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• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  -grade teacher told us all to “divide your page in half.” The other students made ... obituaries. I don’t really know how to narrativize it, but I imagine many ... pursue paths where my best qualities don’t get a chance to shine. I can

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  putting previously successful ideas together. And she went on to advise how ... things. (Also kind of humorous how the remnants of an 18.02 lecture are on ... independent games as a product of wanting to make something you’re proud of and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  volunteered to help out the following year. (You know how it is, when you're in ... , working out how to compute integrals on my own or creating new methods of ... actually help him figure out how long he needed to cut a certain piece of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  On time and noise I've been meaning to write a post recently about ... had to go to that info session, I had to meet new people, I had to go on ... try to add it to your bag, but with everything, in a short sighted way

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Thing I Love About MIT… Is how easy it was to use an assignment to pick up a cool internship.

  

  ’s backyard). I'd like to share how I found myself working for this 1.5 year old ... peek. To summarize, we wrote a business plan detailing how we would start ... feedback and spurring fresh ideas. Groups and teams can use the site to

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  only is it a pretty big line to get in your head, a lot of the times I ... convince me of how easy it was to cross-register, since she had a pretty good ... (Humanities, Arts and Social Science) office, which then gets turned in to both

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  on a microchip to name a few. So if I were to describe my experience ... I hope over the next course of the year, we can get to know each other ... years and here I am a senior at MIT. Interesting how that happens

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  SnowDays while you're waiting for decisions

  

  work. Here's a link to that snowflake. If you view the snowflake on the ... gets an arrow pointing to it saying it's new. I think the design ... , so you're looking at how it's changed over each cut. There's a trick

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Dark Side of the Moon Mi vida. Nada m√°s.

  

  (such as dinners and certain speaker series) and get to know us better! If ... wonderful way to get involved! And, Autumn came to visit - last night, the ... school in terms of cross-admits with MIT. If you apply to both and get

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  workshops and lessons taught me a lot and gave me great ideas on how to ...   To continue on my series of Weekend Adventures, this blog ... #springbreak2011 Adventures to keep your taste buds tingling with excitement

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  advocating for one side. I chose to do my video on MIT's closed campus policy ... 're going to move forward from that blog and instead focus on my third ... documentary about yourself is that you are the narrator and you get to decide

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  Amtrak. One day, it suddenly occurred to me that when I'm on a train, I ... from NYC to Providence, I started reading Stone Butch Blues as a pdf on ... large swathes of time to feel and think deeply at MIT. When you’re in a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  to get our final events together before I had to leave on Saturday ... ’m ready to stop focusing on how my community will no longer be living on our ... time as possible together.  And damn, did we manage to do it. On

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  , and how hard I worked to get an A in it, coming in every lunch to work ... have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my ... the last one: "Who should I ask to write letters on my behalf? And the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  contemplating the prospect of having a class on Junior/Senior P/D/F. You get to do ... first time. Last night I woke up at 5:30 to put the finishing touches on ... , yes, put it on PDF, you're a senior, you should sshshngngngngnnnn." So

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  - but it wasn't limits of "how hosed could I get before I die". Instead ... (in which I get to play with the internet!), that zealous nature started ... felt like writing this story because it's easier to get the full picture

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  recommendation from people who can write well on your behalf, or to at least have ... Secondary School Report. We have always said that it is most important to get ... compellingly on your behalf, whether or not they have taught you the most
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  your phone calls, respond to your emails, set up your overnight on ... high schools a day. Before you get upset because your high school is ... Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, among others. I was planning to use

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  " sticker on it. I continue to yank. 3. Victory! The lock comes off! 4 ... Unni, how are you supposed to put the lock in the holder?" "You slide it ... longer drive in college), and you parked your car, and all you had to do

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  comfortable there? The answer to that is usually no, especially when your home ... more convenient in a classroom on campus? Well sometimes I have to leave ... and tell myself that everything’s going to be alright. How the class

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014