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  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  are hard, and Prof. Cohen uses a variety of methods to try to make ... summary of those results and a full list of the classes submitted! All the ... Engineering (1) 6.046: Design and Analysis of Algorithms (1) 6

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  people told me that this was a good method of advertising the Guild. I ... Content warning: mention of suicide, discussion of death. Quotes are ... going?[/caption] One I remember the dozens of things people told me about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  , just because of the post-solving functionality." Both of these methods ... created a method of doing [annotation note="A small event that reveals ... I've talked about Mystery Hunt at length, from the perspective of a

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

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  One of this year’s admits asked me how MIT sets you up for grad ... name of your undergrad institution and more with how you make the most of ... . ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Grad schools come in a lot of different flavors—med school

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  -throughs that, unlike other methods of test practice, can help you develop a sense ... Being able to experience new things is such a fundamental part of growing up and with the increasing interconnectedness of our world, it’s now

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  I live in East Campus, on the third floor of the west parallel, which ... "] This is an old photo.[/caption] I once wrote of this room saying: this ... ’ve lived in this room. many of the things in this room have been passed down

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

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  connections, networks of people, and more. I get to keep using tools and methods ... easily because of the glare. And that’s why I’m out here, primarily: to ... struggling with a big decision. Writing itself, of course, is a structured way

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  year ago, and it was bizarre again this past summer, to see some of my best friends walk down Killian Court and out of my day-to-day life. All of them changed my life in a good way and I’m excited to see the

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

  jack of all trades master of none...

  

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 24, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  2, English House. Units of measure were alive and well within the culture of Conner 2 during my stay there. To the best of my knowledge there were only two rules regarding the units of measure. Celebrities get to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  When most people learn what kind of work I do, they often speculate ... point out that I am just a single member of an otherwise exceptional group of people who make up the admission staff. It is the collective wisdom

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  a double major because, well, it equates to the units of one major ... opinions, is the epitome of the epitome of using animation to not just tell a ... and revolutionary one. The field of visual storytelling is really broad

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  yourself what you've gotten yourself into, let me assure you of another truth ... first set of thoughts about coming here. Following CPW, you're positively electric with the thought of classes and schoolwork. You think you'll come

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  1,126 students joined the Institute as freshman in the fall of 2011. One of them was Spencer Wilson, a young man from the small town of Moultrie, Georgia, where he and his carpenter dad worked on a lot of projects

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  New Game a comic summary of the semester

  

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  was in desperate need of some de-stressing) then came back to Cambridge ... my year abroad and now, I can’t take some of the classes I really want ... :( Studying in Cambridge is a great experience. On the top of my favorite

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  Written by Danny The Brass Rat is one of MIT’s most iconic symbols ... one of those events that all sophomores look forward to. During the actual event, the Ring Committee reveals the designs of our class year

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  plagues all seniors at the end of their undergraduate career: getting my act ... school, or go to an extended retreat in the mountains of Italy, you most likely have to submit some sort of documents trying to convince the people

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  adults. Former Director of Admissions Matt forced me to practice driving as we visited high schools together in the suburbs of Boston, and he very ... of this,” I thought to myself as I clenched everything

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  is kind of annoying, and I enjoyed programming more when I’m not doing ... short answer is that I discovered the joys of web development. The long ... the past two years, in order of when they happened. Of course, these are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022