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• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  ). Well thanks to one of my favorite prefrosh, the dream is now reality ... awesome for creating my new banner. Not to mention the fact that you are a ... see Tim the Beaver crowd surfing?) There is no question that this event

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  making solar cells lessons from my nanotech class

  

  that they were the exact same: i’m not going to talk much about the ... arguably more important than the technical details is that 6.2540 is the only ... it’s not clear why we should care about the problems we’re studying

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  ’s not about finding the right answer to a problem. My only job is to ... this minor, the first response I usually get is, “MIT has humanities classes? Aren’t you guys a technical school?” The answer to this is a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  arm’s breadth away is the perfect amount of distance for the human ... worry sometimes that the escapism is bad for me. That I spend so much time ... into my audiobooks. I don’t know if this is the best way to go about

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  . Winter in Boston is more like short punctuated treks into the cold from my ... . It is no longer about survival, it is more about experiencing the ... come from. I find myself drawing on the lessons of my farm life not only

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  learned something. At the same time, I was working hard in school not just ... 's hard to feel this way and not know the answers, while at the same time ... Thanks to Petey and Kathleen for giving me the idea to blog about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  the ROTC program - for many students, this is a great way to make MIT ... whether or not I want to do a varsity sport come fall (and yes, crew is one ... 're not in that range? Is it hopeless for you? MIT is my dream, but I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  empathize with the state of mind of not wanting to commit because you ... about is the concept of “beginner gains” in the context of learning. that ... how much you truly enjoy thinking about a subject it’s not always the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  . The summer is here, but he’s not going on vacation. Instead, he ... that he could to make sure his children did not end up on the wrong path ... Today, we continue the series Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  the chance! This is my passion, and the idea of sharing that passion and ... many… oh gosh. The thing is, every time I read a good book, that person is my hero because it's not easy. Writing a good book, writing a good

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  , including (but not limited to) those from the countries affected by the ban ... countries not (yet) affected by the ban, but who worry about anti ... and the world." I quote: MIT is profoundly American. The Institute was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  down the stairs.[/annotation]Anyways, the point of all of this is to give ... ’t very graceful."]hopped into the cart.[/annotation] My room is [annotation ... confidence interval is embarrassingly large. The important point is that it was

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Collections Simple

  

  she is somewhere watching me. Maybe not though.  The acrylic rings are ... .36 (Neurobiology of Self) which is a class that focuses on the neural mechanisms of ... thoughtful person, not in the sense that I have good thoughts, but because I am

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  the crushing guilt that comes with not using every moment of your free ... ’m sure it’s true for a not-insignificant percentage of the student ... . One of the reasons I took a break last semester is that I felt like I

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  excel at, because no one could excel at all of them.  So, the job is not ... excitement about learning how the universe works–a feeling that has not changed ... how obvious inattention is to the person at the front of the room. (To

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  showing you two more pictures from the evening. The first is of me with my bff Sophie :) and the second is an unfortunate candid shot of me; my now-not ... KID YOU NOT) about a scene from the episode of Merlin I had just watched

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  one here for you. At the moment, it is actually snowing in the 02139, but I assure you that somebody is kicking the famous "CPW Weather ... ." My prefrosh is sleeping on the couch. There are as many options as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  creativity and free-thinking, is the venerated observance of Lunchtime in the ... 's not a riddle.” On the other hand, General Relativity has been an eye ... you that a vector is the Shroud of Turin or something. 2.Graduate

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Stress Management @ The MITstitvte What's a student to do when school gets rough?

  

  music!) The anonymous personage on the right did not wish to reveal his ... suggestions. This is by no means a complete enumeration of activities that MIT students do to manage stress, so enjoy the brief lapse into generalizability

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  writing class, and a thesis prep class. “I understand the ‘buffet’ is ... the whole day. I’m too old to not get eight hours of sleep. But, it ... -deprived, doing this is one of my favorite parts of the day. If I have time, I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023