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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  and statistics class for course 9 (Brain & Cognitive Sciences). It ... -related applications. All course 9 students have to take a probability and statistics class (either 9.07 or one of the others) for the major. Honestly, I hate

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  single, and I do not have to use the Saferide or MBTA. Yes, I am home ... , highlighters, and practice exams, buying a breakfast sandwich from La Verde's, and studying in the Student Center all day. There's nothing like looking

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  The hell of fall semester is finally over and I have resurfaced from ... row at this point, and I figured that it would only be appropriate to ... year where I reflect about my life, and I think I need that :P Sidequest

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  *Sigh* So I went and wrote this whole entry about women in ... anyone directly saying that women were inferior to men and immediately got a comment stating just that. Are you guys just out to get me or what

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

  Summer Decisions

  

  depth: they spent four years doing one or two activities, and took their ... shape: get a master's in Science Writing from MIT and a Ph.D. in astronomy ... unexplored intersection of science research and public outreach. Before the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  could get used to the water temperature before going out further and ... being suspended in this void for a few seconds, my legs swaying back and ... trips down and back. I only made it down half of the lane when I grabbed

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  ;t on my todo list or aren't for fun. i'm excited, and i love ... short story for 21w.755, reading and writing short stories, entirely ... events in each section, bullet points even to the paragraph and sentence

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  general vibe is very modern and clean and shiny. Beyond that, though... I ... , through the building, and up to my room on the fifth floor. We'll start ... amoeba shaped cutouts that are just so weird and vaguely remind me of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  the Chicago and St Louis schools. Nothing really stood out to me until ... stuffiness and pretension of the Ivy culture. Plus, I was confident I could get ... undergrad school and was convinced that I should seriously consider applying

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Show In Town [by David Freilach, Guest Blogger/Assistant Director, LVAC] ARTalk guest blogger David Freilach checks out the…

  

  weeks before it opened. I suppose as a member of the MIT community and a ... to be honest, it was because I live around the corner and had been ... the space. As we walked through the spaces—public, backstage, and

  • by ARTalk
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  /eating squash and secondly because I think this is some sort of metaphor or ... easier to find than my room keys, or the chunk of free time missing from my daily agenda, or even sources of Vitamin C. To start with a simple example

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  the here and now Pieces Of The People We Love by The Rapture And our ... the end of my summer commitments and the start of the school year, so I ... : silence and song. Moments of laying down on my bed, looking at the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  I landed in Boston on a cloudy day about a week ago, and...it sure ... —shoutout to Selena and Sarah—mostly so I can spend some time away from my parents and get to know other people within a pandemic pod. It’s really

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  . But looking at my last, or next-to-last weeks, I was quite hosed too. I ... , working faster: psets, labs, and readings each week new. The art of being ... [/caption] I'm falling behind in this fall semester, and running hard to try and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  time-machine (film? what’s that?)....and a time-warp. The darkroom is ... , shaking, and sifting, not thinking much at all except keeping track of how ... curious about all those settings on my camera -- and the meaning of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  first quantity that came to mind was distance and the easiest unit of ... Simmons was equal to 3-4 Regina Spektor Songs, 2-3 Deadmau5 Songs, or 1/2 of ... references and important concepts in my life, I found the units that defined my

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  , And if we’ve no place to go, Let it snow, let is snow, let is snow! The ... better, the nice library staff gave us cookies, coffee, and tea.) There are about five inches of the snow on the ground right now, and traffic

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  -relevant because, even though I found and applied for the internship myself, the fact ... mid-June. I flew to Geneva and then took the train to Lausanne. I ... remnants of a temple, or maybe a marketplace - there was a sign that said

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to ... Bowl team or anything. Do you do quiz bowl? If so, here are the three ... . Beethoven wrote only one opera, and it was called "Fidelio." 2. Nearly all of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  ."]reported by past students[/annotation] and then adjust up or down by a few hours ... , theoretical computer science, or biomedical applications of EECS), and the ... structures and/or topics like 6.5310 (Geometric Folding Algorithms, which

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025