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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  understand the situation this is somewhat a result of more people going to ... longer than 4 years to graduate, but mostly I hear the problem is due to the baby boom generation's offspring. This last thing I cited is an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  I am asking is, specifically, how has MIT helped you come closer to ... sort of interdisciplinary field (neuroscience, for the record, is pretty interdisciplinary, which is one reason it appeals to me). I think that at another

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  -defined, somewhat abstract, and entirely distracting. This is a more fleshed out ... while ago. So without further ado (keeping in mind that this is all very ... general rationing problem in which some people must lose out on what is

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  just wondering. for the interview...is that too unprofessional? the nose ... 't want everyone to be the same -- part of what makes MIT exciting is ... that in many ways MIT is trying to 'weed' out those applicants who try to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  Before we begin, a word of warning. This blog post is not representative of the schedule of a typical MIT student, nor should it be. It is, however, my current experience, which I guess is worth something. I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  this week). However, what I do have as a senior is the freedom to choose ... 'm taking this semester. 6.S965 (Digital Systems Laboratory II) This class is ... intro FPGA class I took last fall. 6.S965 is all about revealing the inner

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  say I don’t spend time feeling gratitude; what I mean is that I don ... to what is considered socially acceptable. To me, profusely thanking ... , life is precious and tomorrow I could die in a freak accident, so I should

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  spreadsheet. It is my equivalent of decorating a bullet journal or buying fancy ... This class is a lab class, and a direct successor to 1.050: Solid ... don’t fully get this one"]fourth order tensor[/annotation] is, how to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  -DD-YY[/annotation] means that in America today is 9/10/19, which reversed reads the same, and is thus a palindromic date. It is, in fact, the first palindromic date ... Palindrome Story: 2002 is a collaboratively-authored narrative palindrome

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  to me was this, paraphrased: Baltimore is better than ever. You ... Moines looks the same as my audience in Paris. As this is a college ... something. In this day and age, this is far from the truth. You can go to a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  i really loved joon's everyday post, so here is my own unnecessarily ... this image is small, if you look in the bottom left corner you'll see a ... is painted blue; i feel deliciously underwater."]open my eyes

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  should make that a blog post!" So here it is, a lil post about how crazy 6 ... [/annotation]-- more content to come soon!! As background, 6.009 is "Fundamentals of Programming," the[annotation note="Why is it the second if the course name says

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  Cubs if you are unfamiliar. The red/green Beast sticker is a symbol for ... honestly couldn't survive MIT without. The original image is black and white ... obscuring stickers placed long ago. Honestly any sticker I ever find is worthy

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  Registration Day, which is always a Monday. Although classes don't start until Tuesday, Reg Day is the "first" day of the semester in that it's when campus ... Day is the day where pretty much everyone has to meet with their advisor

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  ’re scratching your head and wondering how exactly MIT is allowing me to take this ... that actually accept is probably closer to 10-15%. There are a lot of ... semester without dropping the class, that is… Classes 6.036 - Intro to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  comedian. The room is so large that he has to have a microphone. By the end ... .74: Bio-Inspired Robotics. I walked into 3-333, which is a conveniently ... so small. Of course, this is also a grad class, which partly explained

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  neighborhood. In regards to the latter, it is the exact opposite here at MIT ... fire. East Campus is building a carousel and a gigantic wooden fort ... . my room in 5th west is kinda messy   I like it here. I don't want

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doodles: Career Fair Edition A non-tech major takes on the career fair with the help of mechanical pencil illustrations

  

  The MIT Fall Career Fair is an intimidating thing. Over 350 companies show up and they all potentially want to give you jobs. That is, if you ... , 6, or 18. This is how I imagine the career fair going for my friends

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  The Introduction This is only part of a comprehensive guide I hope ... written here is from my own personal experience or the advice of others. If ... ” award – Walking around is, in my opinion, the most enjoyable method of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  extent, but it is possible that you (like many others) worry that you can ... puts their faith in you, they do so believing that there is potential in ... 't realize is that if someone decides to invest something in you—in this case

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014