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• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  months on campus before getting kicked off due to the pandemic. now i'm back on campus, but more than a year has elapsed, and i'm a junior now ... heavily on the upperclassmen in my living group and clubs. i felt

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  on that later this summer it is time for those of you who might want ... wisdom, but we can’t write about what it’s like to live on Conner 2, or ... perspective, and the disciplined exuberance to post at least twice a month on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  student.  I’m sitting on the floor of my dorm room, surrounded by boxes ... friends and I realized that the few extra dollars spent on getting a PODS ... in the Rye, Holden Caulfield stands on a hill looking down at the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  On Tuesday, the MIT Institute Community and Equity Office hosted a ... ;feature=youtu.be In my last post, I wrote: On a day like today, I find myself thinking particularly of Ben’sposts on Amaud Arbery and Life of a Black Person

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Signs of Life communication in a covid world

  

  sent to a relative wishing them a happy birthday! or a congrats on graduating!, a funny tweet sent to a friend, or a tag on MIT Confessions. On ... given to the stranger who brushes by you on the sidewalk.  In these times

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  .0001 the normal way and exact my revenge on the placement test that had wronged me. I took it freshman fall on Pass/No Record, and I passed. The ... requirements to complete to graduate on time. This list included 6.00, or

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  blogs that are marinating IS THIS POPULISM?

  

  would likely never become anything on their own. I have a similar thing going on, but I really want to write up at least some of my scraps. To ... general. Biology at MIT (what? why? how?) + cool stuff going on in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  of getting in based on your test scores ... later. Clean your room. Your parents will thank you. Work on your other ... some memories. Focus on school. Yes, your senior year grades still

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  a gcal september never really used it until now

  

  classes. they're pretty much the only things i've been putting on my ... interesting, but not mandatory. i may or may not go to them based on various ... .e. not planning on flaking, in contrast with light blue). yellow are

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  decisions for students who were on the wait list for the Class of 2023. If you ... to 17 out of the 408 students on our wait list. At this point, our wait ... that going in. I share his sentiments, and will add that I also was on a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  Thank You for unity and kindness

  

  feeling on the inside. As if goosebumps are embedded deep into my skin ... and continued on with my life. I avoided social media for the next 24 ... into tears. Tears that initially just sat on my lower eyelids. Then

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  universities — an institution built on intellectual excellence, a meritocratic ... , aim high, and earn a degree or a place in college or the military, on ... , on a beautiful day that I will never forget, I became an American

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  hall on campus, 26-100, with a capacity of 566. But it isn’t even the ... computer game on the 3rd week of class was quite empowering! 17.803 POLITICAL ... class best taken at MIT, as the Institute is on the forefront of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  to Sam, asking if he wanted to contribute a guest post on his ... I would write about Fireflies.   So, I clicked on the “export ... proofread what Sam had sent me. The last task on my list was to add in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  to MIT, I wanted to be the first man on Mars--or even one of the nerdy ... opportunities to get hands on rather than just brainstorm ideas. Fireflies, the ... ended up being was me bringing my friends food on demand. I remember

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

  anatomy of a hell week do not try at home

  

  for the week was half of a 14.121 pset that i'd gotten stuck on. if mit ... ice lake w/ judas and satan :~) i spent this weekend working on a behemoth of a homework assignment for 6.867 and trying to catch up on my late

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 27, 2016
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  -based college math competition held on the first Saturday of December. The ... 120. Individuals are ranked based on their raw scores, and the five (or ... Putnam, it's no surprise that the top performers on the IMO go on to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  , to economics, to privacy, to distributed systems, to take on this ... developers of Bitcoin to continue work on technical development, as well as my ... Media Studies, still works on the project as well. Last November, Chelsea

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  this amazing makeover on our product in 20 short days. We went from the ugly mechanical monstrosity on the left to the more modern and sleek gate on the right. But enough about green team's product- on with the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why

  

  hours in class analyzing those poems, and written 5000 words on a few ... powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.” I’m not going to make ... the recoil would have an equally deadly effect on the shooter). A bullet

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 14, 2014