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  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  , on the first day of the week. (Yes, I am extremely lucky.) So as I sit here in the airport on Tuesday morning, it's actually dead week that ... working on is embracing spontaneity a little more, which has... uh... never

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  it, I was just taking a shower. It came on quickly; I blinked, and then ... at the evidence, it seemed like I’d hit the self-destruct button on my ... a moment. It was a Saturday, and my friends were going on an adventure

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  ' heads. That girl over on the right had a hovering 1200. And the kid in the back, head laid down on desk seemed to have a 1430. Each turn down the ... parents cheered us on and wished us good luck the morning of? So much seemed

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  .  We shared with each other how he made an impact on our lives and also ... he wanted us to take away. On that day, there were many other slides ... his mentoring had on me, particularly that year. Since it’s been five

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  This semester has been weird for me. On one side I am for all intents ... classmates are 2020. On the other hand I am a senior. My oldest friends walked ... graduating this year I am still on the email list for the year I entered MIT

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  burned out and ready to move on, and although I still talk to the younger ... . When freshmen take on more leadership roles, older students don't get as ... in my email?", and "Do we always spend $1,000 on this?" MIT has a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  week), but then again that estimate is based on an average of student ... spend more time than the average MIT student working on things, so it ... .   Here are what those numbers on the colored rectangles mean and why

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  been heavy on my mind, as has been the realization that in doing so, MIT ... . It really does happen. Sometimes, you have a stressful p-set on our ... switch seats or put on headphones. The other party (also being somehow on

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  to Boston on a red-eye flight and was feeling quite removed from my ... myself as one of the afflicted). That was a funny thing to listen in on ... "Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems." This class is hard on me not because the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  spring semester. But for the second half, we arrived on campus and did some stuff! In no particular order, here is a list: 1) We went on an errand ... eating popcorn 3) We went on another errand run. The sky was really pretty

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  school i've been back on campus for about two weeks now, but it ... have been UROPing, starting to work on my thesis, and trying to spend as ... volunteer/service opportunities. on thursday night, i also went to the class

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  for their last exams, and suddenly my room was packed and i was on a ... -night conversations, and reflect on the things they've learned. and my hall, fifth west ... them, putting them in picture frames or pinning them on the wall. working

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  Previously on the blogs, I’ve written about MIT’s commitment to ... Institute focused on recruiting international students, especially from China ... posts that came out of my UROP research on the history of early

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  huge fan of joy's work ever since i read her blog post on inclusive ... now she's at the center for civic media, working on projects that ... * * * * * some snippets: (on algorithmic bias) (and how facial recognition

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  fierce the cultures of MIT dorms can be. Also, for reference, this post on ... upgraded I swear) (I just couldn't find anything else that had logos on the ... of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” “While we may

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  event was put on by the Division of Student Life and was a welcoming of ... down and worked for a bit while enjoying the food. Good luck to Suzy on taking on this important position.   -One hour and a thousand

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  working on stuff for the MIT 100K Competition. I started helping out with ... ideas on campus. 28 years later, the competition has helped start some of ... flying cars. Many of the startups have gone on to join incubators like

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  ; students are printing leaflets of resumes before the printers get tied up on ... student holiday on Friday so people can focus on finding employment. It ... scavenger hunt where you can stock up on assorted knickknacks like water

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  . Matt Damon was too. Yes, when he got up on stage, one of the first things ... extreme poverty up close. On a trip to Zambia, he became amazed at how clean ... exact problem on such a large scale." Then Matt Damon said, "And getting

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  on February 28th, the 18,239th and final piece was placed into the ... research on this puzzle, nobody was able to finish in less than 8 months. It ... their day into working on this project, then there was no doubt in my mind

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016