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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  amount of logic and reasoning. It's satisfying to see things line up with a ... 's understandable, since math is what you need to understand old systems and build new ... Elementary discrete mathematics for science and engineering, with a focus on

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  conduct one or a series of on campus seminars during IAP presenting the ... )! IAP is one of the most fun times of the year. It is a time where ... an externship, some will learn a language, some will do research, some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  . For me, it was a good decision to get a handle on the purely mechanical ... When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a doctor. The summer before my senior year of college, I wanted to be a doctor. Are these two

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  stories and decision paralysis

  

  a few weeks ago someone wanted to shoot a music video and needed a ... ’m graduating in a few weeks, i haven’t stopped meeting new students here and ... statistical physics, but i’ve also enjoyed talking to a wide variety of people

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 8, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  A couple of Fridays ago I had the opportunity to sit in on an LSC ... such a different approach and it’s great to get to work with him now on ... up in Boston. It’s great to come back to Boston, especially a smart

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  On Friday I flew out to California to visit my friend Greg. Greg is ... delight when a few weeks ago Greg called excitedly to tell me that my visit ... area, where he works at a pretty awesome solar energy startup called Cool

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  people on stage couldn't help but laugh and smile. Neither could I - or a ... worth it to be in the presence of so many bright and thoughtful people on stage. So what principles did the Dalai Lama posit to anchor this new

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  blog to a whole new level. It's like one of those psychoanalysis inkblot ... ? Well, I finally made it home and then spent a lot of time catching up on ... , my last few days at MIT were a blur- I had 3 exams and lots of stuff to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  my disappearance from the blogosphere. I’ve been meaning to post a ... before summer’s end! After school let out, I hopped on a plane and flew back to California for a highly anticipated return home. I hadn’t had the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  's a twisted exercise to ultimately grade a person on one's mastery of ... . Each poet in a poetry slam takes a huge risk in sharing their secrets on ... stuff. Talk. And don't always feel like you need to have a p-set in hand

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  opportunity to meet new people everywhere and to spend 24 hours a day learning ... ’t quite know what to expect when I arrived in Cambridge on Thursday. In fact ... moment on campus… and I’m pretty sure that it’s safe to say: Mission

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  tabs on what I'm learning at this fancy college I go to, which is why she ... year knowing three new ways to juggle and talking about how I was being ... opportunities kept coming. I used to dread dancing the way a lobster dreads lemon

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  enroll, I wanted to take a few moments to speak directly to the Class of ... at a rural but well-resourced public high school in New Hampshire. I ... I went on to Princeton Review, searched for liberal arts colleges

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  This post is for the MIT students about to embark on finals week ... out. Maybe you're planning on pulling an all-nighter tonight and to ... yourself. It may seem counterintuitive to take a break from studying

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  't Doonesbury vote-bomb me though! A new class will be offered by the Economics ... From the comments on my last entry, the mean is 3.21748954013248 and ... believe that the economists might have something useful to say about this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  waking up at 7:30am on weekdays (this is hard for a college student. really ... 's Headquarters happen to be right here in Boston! (This is not a very widely ... staring at The Weather Channel for hours on end as a child, and having a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  students here had dwindled down to single digits. I logged on to take a short ... are given handlebars on the side of the train to hang on to. In the ... to hold on. You can jog on the side of the train and still be quite

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... able to learn something new about you, then you've written a great ... 'll answer these questions. Our approach to application "essays" is not a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to share your contact ... MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  First, an aside Today, Adam and I were on the subway heading to the ... now, the real stuff A common concern voiced about applying to ... 's going to be difficult for a given student to stand out among his or her

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006