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  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  arrived, I feel ready for the next two months of school before the summer ... March, a presentation that accounted for 30% of my grade, and what felt ... different. For me, I spend the mass majority of my time on my Physics and Real

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of ... education is perfect for the modern word. With the ability to outsource ... . Now, machines can perform calculus operations for us, but it takes a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  For the first half of IAP, we were speed walking to prepare for the spring semester. But for the second half, we arrived on campus and did some ... ! 4) We saw the Shakespeare Ensemble’s production of Go Back for Murder

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  or unopened textbooks for GIR classes like biology or physics. I ... for nearby restaurants like Saloniki’s and Dig Inn. Although nothing ... waking up at 4 a.m. to stumble into the boathouse for morning rowing

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  actually do exist! They’re out there! For you and you and you... As the sun ... was the fifth person in line (pretty good for an amateur like myself ... keep his hair on fleek and gives great hugs. And yes, I asked for you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• 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 ... much time with my friends as possible before 1) we get too busy for each ... for this semester, lots of research and coursework that i'm genuinely

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  up buying at the store. Ice cream is a catalyst for productivity ... of these masterpieces of convincing propaganda. I, for one, know that ... meta-poster postering a space explicitly not intended for posters. Wait

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  , memorabilia, and snacks for college away in my mom’s Kia Rio as the dynamic duo ... , as some people see it, I signed up for a preview of hell to replace my ... the picture perfect start to ease my wave of nerves and angst, for what

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  yourself" means 3:47 The "what do you do for fun?" essay 4:37 The "what do ... Advice for last year's prompts (which are the same as this year's) from our

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  time for a summer update. i'm in seattle! again! this time i ... 's a time for new friends and new experiences and new places. at the same ... -night craving and wandered to safeway for ice cream, where we discovered that

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  food; order more Wait for more food to come; browse memes They forgot the breadsticks; call back Eat food Wait for breadsticks; try to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  morning room sounds get your headphones

  

  use headphones for maximum sense of transported-ness   The ear ... everywhere, without ever having to focus. Marshall McLuhan * * * * * for more

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 14, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch Ceri on SciShow! teenage mutant YOUTUBE NERDFIGHTERS

  

  /CMS and now writes for SciShow. Mostly Ceri works behind the scenes, writing and editing science content for the show, but a few days ago she

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  filled with too many midterms for me and too many college applications for ... throwback to childhood for some positive vibes) If you ever feel like you ... , readings for HASS writing classes that don’t get done, more coffee, more

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  just waiting for me to bring him home. He keeps a very watchful eye as I ... was almost more well known for the number of wives he had (five!) and ... from the first 8.01 physics test, thanking all the powers that be for

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Short Thoughts Girlhood, editing, iPhone notes.

  

  struggling with bouts of illness for the past month or so. I'm not sure what ... my MIT experience that I've been sick for more than a few days. I ... ’m editing for the MIT chapter. We've been live for only two weeks, but I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  for the past four months. Winter in PA is grey trees against a warm ... advice, but for the most part the yells were from the kids, struggling against inexperience and each other for control of their canoes. Here, out

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  fireside chat, I asked him what advice he has for MIT students in my position ... consider in future semesters. Thanks again, John, for sharing your thoughts

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  while I was cleaning things out for the new semester, a gentle reminder of ... ) and 20.310 Biomechanics (the other three pages). For each exam in 20 ... , with whatever information we thought might be useful. For 7.05, we were

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  did get myself involved in things (hooray!). Today I went shopping for a ... CPW Midway for Chinese Students Club, and our Noodle Extravaganza event afterward. Then, I’m going to Chocolate City for Ill Vibes, an open mic sort

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015