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  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  Choosing classes at MIT is like filling up a skill tree in a video ... , there are too many great options; with over 300 classes in [annotation ... . Many of them probably wouldn’t work in real life. But nevertheless, it

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  ago. i created a new world, i booted up survival, walked around in some ... , playing minecraft in utter secret while my mom wasn't looking. i walked and ... , and then fill in the middle with straight lines and planes: this is

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  you who are now in college and used Google Docs to write your essays, I ... wondering how I could express something meaningful in so few words. But in the ... to any Common App schools in that round, so I wound up using this essay

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Class Projects

  Designing a Calculator with FSM Logic A web dev lesson from an MIT sophomore!

  

  many of our Course 6 freshman friends reach out to for help in their introductory courses. Robert lives in Maseeh Hall, was born in Goma and grew up in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I hope you enjoy

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  does a 5k, 10k, and half marathon in November while Disney World does a 5k, 10k, half marathon, and full marathon in January.  The Goofy ... medals if I do this one!" I registered in April and began my training. I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  last year of Mathcamp. In hindsight, it’s no surprise that I applied to return as a JC a few months later. And when my offer popped up in my inbox ... way I could spend my summer ceased to exist. In June, I learned how to

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  …ufacture mischief? In which I mansplain how my friends manipulate each other ... campus to help with this, luxuriating in the joys of free Starlink wifi ... . There are so many ways to find your people in college, and I want to talk

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  meet cool people through classes, who have pushed me to think in new ways ... ="obviously class numbers are not in the ten hundred most used words, but I'm leaving them in to make searching for the actual classes easier if anyone wants

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  6.115 Microcomputer Lab! literally the coolest class i've taken so far

  

  mighty in the S-tier. Sometimes classes at MIT feel difficult for the sake ... approximately 1.28% of what was said in lecture, but it was reassuring to know that some of my friends were in the same boat. Lab was a whole 'nother

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 16, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!

  

  them. However, in total, 72 units was too many. I skipped most of my ... in at 6 am and promptly went to sleep. This wasn’t a great use of time ... this in another blog, but I did nearly all of my readings this semester

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  . it's tuesday the 24th and we're waiting outside a house in mid ... , along with a yellow house that stopped me in my tracks. "that looks a lot ... chord in my memory. jeff and i met four years ago in the summer after

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  I've had my fair share of time with roommates and friends in the past year and I've learned a lot. I lived for the first time with friends in a townhouse in the suburbs of northern Virginia. There were five of us in total

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  in the US with a research or innovation idea, we encourage you to apply ... competitions in that we only require a proposal, rather than a completed project in the application. We select 6 finalists each year, who will each

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  , and BTS. I main Ashe in Overwatch. I love chemistry and biology. I have ... 't know if that's the truth. In a previous blog post, I listed out my ... . In 8.01 alone I spent nearly 7-9 hours each week on psets, and even

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  MIT in half of the articles on Popular Science. She is on Cloud Nine ... first exam. She gets that familiar thrill like she did in high school, the ... , there’s a little nerve in the very back of her head and at the tips of her

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  intention of nabbing as many free t-shirts as possible (33, in case you were ... invest in some business-casual clothing. And so, before the summer had even ... that recruiting season is so early in the semester, but at this point I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  and have interviewed 50+ applicants in the places work and life have ... , and New Haven, CT. I’m currently working on a joint MBA/PhD in ... and the students I meet are inspiring in so many different ways

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  classes. For those of you who can't instantly divide numbers by 24 in your ... littered with sonic screwdrivers and Tardis t-shirts. I managed to slip in a ... , Anna! As you can see from the schedule, I taught most of my classes in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  invariants, number theory and unruly combinatorics problems. In eleventh grade ... for them in what little free time I had. It was my most stressful high ... —balance, time-management, something. In my first few weeks here, I got a fair

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  At CPW 2011, I had, hands down, the best ribs I've ever had in my ... line for the ribs. Where, like a beacon in the darkness, stands Snively ... ribs I'd ever had in my life. My hunger tore through me. The world went

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011