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• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  code follows strict coding standards and is readable and testable and all the adjectives that code in the real world is [annotation note ... , which is why i'm not completely bummed out about the class. but i am a bit

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  MIT is going through changes right now in addition to the new phase ... occasion is scheduled for June 7, as it is traditional for MIT commencement ... June 7, and the '12s graduated on June 8. The late commencement date is

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  two, summer is officially over. And with that, it is time to bid the 8 ... satisfaction is. The answer I’ve found for myself has to do with intention. You ... all walks of life to peep into the constantly changing cosmos that is

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  from two very different ways-of-thinking. My dad is a nerdy engineer with ... spirtuality, and lives in his head. My mom is a former bartender and studied at ... from the library and is probably trying to make a shelter for the local

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  is home and nothing will ever change that. It was the new bloggers ... inevitably there is at least one final post by a student in their final year at MIT that reiterates the theme: MIT is home. Yes, it can be hard. But

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  this spring. This blog post is part of my research proposal. I have ... is loosely stated as such: “For every student sitting in a library ... understand the true meaning of the word “hosed”. Here is a post exactly in line

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  across the globe. On the far left is Plato’s Gorgias. There is a ... labeled “Callicles mistakenly assumes that they are the same.” There is an ... “cosmic order.” On the top of page 105 I wrote “what is the ultimate goal of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  This is Anna Ho, reporting live from her transition to being 21 years old. (Sidenote: a fun consequence of having a Halloween birthday is ... . 5 in G) then listened to the piece. A suite is a collection of dances

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  think that when I know it’s my fault my project is behind on development ... since the inception begins to question, what is there left to salvage? I ... is trying to achieve, why I’m still standing there taking their bullets

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  . My suitcase is unpacked-in fact I haven't even brought it down from the ... our flight is a blur, mostly because I slept. When I woke up, we were ... the most) at 10:30. Thinking there is no way on Earth that I'll wake up

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  upperclassmen or the Admissions Office hear, for this is top-secret information. But everything you have ever heard, seen, or read about CPW is nothing ... . The fact of the matter is that CPW is an experience far beyond mere

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  : the Student Center. This is where the magic happens. The fourth floor of W20 is darkroom land. Three darkrooms live here, and I wouldn’t ... digital equipment you can borrow at MIT is Nikon.) The Tech has weekly

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  So you guys. MIT is hard. No, seriously. I figure you've probably ... Douglass, an American Slave, which is bound with Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (which is only suggested and not required reading for the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  Philadelphia with my beloved high school friend Shana. See how excited she is ... there, we wandered to the Reading Terminal Market, which is apparently ... fudge without a knife. Indeed, the power is ours! Of course, if my UROP

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  to yap has taken hold, and I shall oblige it, because orientation is ... is fun, and REX is exciting, but REX can also be a bit of a stressful time. People talk a lot about how important your living group is to your

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  number is hard: do you count distinct classes, or should you weigh classes ... classes, I'll mention grading a lot. Of course, grading is only a small part ... .01: Introduction to Hacking. A student's grade in 19.01 is based on three components

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  recommend an FPOP to anyone who is on the fence about applying to one. Not ... Boston and Cambridge a lot. Newbury Street is probably one of my favorite ... opposite. Boston and Cambridge is such a social hub that there is such a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  that. “How can I be so stupid?” is common. “Why can’t I get this ... thing MIT did”, or “This is what MIT looks like”. This is not that blog. I ... read these blogs know what an integral is, but my mom, who also reads

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  the same question: “How do you like it here?” and “Is Nigeria different from America?” Yes it is. It’s dryer and hotter, hot enough that we ... . The food is wildly different. In Nigeria, food is abacha and achicha and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  ground that is commonly found in public bathrooms, train stations, and ... a little spout at the top for washing your hands when your business is ... experience, to say the least - while my lab is an international lab run by an

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011