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• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  phrase to NYTMITSISATEE?), because, well, I’m a n00b.* As in, I-can’t-solve-a ... Latin, I’m adding a third language to my database this semester (and by ... very much like writing a good recipe: you have to list your ingredients

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  to Software Engineering in Java 6.178 is a six-unit class offered only ... Git, a version control system that helps to coordinate/collaborate your ... I had gotten used to it and can now say that I have a basic idea of

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  refuse to buy an iPhone - I didn't even own an iPod until just a year ago ... Boylston on foot (my bike was stolen - thanks a lot, whoever stole my bike a ... eighty semi-hours Ten thousand thirty-two hundred emails to read Ten

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  too", and a lot of "time to focus on regular apps, then", and a lot of ... 're feeling right now, because i don't. all i have to go on are these vague ... enough to give me a small idea. it must feel worse to receive decisions

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  just say no to everyone and try working on projects on my own for a year ... exploring a new field can cause their whole social circle to begin exploring ... on ai research. part of it is because i have a hard time committing to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Do Welsh Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? teaching kids robotics through GTL Wales!

  

  British landscape (no offense New Jersey). I was matched to a few schools in ... takes. It took a physical toll on me to teach from 8am-3pm every weekday ... of New Jersey. [annotation note="to clarify Shruti did all the driving

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  Friday when I was still in New Jersey. A couple of hours after that I got on a train to Boston, then took the subway. I got to campus around ... , so I only made a couple of phone calls, but I really enjoyed talking to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  : Relevant to what I want to learn. It's a new class which tends to be a lot ... relevant to any interest of mine. Also means I have to have a class on Friday ... gives me about 33 units to play with. I have a list of classes I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  . If you do use your new teachers, I would give them a bit of time to get ... %, you got to wonder. Or, should we use a supplementary essay to explain ... ,' so is leaving that section blank going to harm us?" You hit the nail on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  time on the team, requiring us to learn how to build a custom gearbox ... process, but more importantly, it’s taught me what it takes to work on a ... first be a good engineer. 2) Learn on the job Nobody tells you how to

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-India student interns at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  

  talking to such a diverse group has helped me tremendously in learning about ... have been in Nepal since then. I am currently volunteering at a Buddhist ... /Math/Computers to the novice monks, and some local school children, and participating

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  from September to May with a summer break, the Cambridge school year ... 'm thinking of starting a campaign to bring this to MIT, but I doubt it would ... often to formal dinners and other things. And a lot of the dining halls

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  lingering doubts about going to grad school dissipated. there was a moment ... uncertain while it’s happening, but then you figure out a new way of living ... look back on it and smile. for now and hopefully for a long time, for me

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  some independent video production on the side. Then I came “back home” to ... THE PAST 15 YEARS. Honestly, what is there to catch up on? The catching up is that I finally left MIT and started a new gig leading science

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  bringing together thoughts about my own life to come up with a coherent narrative. On the visual arts side, I spent a lot of time doing Blender (a 3D ... way for me to take the world that I know, and modify it in a way that

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  publish this past spring. The summer snuck up on me before I had a chance to ... seems like a better time, as people prepare to arrive on campus and start ... from time to time. :-) I am also publishing this because (a) I really

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  writing gary wang’s wikipedia page why did I fill out the wikipedia page for the ftx cto?

  

  Cross-posted on my Substack here. A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon ... entirely sure what compelled me to make a Wikipedia account and add more to ... uncharitable to myself, maybe I would say it was ego—contributing to such a high

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

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  thing that I got to go on a retreat to Kennebunk, Maine last weekend! And ... to do. please blog!!" e-mail from Chris. I even got a "just wondered ... world is a double-edged sword. You get to be around some of the most

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  to blog. A major obstacle to if and how people read is discovering ... , the stories you relate to are a direct reflection of your personhood ... summaries, but I'll leave a link to an article about each piece. I'll also

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  a harsh mistress. But I'd like to use this post to get back into the ... grade hasn't posted to WebSIS yet, but I'm pretty sure it's an A. I can ... around in his daddy's shoes pretending to be a grown up. Now I feel like I

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008