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• Blog / Academics & Research

  6-3 not a definitive guide

  

  if you're new to programming, taking four full classes plus this is a ... spending long nights at your desk wondering how the heck we're going to get ... put in enough effort to where I felt a lot better with algorithmic

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  I listen to a lot of audiobooks. In 2023, I listened to 28.6 days ... else’s head. You get to experience what they experience–the fear during a ... experiences, though. It means you get to be that person for a little bit. You

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  while living in my car, to shower — but I never hit a solid routine. A guy ... — the gym was booked out a week in advance. Having the gym all to myself ... deadlifts were just too painful, and I had to cut a set short, I could re

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  getting in to MIT. I feel your pain. My senior year involved a lot of things ... a comment stating just that. Are you guys just out to get me or what ... pretty cool solution to the problem. So I have a job. Stay tuned, in 6

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  like it's going to explode more so than in my avatar. I graduated a year ... elevators to outer space - and each one has a landing page with links to great ... myself to leave the 'tute, so I took a job at MIT after graduation at the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  a dorm with a dining plan, but I don’t. On the bright side I get to ... baggy t-shirt to p-set in. I sort my pile of clean laundry. I sort my pile ... about free cookies. I talk to people. I eat a cookie.   punt - (1) v

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist ... students from the waitlist in a 3-round process, and previous years were very similar. We'll know more about how this year looks in a few weeks. The

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  Opportunities Program. Undergrads get to participate in real research with ... their poster is about. I was intimidated at first to be in a room full of ... technical oral presentations and exposure to communication skills useful in a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Events

  dogg number there is no one better to be than myself!

  

  going to code in Johnson Ice Rink surrounded by a million other people, so ... got to a point where, in a moment of despair, I got up and wrote "CODING ... -dead, "I get better every single day..." My roommates and I decided to join

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  anything remotely close to "greek life", or in my case, a sorority, in ... new group. To make a long story short (one for a whole other blog post ... , existential crises, and everything in-between, I know I can go back to a group

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  Now that I'm a junior in college, I'm supposed to be almost an adult ... apparently, this means I'm going to have to go find a job- also in the real ... your enjoyment: Javi '08 posed in front of a very green display, because

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  acceptance level material. I wanted to give a short rundown of what my essay writing process was like for me since I get a lot of questions as to how to ... personality points, etc. 1. Create a list of everything you want to include in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  you take a gap year, try to keep your mind fresh with some school ... 't portray yourself in your application as who you think MIT wants to see ... backstage cooking act leads to a run-in with Tetazoo hallmates Noah '09 and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  . It’ll never give you the answer itself, and you still have to hand in a ... will. Then I just print out a paper copy to hand in while the file is ... -referencial ploy to transition to talking about collaboration in psets? A: Yes. In

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  equations in Latex. 20 pages of chicken scratch later and a solid 1.5 weeks ... As the semester begins to wind down, it comes time to turn in ... design project for one of my classes, 2.005, where we had to design a

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  feel like I’ve lived so much in such a short span of time, which makes ... hurt like hell.  So I proceeded to get a tattoo and then party until 3 ... literally wept in the center suite of my floor, a senior took my hand and told

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  wanted to become a movie director. We also get to watch a movie every ... " post in a while, because I think I jinxed sophomore fall last time. I ... 'm not looking forward to! Which is also a first for me. There was always at least

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  get an idea:   In fact, that's the source I used to find my job 3 ... normally rewarded to students), or don't get anywhere after a certain length ... . EDIT: Timur informs me that these pages are not accessible to non

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  narrow my decision down to two schools, and there is no better way to get a ... free swag and begging for your email address. You can get a sense of what ... how to get your own radio show? Here's your chance! You'll also be able

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  because in order to teach you have to know your stuff, and because through ... social media, broadly defined. In short, I wanted to design and teach the ... There's a story my mother likes to tell about the time, soon after I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014