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  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  , to determine the time complexity of each person's "ice cream ... Python bee was hilarious to watch. Competitors coded blind, under time ... little happiness, and little to look forward to; no hope remains. In this

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  science and anthropology. I have learned new ways to look at the world and ... to study the humanities. I have often heard from classmates at MIT that ... have learned this semester is that they are vital to understanding how

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  the way to the top. So I did. Three times. (And then once on foot ... enough cookies for every member of the MIT community to have one ... I knew there was going to be a problem when I was one of only two

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  problem your friend figured out in the time it took him to pee. You sit in ... Picture this. You’re trying to shuffle past a gaggle of camera ... ’t have to tell me about that. I knew it. Hours spent fixated on a problem

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  ; it's just bringing to mind what a banana looks like. I have never ... asexual people describe. For example, not really wanting to have sex, aside ... voice of God, urging him to quit his job and become a full-time pastor. By

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  , being abroad is my comfort zone. Since then, I have travelled to around ... of my friends know, I love airports – I have half a mind to spend ... you get to Mexico from New York, you could have flown from London over

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  you are able to meet an MIT admissions officer at your high school, in ... vibrant. I don’t know – I’m not a scientist! I have, however, taken to ... for the past 10+ years, I have had no need for a car and have instead

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  's because of that one bad grade! It's because I didn't have time to take the ... waiting on me to come home.   I have mostly avoided going into detail ... wouldn't they accept me? It's meant to be. They must have gotten something

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  throughout their time at MIT. I live in the dorm Burton-Conner, which I have ... that we have access to our dorm budget during the renovation, which ... lot of things have changed since that time—so much is in flux right now

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  , scriptwriting, editing, etc. If you're going to tell a compelling story, you have ... helping out with and would have LOVED to take if I was unfamiliar with ... talks about the gap between having good taste and being able to produce

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  community of writers that you have gotten to know through your screens. These ... 'm a blogger, and have gotten to know a little of the administrative side ... communities to love, and how quickly I have found the love returned. In DPhiE we

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  've taken so many L's. Physics L The summer before you come to MIT, you have to take a math assessment. This essentially assess your skills and ... .100L. You have to decide this switch by the end of the very first week

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  you don't blog for a long time, you lose your ability to rhyme. Not that ... took time to myself to work on my projects and I took vacations to ... . I may choose to disagree with Anna about the physical ties I have to

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  are three things I want to have when I grow up and start a career ... In the time I've been at MIT, we've had some interesting characters pass through the 'tute - Obama, Bill Gates, will.i.am, and Lady Gaga have

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  of the applicant pool, this time considering your mid year report. And ... it's unfortunate because you're all really awesome. You made it to ... Flash back to four years ago from this upcoming March 14th. I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  I could have given New Zealand Krithik was to really enjoy the time ... responses of six students to four survey questions, which have been minimally ... Robotics) I. The Before Times Before you decided to transfer to MIT, who

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  wanted to be a doctor -- which, at the time, was no longer a settled matter ... point, though, it's pointless to be too hard on yourself, if you know you're ... carried backward at times while retaining the intention to go forward. I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  color? Perhaps you still have the ability to see color, but let’s pretend ... the ability to see the apple, if you never have the chance to use that ... , but because in their worlds, they never have to practice that ability

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  universities that you can go to for your education. It's not like MIT teaches ... doesn't even have to be serious stuff. People here drop pumpkins off ... 's 0400 Saturday morning, and my roommate and I sit listening to whatever

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  that always seems to have something playing, whether Dr. Who, Inception ... my life. I have yet to regret that decision. The movie was incredible ... absolutely worth the time. It took me until 5:37 AM to finish 18.02, much

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014