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• Blog / IAP

  what i’m doing this iap 2021 a busy busy house

  

  Hi everyone! Apologies for being gone. I have a lot of blogs ... pretty photoshoots on her Instagram and did a lot of work for rocket team ... friend, Mohamad, flew in to quarantine and stay here with us for break to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  took a special version of 8.02 known as 8.021, specifically designed for ... remember correctly). The tiny class size allows for quick response during ... tune with students' needs this semester. I remember for our first pset

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  so...for the sake of social distancing, everyone's trapped in their ... lot and are either binge-watching Netflix shows or sleeping for ungodly ... ="300"] mood[/caption] for MIT students, this period of time is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  'm excited for all of them! Today I had two of them, and tomorrow I'll get to ... .303/11.003: Methods of Policy Analysis. I need this class for my humanities ... Probability. I need this class for my major. On day 1, the professor said this

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  oversharing first base what have I been up to for the last 2+ years?

  

  the blog train for a bunch of reasons, and then never quite figured out how to get back on - with the end result that I haven't blogged for over a year, and I've been living in comfortable silence for almost all of

  • by Jude H. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  and my teammates who are also my friends, I’m excited for my classes, I’m excited to finally move in. I’m especially excited to be a blogger for the first time! While most of my friends have been back in Boston for at least

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  trying to find a UROP because of this, and instead waiting for an opportunity that felt right at the right time. This did not happen for all of ... remote graphic design work for the MIT Teaching Systems Lab. We did not

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  for recreational purposes, and when I decided to apply I went back, but ... application season, and if so, then this post is for you! First I’d like to ... from home for months at a time, but I also believe the general atmosphere

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  infinite corridor is total chaos as tourists and students battle for ... and with a full schedule. Here is a look at how I am keeping busy for ... grapefruit, and sat in front of my Real Analysis class (18.100A) for a solid

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  of this semester. Perhaps even enough to compensate for the fact that ... the same lecture, but if I sit in office hours for enough time, it ... year, registration for this class is lotteried probably because Professor

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  $50000 grand prize in the search for hidden figures contest. i've been a ... now she's at the center for civic media, working on projects that ... ALGORITHMIC JUSTICE LEAGUE the CENTER FOR CIVIC MEDIA the MEDIA LAB

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  audience and his far-flung fans. Maybe that was the case for you. It definitely was the case for me. I was 12 when Jon Stewart began hosting TDS ... only television show for which I consistently made the time. It was a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  preparing for all IAP--6.01, Intro to Electrical Engineering and Computer ... everything to shut down for two days, though my roommate and I determinedly ... soft, and just forces you to shut up for a minute. I’ll sometimes just

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  guys come out for the parades: That's a pirate ship in downtown ... unsuspecting passersby of his beer and chips, and smile for pictures. So if the ... makes Seattle the city it is. For lack of a better word, it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  on homework anymore - psets are essential for learning concepts and ... the more you skip class. You're paying for your education anyway - why ... fact that you will be competing with your peers for the same jobs. Think

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  about an hour south of Tokyo for a company called Toray Industries. Haven ... email calling for cover letters to apply for the job. This is how MISTI ... their connections and try to find a placement for you. MISTI will also get

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  Ideas, so I approve. East Campus has been buzzing and punting for the past few weeks in preparation for this weekend's events.  You can see the ... found things to do, like observe the meat eaters preparing for their

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  strike. Obama has imposed heavy sanctions, while Romney has bashed him for ... expert on hand.  Just the other day, I sat down for lunch with Dr. Jim ... international nuclear politics for an hour.  Among the topics we discussed

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  (in addition to still blogging for MIT Admissions - sorry eager blogging frosh-to-be, my spot's still taken, but we're looking for more bloggers ... able to work close to home is a plus for me, but in my case, it still

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  The other day I learned something new. After being here for almost ... -Things-That-Distract-Me. But on this day, Chris not only had to give me hard time for not knowing ... perfectly reasonable direction for that conversation to take," I just want say

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012