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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  pressure to get A's in high school, although that doesn't mean I actually ... to get a driver's permit a few weeks ago, and the lady said, "You have to have a co-signer if you're under 18." I was like, "I AM TWENTY

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  take the time to find, refine and trust in your voice. Only after that ... Indulge me for a moment. How many times have we seen the movie in ... dishonored him by stepping on his sneakers in a crowded auditorium. Why do I

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  Is this you? Are you an MIT student who can't get in on the October fun because you're drowning in problem sets? Is midterm season killing your Halloween vibe? No problem! Here are five costumes ideas that'll get

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  . Going to university puts you in a dorm with dozens of people with ... look inwardly in a way that you cannot survive only justifying your ... at MIT. If you get a chance to take the class, I highly recommend it

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night ... and used to let my cat in and out when I was away, tumbled all these plans, only to build loftier ones in their place. As we reminisced over

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  satisfying to feel like you're actually getting somewhere in accomplishing your ... class in the sequence, 6.0001, because I did a bit of coding in middle school (before getting too busy in high school), so I took the Advanced

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  to dye a blue streak in my hair but it came out grayish-green, so i ... get more green-blue clothes but i somehow never find the time to go ... all the topics in your classes line up, and it's like wait, i've heard

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  classes are still challenging, especially as I try to squeeze in a week ... student team also gets access to an Oculus Rift, a Samsung Gear VR, and a ... productive." Indeed. MIT is a weird place where people feel inferior to their

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  ! ...if you're a girl) and to lead a tour of my UROP lab. But the one thing ... -- after all, the actual words given to nouns in spoken languages are also a ... classes can be tested out of. You'll get a better idea once you're here

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  I am not your typical MIT student. In high school, I never built a ... Track teams here at the ‘tute, in which I get to hang out with some of the ... selected for GEL learn how to best tackle working in a group and take

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  allowed to live in a single room?" There are actually two people in the ... get crowded first.) In terms of gender mixing, there is a very large ... sticking my head out there to get a better camera angle. As you can tell

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  "I like how you say that with a smile on your face," my hallmate ... mimicked in a higher-pitched voice and some sort of everlasting smile. It ... for that project made me a half hour late to 4.42J/2.66J/1.044J

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  are you stressed/anxious/ [emotion] about finals/decisions/[noun]?  here are some adorable dogs. also, me as james bond.

  

  your dorm room or talk to anyone in real life?  Then this latest MIT ... have a conversation in real life.  All you have to do is follow these few ... final was to compete in a Top Gun shooting competition. ...I didn't win

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 13, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  'm pretty sure now that there isn't any other way to get it in your head. So ... away from a little town and a lot of who I used to be. In retrospect, it ... nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  the normal student using 8 terms to get a degree, most take at least one ... hard to present MIT in 20 minutes, especially when you're used to having ... in math, one in science, and a third of your choosing). If you are a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  country and the world. They all come to MIT, stay in Simmons hall, and get paired with a mentor in the Boston area to do an original scientific ... office has got your back. Need to register a six-week lecture series as an

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  actually portable. In a generous mood (and hoping my parents will get me ... longest I've gone without real internet in a very long time -- when I went to Jamaica for a week sophomore year with my friends Rose '05 and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  , like you do in your normal posts? alan: if this is how cj wants to ... , okay? alan: … dan: ah. dan: you're trying to pretend you're in control ... to you all the time. that the reason i was in your life was because of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  portfolio enough by the end of this year to get a research job in industry ... classes is that in an environment where you're supposed to be learning ... disheartening, when it happens at school, a place where you're supposed to be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  language skills in a professional setting. Eventually, I'd love to go beyond ... is a life-long process, and I'm confident in my ability to sustain my ... popped up and started speaking to my friend in Chinese. I hardly even got

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013