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  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  where you use Arduino to code up a control algorithm for a motor on a ... are problems where you might need to keep trying for an infinite amount ... accepted after. Then we move on to complexity, and considering the question

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  last night that for some reason MIT decided to trap the sun on Briggs ... " and "Wilson's Friend"), draw faces on them, and then duct tape them to ... with the MIT Outing Club! In my free time I like to play lots of board

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  . Those accepting a spot on the Waiting List, need to choose another ... admission, simply need to move on, acknowledging that enrolling at MIT is not ... admission decisions should certainly be sinking in by now. For those offered

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  somehow made it to Back Bay in time for us to get on the train home. Do ... – like, 5AM late – talking to students on Saturday night of CPW. When I ... – to this day I don't remember who – pounding on the door of my host

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  and makes you better for it. You learn to appreciate free time and the ... That title is just a lazy excuse for not being able to come up with a ... 'm writing this from the train on the way to work. Please heed my advice: When

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  ) some advice for how to quickly finish his art notebook cover project ... goofing on collages. “Ok, whatever, I was just trying to help.” Because I ... , one class logically building on to the next, one project leading to the

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  to visit improv shows and eat hot pot. For our second to last day, we took long walks between campus, the Museum of Science (free for MIT ... me is saturated with newness. I’m still adjusting to making new friends

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  More info for Admitted Students just a few more things to do

  

  on hand for an hour to answer all your CPW questions and give you a ... email later this week for the details from us about how to tune in ... information. Some other things to look out for in your MY MIT Portal

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  front desk for students to use. The receptionist smiles at me as I hastily ... as well be on fire. When you're used to life in Hell, sometimes a ... This semester, almost all of my classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  hey! PNR exists for a reason, and now seems like the best time to try ... people, and I want to improve! So, on the first weekend after classes ... schedule.[annotation note="thank you to fellow blogger Fiona for making me

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  been a sore topic for me to grapple with. Because on the one hand, I ... , is that at MIT I've been able to feel seen. Most times for the better ... this blogpost is meant to be a mock-up of my monologue for the MIT

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  training hard enough to qualify for Boston. There's a reason that Boston is ... anyone runs bandit--you have to qualify for it. You have to run really fast ... to cheer you on. Maybe your parents promised to come up and watch you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  random shit to keep track of, but honestly, I had so much going on in high ... ... Customization is annoying. Bro, what if I want to indicate progress on something ... had to stay on top of. Also, in middle & high school, teachers don

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  (2), ironically out of respect for my physical health. On the way ... Lucas came over to check on me, which was very nice, and a bunch of French ... " turned out to be an alien, who was on Earth to rip out everyone's frontal

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  . In fact, I have a free hour on Fridays before class in 10-250 (right ... on the way to the study space, and those shelves do look interesting ... the way to the east of campus (not as far as it would be if I lived on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  is on the interwebz rather than IRL. Tomorrow, I am going to be at the ... afterward. Then, I’m going to Chocolate City for Ill Vibes, an open mic sort ... tell. It is for this reason that I try to be as tolerant and lenient with

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  of a lack of vehicle I should probably hold off on skydiving for a ... instructors who would be jumping with me and holding on to me during freefall ... .  The instructors just hold on to you and give you hand signals to help

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  ’s a logistical thing to do before you start.” I was so excited for ... requirements left for one senior year; I've only taken 9.01 Introduction to ... article, the exact kind of piece I'd want to work on. MIT has one of about

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  roasted for trying to turn this essay into another opportunity to humblebrag. Lesson learned. It's actually okay to do things for fun, guys. I still ... had signed up for because, “Hey, there might be free cookies!” (There

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  - 1,100,000 = prize money for the Men's/Women's tournament winner - 4 ... any guy won back-to-back US Open titles (Federer won last year, he's looking to win again) Ok, that's enough pretending that I know about tennis

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005