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  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  weren’t for OCW, there would’ve been nothing else on my application that could’ve gotten me into MIT. Because of the OCW preparation, I got to ... Verdes, and why you are up at 2am doing a PSET when you could’ve not

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  opportunities. The 2 WGS (Women’s and Gender Studies, within Course 21) courses I’ve ... government/NGOs. I’ve even interviewed at a couple software firms. And thanks ... of myths about HASS majors (and minors) I hope I’ve dispelled in this

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  when you are perpetually Hosed. Unclear if they've happened to me this ... starts with “x,” the effort I’ve been putting into time management and ... ... Yes: what I’ve been trying to say to new experiences this year. It’s my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  living in. And I’ve even started to make my mark on the walls. I would ... of Senior House residents with whom I’ve interacted in my short time ... vibrant murals and continue to call it Senior House. As I read what I’ve

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  , and we’ve gotten everything from snow to rain to almost sunny weather ... times, young prefroshling--you’ve all applied to MIT for the academics ... hardcore, but I'm glad I ended up visiting. I've lived in EC for three years

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  ). I’ve only really caught up in 6.042 (Math for Computer Science), I ... to catch up. I’ve never been this sick while at MIT, but during my ... where I am now. And, I've almost never had to do things completely by

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  ’t really have a choice and so I’ve gotten pretty good at chugging along and ... like Jello, you also feel pretty darn good about what you’ve achieved and ... . I’ve poured my heart into building my life here at school and so there

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  directly across from the Boston skyline and along MIT campus would’ve ... should’ve been watered. If I looked closely, perhaps I could try to ... brief deviations from the “routine.” I’ve never been bored here, not yet

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  figured I'd blog because I've been quiet for awhile and there are some ... 'm blogging from nerd camp in Vermont. I've been coming here as a camper or ... teaching here and working at MIT, I've basically never left. This year I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  : There is a good chance you’ve heard about this already, since a lot of ... sometimes march off the beat of any drummer. And long after you’ve left MIT ... at the very least with their knowledge. I’ve never much liked surprises

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  Professor Jackson's permission, I've reproduced it, unedited, below ... I had lost everything. I think that’s the lowest I’ve been. I don ... because that is the only thing you’ve been doing, then of course if you do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  we’ve covered a few interesting papers that have recently been published via which we’ve examined different applications and modeling ... started taking any images yet, we’ve spent some time discussing the medium

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  Lydia here: some of my favorite things I’ve learned at MIT, from my ... pictures can you fit in a blog post?” The answer, it turns out, is a lot! I’ve ... . Apart from origami, I’ve also been working on another type of art called

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  apparently like listening to Stomp Pop and Brostep?), I’ve compiled some ... units for a full-time student is 36. I’ve been following the lead of my ... the time. I’ve been working in the Griffith Lab (tissue engineering

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  aircast comes off, I'll need physical therapy. I've met with student ... the occasional Lyft or Uber driver. I still feel behind, but I've been ... other ways. But I've been helped so many times in these past few weeks

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  more senior). I definitely look up to all the developers I’ve worked with ... white picket fence.** In actuality, the lines are much more blurred. I’ve ... enough to readily learn from anyone. Concerning the actual work I’ve been

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  sounds like MIT’s equivalent of the Room of Requirement, and I’ve been ... incredibly nice locations for studying and sleeping. I’ve recently come to ... good sunlight in a room). Many other course lounges I’ve walked past also

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  can happen, I’ve learned that sometimes they don’t, and that’s totally 100% okay. Since I’ve gotten to this crazy Institvte, I’ve learned to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  because I’ve been doing some thinking. *** The most profound things seem to ... to breathe a little (although I have to admit, I’ve been in remission ... moments are precious, that you’ve experienced a treasure trove’s worth of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s been 3 weeks the firehose is still alive and kicking

  

  , three expectedly busy weeks. I’ve gotten sick for a brief period, seen ... weeks—that is to say, I’ve been floating around in the bubble built around ... judgmental stares poking my back) but I’ve actually been writing a lot. In fact

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014