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• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  I took a test early last week for my Japanese language and culture ... morning to study for it, scrubbing the sleep from my half-conscious brain ... similarly with actual historic events, except for the fact that this world

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  things that made me happy lately from the first week of classes

  

  love for soy milk. It’s sort of how I imagined my freshman year would go ... chill week, which is a week filled with events for new people to have an ... cardstock. I had just made dinner for everyone, which included this strangely

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  ’s throats enough for society to collectively forget about the movie after last ... enough, MIT was the picturesque landscape for the indie movie I convinced myself I was starring in. And for the most part, I would argue these

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  Remember two weeks ago when I blogged about how excited I was for ... – I’m back on my feet now! (Hooray for modern medicine!) Now allow me to ... surprisingly frictionless. Until it was time for the diagnosis, that is. The

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  industry for a bit first. My intention has been to work in the industry first ... tomorrow lmao"]finishing up[/annotation] my PhD application for the chance to stay at MIT forever for at least five more years.  It’s a full circle

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

  

  .  (Ankita, I'm sorry I'm using your post from last year as a direct guide for ... it. Everyone go read her blog to show appreciation for the good work she did that I am copying) Past Blogger Wrapped, for the nerds that may

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 10, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  —i can no longer remember which—my problem set for 18.701 (algebra I) was due. — i signed up for 18.701 because it was the right thing for me to ... .701 became a way for me to start learning pure mathematics to the degree that i

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  make up for that loss! Like our famous ball pit and Gymmons, our ... ="aligncenter" width="768"] No thoughts, head empty[/caption] Not one for words, huh ... start :D (Shoutout to Temkin ‘26 for letting me meet, photograph, and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Events

  life, with the brass rat we're halfway there????????????

  

  . Everyone wanted a bite out of everyone for photos, which panned out ... another group photo and that other group is waiting for another person who ... managed to figure it out, for the most part. [caption id="attachment_91429

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 26, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  external sound companies to blackbox away all the details for the first three ... needed. for a while we thought we’d need to run the av and next sing sound ... ’d essentially been in the same room from 8am to 8pm for setup, rehearsal

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  for most of my life i was very prone to envy. part of that was ... , and so on - but it also extended to non-academic endeavors as well. for ... can be a good way for you to meet new people, having acquaintances with

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  " align="aligncenter" width="1600"] (click for better visibility)[/caption] The initial idea I got the inspiration for this from one of my favorite ... closest taxonomic approximations I could get for each mascot. Depending on

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  IAP stands for Independent Activities Period. For the month of ... [annotation note="UROP stands for Undergraduate Research Opportunities. this ... really valuable and people find the best ways for them to spend their time

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can a family member contact MIT Admissions on my behalf, or ask questions about the content or status of my application?

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• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  steps for deferred students here.

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  intelligence, which means that I'm signing myself up for a ton of math. It ... requirements this semester, breaking the record for the most number of math classes I've ever taken at once. 6.1200 - Mathematics for Computer Science

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  events put on by cultural clubs.  plan ahead for free food events I ... early to volunteer. I froze a handful of meals to save for later. Rating ... , which I paid for. lunch: I was in the IDC and there were wraps on trays

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  CourseWare']OCW[/annotation] to prepare for my [annotation note='Single Variable Calculus']18 ... credit for some of the introductory classes"]ASE.[/annotation] When ... warmly accompanied me as I waited for everyone to come back. I would bump

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  papers for [annotation note="seminar in advanced undergraduate research"]6 ... floor in despair and baking cookies for my [annotation note ... credit for free every year, and each page is 10 cents. we can refill it if

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  playlist; tw: suicide mention briefly Today, I interviewed for a ... far I've strayed from that this summer. Work has been hard for me. I'm a loud, outspoken individual. For the most part at MIT, my character

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022