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  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  undergraduate student that works with MIT faculty to provide support and act as a resource/guide for MIT first-years. This is a program under the Office of the ... go on, a lot of these things will change and so it's always best to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  my next degree and had a sensational time. Now, many years later, we revisit rejection with a renewed lens. Professional writers and performers ... even a literal game to conquer, in a pressing effort to desensitize

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch the “Wild” 2023 Final Presentations for 2.009: Product Engineering Processes something to watch while awaiting decisions

  

  2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 ... . Check out the "build challenge," which is used as a big collaboration activity ... students with a team-based product development experience. Students will

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  , taught by Professor Vivek Bald. Learning to make videos was a goal of mine for 2022. I love photography and writing, and video is a nice marriage ... .  The class is structured as a workshop where the majority of the semester

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  This was originally going to be a post about how now that I’m in ... and within a reasonable time frame. The plan was simple – I’d finish all my psets and work due on a given Friday, and then immediately start the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  Look at this if you don't what a UROP is ... about a program that interests you. If you've read my other posts than you ... , one day in a December, an email showed up in my inbox from the Game Lab

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  next week, so stay tuned. I'm just popping my tired head up for a moment ... was involved with a class devoted to (re)designing the first ... , there has been a special focus on the substance and purpose of the General

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  The following is a guest post by Sam U. '16   When I applied ... internship at a large defense company and was ready to learn anything and everything about aerospace. However, as a bright-eyed freshman in an

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  /train ride over to Philadelphia for a fully-packed 3-day fraternity leadership ... is a weekend? I need coffee. I never drank coffee before this ... . Weekends are for recharging. Where are you, PNR? *hosed: in a constant

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  experimental writing. From Dada to 'Pataphysics and many more, we learned a lot ... , including a look at the "Table of Forms."  We would have lots of assignments which involved using a constraint, such as one from the Table of Forms, to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  about a year ago (June 2013) and - because I wasn’t ready to be a Real ... of medical school and absolutely loved it. In the past, I’ve had a lot ... since MIT is known to be a tough school, and whether looking back, I wish

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So @mitblogs_ebooks exists 'as you might know, i am a full time internet'

  

  Some of you may remember @horse_ebooks, a Twitter account which, before it was bought and subverted by Buzzfeed, was a truly delightful gibberish machine which spouted pseudorandomly generated spam tweets from a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  attended the CPW Welcome event Thursday night. It was a 5 minute, 5 step ... going for inspirational and life-changing. Here's a gif in case you missed ... was a major difference since my CPW: THE EVENTS DIDN’T GO PAST 2 AM. At

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  We begin with certain trivialities. *Resolution: A firm decision to ... times a week. I'll be strong, fit, the works. On Jan 2, it means: ahhhhhh ... , it means: Meh, was a busy month; definitely first week of February. On

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  , grew up with a classical music-loving mother, and now live with a ... go listen to concerts in Boston for free. In other words: I've had a ... Handel and Haydn. But I've never studied it. I am completely aware (and a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Classes of Semesters Past, Present, and Future since you asked.

  

  you leave a post with your course history? I want to take every class eventually and I can't decide!" So, here's a post with my course history. It's a nice record of my transition from pre-med/brains to astronomy. More

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  Hello! One of the first things I wrote about as a staff blogger was my transition from pueblerina to big city girl. A year and a half has ... . As a proud, first generation, Mexican-American woman, I found that

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  as a perfunctory check than anything else, and low and behold, there actually was a hack there! Floating in the center of Lobby 7's dome was a ... embellished with a QR code. Now theoretically, if one were able to scan the code

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  ... Nervous Systems jewelry and accessories began with a very common story. Boy ... accessories. OK, so maybe it′s not that common of a story. Regardless, what began as flirtations in an MIT dorm has turned into a profitable company

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  [by Jessica Noss '14] Unable to choose a single group, I decided to ... ended up staying all semester, which turned out to be a very bad idea by ... could handle two groups. The MITWE director, Dr. Fred Harris, is a great

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011