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• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  'll be on the internet in Germany, unless I succumb to temptation and go to ... DID YOU KNOW? In eighth grade, my science teacher taught me that the formula for the surface area of a sphere (4 pi r squared) was not exact, and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  this, I failed to account for the fact that I am now in the most ... office hours, I can look out my window and be reminded of the fact that ... ’d be nice not to stress at the last minute, but it's so nice to be able

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  failing miserably. Parents just sat there, looking at the board, pretending ... that during our test on Thursday we're going to be tested on the material ... . There will be few occasions where you will feel as accomplished as when

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Instructions on how to receive your decision online.

  

  . Decisions will be available to those who meet all of the following criteria ... . We will not be in the office on the weekend that decisions are released ... will be asked to give some personal information for verification). If you

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  will notice. If it's significantly over the limit, however, it will be ... physics) In january. Will the SAT 2 scores be accepted at the end of January ... performance would be in the transfer committee's decision.

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  knowing the answer!” Sounds bizarre, but let him explain, and you will ... single formula. Unfortunately, even the most complex formulas can be wrong ... problem is way off. Despite the complexity, it fails to provide a reasonable

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  had been shaped by the show. I never have been, and never will be, as ... I can more clearly see when and where the show succeeds and fails, his ...   Last night, Jon Stewart announced his plans to leave The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  around since then, and despite many non-swimmers’ grievances, the test will ... swim test not being required. If you take the PE Courses of Fencing ... /0XfTtIvuWUg[/embed] I’ll be the first to say it: The swim test is

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  to become the model student I felt pressure to be, but my plans never ... failing the course. 7.012 is a GIR, which means I have to pass it to ... fail, I wanted to fail in style. The test was everything that I expected

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  being completely awol from the blogs recently. She's right, and I ... applications and selecting the class in committee. This time next week I'll be ... will be mailed via postal mail a few days later, most likely on Monday

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Examination Nation 9 hours to prove that I learned something this semester.

  

  morning. To: Bryan From: Matt Sung to the tune of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will ... : BE.370: Quantitative Physiology I Wednesday: 2.002: Mechanics and ... live with thermo by my side. Then I spend so many nights getting all the

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  means being vulnerable and admitting that you’re failing a little… and folks here aren’t used to failing. The biggest highlight of my first month ... the break. When I return to MIT next semester, I'll be doing it knowing

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  last two years (yup, this will be my third year living in the exact same ... as is my house back in California. I remember being gently startled the ... way that you might love the gym. You go in all excited to be healthy and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  circles, particularly the word "blog", so I really wasn't permitted to be ... be completely honest, MIT is hard. (For the record, I wrote this post ... smack-you-in-the-face-with-a-failing-grade-on-your-lab-report remembered

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  would be the best amount to transfer? Would that be more than 10 вВђ? Can ... at the necessary temperature? And how much product would be produced ... per gram, and taking apart the system will take 1 month, would you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  your exams seem all right.” “But...but I failed the last exam...” O ... debating as much as researching. Some of the debaters could be really mean ... tempered, like iron, through the environment of debate. I had failed so much

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  in place of class names will be prevalent, but don't worry - I ... through to the end of IAP. A few of you will have already finished the ... can be said about most other classes you will take, but this is one of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  : they will not.) iv. depression I submit a drop form for the class to my ... will still be deeply and existentially tired at 90 units. I want to ... "]chocolate[/annotation] zipped away out of their reach Things will be okay. Maybe my 18.600 grade

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  ? A prototype of who I will be? Somewhere in the middle? Right now ... exist at MIT. Ask a question, and the answer will be that it depends. It ... to be true. Some truths are easy. For example, the addition of peanut

  • by Ella T. '25
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  friends in my classes? Will my parents be mad at me if I fail a test? A ... am discovering who I am and building the person I want to be. I am ... decorate my room? Does this person like me (the person can be referring to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020