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  I have classes

  

  classes are as follows... 5.12 (Organic Chemistry): This seems to be a ... well or struggle. The last time I was in a really polarizing class (18 ... 5.112, the intro chemistry for masochists class that I took as a first

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  First of all, can anybody out there think of a new blog tagline? I successfully bribed Ben to let me stick around as a blogger this semester, and ... you think of a really good one, send it to me via comment or e

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  . In between the airports and time zones is the real story. A Flying ... first ever flight cancellation. Basically, I was waiting to make a ... phone came back to life, I had a message from the friend who was going to

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rewind the Tape b.good so you can find the golden ticket.

  

  to celebrate a friend's 21st birthday. I returned to my Texas roots with a nice steak. Our waiter didn't ask for her ID, and I was a little ... somewhat reminded of the day I turned 18 and tried to buy a lottery ticket

  • by Bryan
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  So I guess telling you my name would be a good place to start: Bryan. I'm a member of the Class of 2007. I was born here in Massachusetts ... 's Inauguration last May. In order for you guys to get to know me a little better

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  with a fun academic summer program. Many of the best summer programs ... , Entrepreneurship, and Science (MITE2S), which the website describes as "a rigorous ... , and Caltech -- which the website describes as "a rigorous academic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  All About The Author A bit about me and my job as Director of this site.

  

  stories and tips. My team is a force. We sleep outside offices and dorm ... informational pages are helpful in the same way that a college viewbook might be, written for a large audience with widespread interests. Great for getting a

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  Now that CPW has come to a close, the Class of 2013 is starting to ... bloggers via hidden messages in the comments was a joke). For those of you who were at CPW, what did you enjoy most? What was good? I've heard a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  upcoming thesis defenses. Those posters have a kind of soul to them ... a computer moving text boxes around and sending things to front ... favorite. [annotation note="I had a long back-and-forth conversation in my

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  ’ve decided to do a post dedicated to my favorite number. Here, [latex ... that is tau, alongside a few anecdotes about tau, MIT, and myself c ... ’s The Tau Manifesto. I encourage you to read it for a deeper, more

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  I'm a crusty senior now, so I have no fun and sparkly adventures to ... this week). However, what I do have as a senior is the freedom to choose ... just like 6.2050, there’s a big final project that I’m excited about

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  intern. Their Explore program is a 12 week internship broken up into two ... software engineering or not and it was a really difficult journey but I ... basically had to do a lot of networking and running around and cold DMing and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  The idea of taking a gap year, like to most, initially terrified me ... my decision, I spent a lot of time sitting and thinking. There’s much to unpack with a gap year, so I’ve broken it up into 2 parts. Three

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  such thought, I am instead going to erect a shrine to it by documenting ... mention a lot of building numbers in this post. For more information on ... ! part 1: getting to class 8:50 AM: My first alarm—a primer alarm, just to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  A few days ago, I called two of my dearest friends, Asia and Daymé, to talk about their experiences as a WISE student, host, and admissions ... after their junior years. A professor at the university where Asia was

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  these were from home. Now most of them are more recent. Bottom left: A cat figurine from my grandmother, I think bought in Moscow. A frog I traced with green marker at a kids’ arts and crafts space with my little

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew into Heathrow Airport on a dragon, and then I rode with a group of knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  people will always want to apply/commit, there isn't as much of a need to wow students as there is with a state school or a small liberal arts college, per se. We don't need to spend the money on a huge, beautiful quad

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP reveal!! it's like a gender reveal but important

  

  , I sent in a bunch of UROP applications on [annotation note ... a UROP for [annotation note="Independent Activities Period - the month ... that you cannot respond to emails in your inbox when I know for a fact

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 11, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  AARRRGHHHHH!!!!🏴‍☠️ (Pirate Post) A Review of 21M.299 - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys

  

  I mentioned it in a previous blog, but this semester I took a class ... wanted to take a music class and this seemed like the most bizarre and ... for an arts credit. Additionally, students concentrate on a specific

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2024