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  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  been before (1-390) which is surprising, as for the last two years all my ... right before a deadline, and the team is just as surprised as you are by ... the course is to get away from fully actuated systems, where every

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
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  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  dedicate to my writing than I really would have liked, which is one of the ... , which is basically the cause of those past two paragraphs of digression ... of it is the simple fact that it appeared during finals week, when

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
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  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  the whole student body knows. The cancellation of CPW is not very high ... placed on the committee, and from there it is off to the races. Planning ... forth. The committee is entirely frosh, and we're excited! Some of us

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  'm about to dive head-first into the craziness that is medical school ... Rice (disclaimer: I *do* think the Rice-Baylor program is still awesome ... ended up at great schools. I guess my point is: don't let the idea of a B

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
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  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  changed a LOT in the few years I’ve been gone. Registration is now online ... something no one else can hear so everyone is uncomfortable. 3DS - The ... done? Perfect fit. And the feeling of StreetPass-ing someone is just so

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  big deal). Basically: academic failure is not the end of the world, even ... ][2][3][4][5] for quick access.) Note that these are not stories in the mythical ... best things that ever happened to me. I realized that a person is NOT

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
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  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  advance for all the shakiness. Here is ~10 minutes from the 1 hour talk ... jabs at Zuckerberg's intellect or anything (and I'm certainly not the one ... my general impression of the guy was that he is sort of aloof and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  internationally, does not insist that you declare a major when you apply. This is a ... life. This is one of the reasons it's such a difficult choice, but I ... love" is never the only consideration, as much as your teachers and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
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  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  began what is easily the most demanding of days I have lived through. What ... of the people. And this very long never-ending day is a testimony to ... the impact COVID-19 is having on communities is unimaginable, but I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  horchata (yummy Mexican drink). I wanted to tell you a little about the last ... the strong case I made for her. Why? Partially because she reminded me a ... , which would make some in the audience gasp ("She got into MIT with those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  predicted for your sign or not, the pieces of advice for every sign in this ... seems unlikely, because why not shoot for the stars? However, at MIT, we ... institution is like. College is a place where you'll be for the next 4-6 years

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
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  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  The day after Valentine's Day is a good time to talk about computers ... tripping up the stairs would be if you lost your laptop, and not just your ... ’re not using it. One evening I was chilling with some friends in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
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  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  the end result of this is that i now have far too many haikus Also i ... . In case you haven’t already heard the news, CPW, which is this weekend ... favorite part of CP✱, so far, though, is the CP✱ Discord. one quarter of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  research is the UROP project that I've been working on for almost two years ... Natural Language Tutoring"]roles[/annotation] within the game, and this is ... CHI PLAY. The SGDC is a 'track' within the CHI PLAY conference, and I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
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  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  Now that it’s August, the fall semester is right around the corner ... a sorority? How do I sign up? When is recruitment? What’s the ... and learn more about the process! Intro to Panhel What is Panhel? MIT

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  taking the time to learn the "long" way. After all, MIT is a marathon, not ... of it is that I failed. MIT Test #1: failed. Of all the possible ... rode their coattails by Psetting together and not really learning the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
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  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  ). ;-) Use the freedom that comes with not having grades first semester to ... is to not let your relationship interfere with your college experience ... day. Working things out between friends is best done in person, not

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
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  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  4. It's not a race, really. The final piece of advice is that MIT is ... experience." :P Technically, I'm not kicked out from the blogs until the end ... levels look like or go get the game! :) Your first semester is Luigi

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
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  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  . But, unfortunately, the position is not year-round—I needed to find ... also about the social environment—student life is not the same at every ... important stories, about MIT and about planning our futures. The first is Drop

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  whether the Higgs boson exists or not, or the universe has an open or closed ... a scientist who changes the way science is taught... Something that ... astronomy project that an MIT group is doing at the same telescope I used this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012