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• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  ’t like big class sizes and I did not have a great experience in [annotation ... midnight on Wednesdays so every other week, I had 4 problem sets due in a 24 ... and I wasn’t able to get any help or ask any of the questions I had. But

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  lab or get a paper published in a top journal. I have to admit this ... encourage other students to work to the best of their abilities; in a sense ... entry this fall about getting help from a fellow dorm resident in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  video was to compete, I would have to get a great view. Shuffling my way ... in an otherwise formal job, like taking a selfie before giving his ... as by volunteers in the audience. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding 1000 digits of pi nom nom buzz buzz

  

  event where makerspace mentors welded on digits of pi to a steel apparatus ... planned out all my pie stops: a Project Manus makerspace mentor social ... social. The pies were oh-so delicious. I want to share with you some

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  us more than half an hour to get to Porter Square!!!) to Franconia ... dorm room, open my eyes for real, and take in the world. There's a lot ... It's pretty common at MIT for living groups to take advantage of the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  corner). Video: The ride terminated (as most rides ought to) in a hot tub ... climbing miles in, but had to cut my ride short when my knee pain started to ... , opting to skirt Yaqui pass in favor of a longer route to the south. Kate

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  movements to get a tiny Cessna to move. These controls… were amazingly ... active in.  (I learned to fly pre-MIT and probably won't have much time to ... figured a simulator is a good place to do it.  Until I saw a shiny, shiny

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  explored your options in person, first? This is when you really get to learn ... Before I get to the point of this entry, I'll answer a couple of questions. Karen asks: "This is a bit random and irrelevant to your entry

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  had to look up Laika on Wikipedia because I wasn't even a fetus in 1957 ... below an A or a B in your life. And though I know nothing I can say will ... STARTING A BAND, AND I'LL GET A'S IN EVERYTHING, FA SHO." But then I got

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  freshmen get a flavor for what they might want to study next year), and we ... This will be the first in a series of entries focused on my ... because you end up with both bachelor's and master's degrees in a shorter

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Am Excited a day in life of a student

  

  necessary to marvel at its results and review the pages of in-class proofs ... minute, to get a glimpse of their current lives. Chances are, they will ... irresistible, and normally I give in to temptation. After a day of important

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play Labs yay an accelerator for VR startups

  

  , and fly like a superhero in VR, presumably without getting nauseous ... these startups have made in such a short time. Most of them already have ... first batch in summer 2017. Each of them will get hands-on mentoring as

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 18, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  certifiably socially awkward at home, it’s going to be unbearably bad in a new ... started. There's a recurring theme in the answers to all the questions here ... warded off lions to get to school every day. I was a victim of the danger

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  is the runway, and you start to think to yourself, "In the event of a ... and hallways, so you can get from the T stop in Kendall Square to 77 ... -- everybody in biology gets fellowships, no RA or TA necessary, so I haven't a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  at a high school in NJ for five years, went to HGSE and now is an ... have to drive a long way to get to anything. This was the first time ... , to give a session in Kelly Walsh High School. About 18 people showed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  embarrassed for other people to see your mess...but you would still let them in ... not be done, because you are too afraid to let a tradesperson see your ... DID YOU KNOW? In Burton-Conner, if you keep leaving your suite messy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  require a deposit to secure your spot. If you get into MIT later in May, and ... make sure that you have a place to enroll next year other than MIT in ... The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  to be on the Burton half of the building in a double, but my room had ... the Student Center to check in with the Orientation people. (This is a ... finally managed to get to the point where the wireless card detected a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  , in a car, in your stereotypical scary movie setting. An intersection in ... readers, to bring you entertainment and distraction in your final hours ... actually supposed to be about. You have a little over 24 hours to submit your

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  hoped to meet you in, but since I’m already stuck in a staring contest ... blotted by some cruel impressionist painter, my days in quarantine seem to blur together in a clumsy mess. Lately, I've been feeling a sort of

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020