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  ten reflections on mit

  

  have to be doing something productive, and it means that it can feel bad ... time to sit back and reflect and then put it all into words in a way that ... -dramatic “senior” solo to end my time in the group. It’s sometimes hard to notice

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
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  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  of people crowd the halls to get photos of it...including me ... ...and then commented on how late it was to be sending him an email. So after ... in Latin so I like using the school's government name as it's written

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
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  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  Splash is to explain both its scale and the classes. For one, Splash is ... them, and how much fun it was. No one bothered explaining to me, that ... -letter Scrabble words”. There were also pool noodles, which were used to (gently

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  didn’t know quite how to put it, and instead peppered small references to ... MIT and want everyone to feel empowered to do it too. MIT is not just a ... stories or letters to applicants (though it is always great to practice a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  coveted group for internships. As a junior applying to internships: it ... . For some people, this can be upwards of 30 companies. For me, talking to ... word makes you look as good to an employer as possible. You guys can

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  sophomore fall, and not really had the courage to do it or the time to think ... not true) and I just don’t even really remember what it feels like to be ... (also not true) and I just can’t even think back to the feeling of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  hour, or (more usefully) a block per minute. From this, you can quickly ... rewriting and fretting around my application to MIT, I managed to have it ... something, then try to force myself not to think about it, then fail, then

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  prepared a resume, used MIT’s career office to get feedback on it, and ... room quickly and made it to the kitchen on my floor. It was empty. I ran ... It’s been 3.5 years since I came to the United States from Nigeria

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  amazing online calculator. It can calculate anything I've ever needed to ... ) problem sets using LaTeX. If you want to go into computer science, it would ... might want to install Linux on your computer and start using it for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  seamlessly it can transition from elementary school math to the cutting edge ... -M, where the M means it’s within my major) seminars I need to take as part of ... of power at the intersection of fields. It is valuable to be able to be

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
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  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  slowing down. I can approach MIT differently. It doesn't have to ... Strong Independent Adult. It's also about the obligation to myself to ... *t together learn to become highly-responsible, functioning, independent

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  ! See? You get it. Now, figure out four squared. You can use the coins ... country during IAP, to try and make a difference in communities that need it ... 100% Navajo, and about a quarter of its students go on to graduate. Even

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
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  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  MIT. People told me that it was going to be hard, that there would be ... admission. People called this "committing" to MIT, and I remember finding it ... moves to the back button, but before I can click, the page loads. To

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  still tell my friends about that conversation. I can still use it in ... can to celebrate being done, even if it’s a Monday. As much of a ... class at some point in the next four years. Get used to it.” → I had to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
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  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  that we can continue to use our processes and practices to make an MIT ... application reaches our desk. All we can hope to do is use the weight of our ... highlighted in transparent red — like “explain” is, here — you can hover over it

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  application to use and juggle people around, but it doesn't need to be used as ... creativity, like how the 2021 Hunt used running remotely to its advantage ... .']easy.[/annotation] It might even be easier to use art to come to terms with mortality

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  Amherst or to see my girlfriend in Northampton. At the time, it seemed like ... never thought I'd become committed to it. But though I hadn't ridden ... rusty to boot, I quickly fell in love with biking as a means of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
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  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  hanging a bicycle using the fridge as a prop to get it up in the air." They ... posters. it’s also right next to the lounge, which is a plus. it’s an ... Khan, who used to live in the room of bloggers Danny and Allan? Where are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  back together again. It’s an opportunity that you can use to learn, grow ... . You’ve found something you love. You’ve nerded out on it. You want to keep doing it for the next four years. In fact, you want to keep doing it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  can help it, drop the class. Balance: 1) Have something to take your ... four years here, which I hope would be of use to incoming freshmen ... Circuit, it's basically a loop for you to get the feel of your cart/bike and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011