIT admissions officer at your high school, in ... Transportation Authority (MBTA) can take me, so 9 months into the job, I had to

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  ’ve come a long way and overcome so much this semester to even get here ... swallowed by my sofa, I actually left my room (from off campus) to study on campus at a desk I didn’t skim through solutions, hoping I’d get

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  to take a math assessment. This essentially assess your skills and ... on 18.01 before getting to 18.02."]18.01a/18.02a[/annotation], and ... -5+6-5+6-5 to get 3, or have to copy it from somewhere on the page). This has been

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  moment was something for the books, for the memories you recount to your ... “Isn’t it crazy how we’re all a part of this?” my friend says to me ... supermoon and a lunar eclipse are scheduled to happen on the same day (night

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  so I could get the extensions I needed to finish my work. Mental Health ... only advice that I have is to keep talking. If you’re having trouble ... to get help, I don’t know how my story would have ended. In the event

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  and graduate students to try to get some sense of the whole process and ... to get a positive response. Each time, I have to bite my tongue to stop ... plagues all seniors at the end of their undergraduate career: getting my act

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  just get the library." Vincent Crabbe (Bella X. '25), to Neville: "Your ... props are fun. I was reluctant to get robes at first, but some generous donations from alums allowed us to all get robes for free. I played as Neville

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  something to define yourself other than your intelligence." This was a worry ... delivery was to have them taped up outside your door, once they arrived. I ... so many conversations with so many people to get me here, but I am here

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  to draw your attention again to our amicus brief, filed jointly with ... also draw your attention to the U.S. government’s brief on behalf of the ... attention to the class of 2028 and beyond, I want to take a moment

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  Electronics Lab at MIT So that's the first difference: to get the light going ... problem is that people like pictures. And people like to know about the ... student (they tend to be about how neat trees look right after rain in the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  night/weekend work is expected from October to April. In return, your job ... 6 AM. I've come to rely on a natural light alarm clock to help me get ... extra screen space really helps when you're trying to make sense of a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  Messenger group chats to do a little analysis and see if I could get any ... for: Resolving confusion about class policies. Getting hints about ... seems to me like a much-needed upgrade from Facebook Messenger group chats

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  he made the song Tiny Dancer, which I could belt out and get close to ... a girl could ask for. for always knowing how to frame my shots and get ... tl;dr I made a music video to commemorate graduation happening in a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  syllables so your goal is to get as many haikus as far as you can count Can ... , so ready for CPW, because I didn’t get to go to CPW when I got admitted ... your inbox. please come and visit. oh, and by the way, i hope to see all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  around in an oversized fish tank: ‘I can’t wait to get out here.’ When the ... documenting his work completely rebuilding Gus, which (he told us) he planned to drive to Cambridge if admitted.   I still have the first email I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  get to the point where I am now -- where the mirrors I look into are ... people get the chance to speak, I guess? Like, bisexual erasure is real ... . Fortunately, you only have to ask once in your life.) Thank you, whoever you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  nights when I didn’t even want to think about walking across campus to get ... experience, with many exciting things that I had the opportunity to experience ... went back to work. Half an hour later, I checked my Facebook and couldn

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  to wear velcro." I have never, ever been one to get anything done ... myself that if I get it done now I won't have to worry about it later, and ... possible way for me to get done before 4 AM. Here's exactly why it took me so

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  ?). If you’re now wondering whether I’m about to throw some kind of ... counselors always liked to talk about how we should take care to get eight ... trifecta covered, your score would be up to some combination of fate and the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015