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• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  past two years have been great, and I anticipate that the next two will ... teaching me things that I will be using in my future career. It is a great ... of work, more so than they should be given the number of units in the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  , I knew I wanted to be at the Commencement to support them ... . So the question I hope you will carry forward from here is, how will ... Commencement day, I almost got grabbed by police for getting too close to the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  feel better about their failed relationship, and the party turns out a ... ourselves, and though there may be a few pokes taken at the opposite gender ... mind. Any questions about theater at MIT will probably not be answered by

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  Intelligence. Be sure to play the video on the Peas homepage. Anyway, when Will ... for the show. “Hey, that would be great,” I said. I like the Peas, and ... I got an email the other day from Professor Patrick Henry Winston ’65

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  failure, back to fail a little bit more! I think that the weather has a ... Baal'? No thanks, I’ll be soaring on the wings of eagles, chief ... actually did all of the work, and there are unlimited retakes if you fail

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  .006 final, got a B in the class, and will be taking 2.004 next year with no ... year through sophomore year. I understand what it's like to be failing ... didn't take it as one. My other scores in the class would be enough to

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  intended to keep them that way. As the first exam week came, I failed the ... despite the failed exam grades bringing them down. When the second exam ... would most likely fail the class. There was no final. I had already been

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  a few hours of blocked time, I will try to do some reading Ariel, The ... (see video). Kitchen can be a bit chilly but I have better posture at the ... will mostly be about developing parasocial attachments to plants and

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  be you. And you will fail. Irredeemably.  Me: Woah, that's a little ... the reward that follows will be worth it. Unfortunately, the “worry ... ’re supposed to be working, we’re doing the work. I can figure it out… I think

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  Nisha of the present, I thought that a status update might be appropriate. (Sidenote: this will probably become a yearly thing.) Sidequest 1: Learn the ... ’s likely that this sidequest will forever be stalled at 25%... Sidequest 3

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  the HASS requirements because there is a 93% chance that I will say ... (3) failing to reach the d-section of the alphabetized ... On the Coming of Winter in Boston November peels away like buttery

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  lottery, I usually prefer to save my luck for the day when I will be ... about the intricacies of black holes. It turned out to be less Nobel ... physicist can be. Currently the Feynman professor of Physics at Caltech, one

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  these agents and mathematically proves what the societal outcome will be ... drowning. To wade in and pull the child out would be easy but it will mean ... should be overlooked. There’s also the fact that people often judge a major

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  . Go to a movie, go bowling, do something. The mail will be there when ... advice I have for you all is, the mail will come. Waiting at the mailbox is ... will be an emotional weekend for us all, but just remember to have some

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  wish will be granted eventually. You'll turn 21 and realize you don ... mother will likely nag you to learn how to drive the summer between your ... 'll be picked up, you watch a motorcyclist slide and crash into the curb at

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  MIT in 1934 “for all who might be interested in knowing more about the ... , and I thought I'd share them on the blog as well. MIT: The Motion Picture (1992) You may have seen MIT: The Motion Picture on our homepage or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than ... frosh.  You will not be a frosh and the frosh will not be sophomores until ... and try the hardest you can in your classes - the semester will be over

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  ?", "Will you be at CPW?" but also other things; for instance, the organizer ... being the majority of the room) speak, as well as Alums from other high ... be a tough school and admit only the brightest, and were surprised to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Won’t Be Long Now… Some pictures to tide you over.

  

  us will let you know when we have confirmation that all of the ... the rest of the admissions team. Not my favorite part of the job (I'm not the biggest fan of paper cuts) but it's rewarding in that it

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  from 12-1 in one of the large Tang classrooms, and it ended up being ... expect that the dictator (rational consumer) will give the other student $0 ... price on anything. Heh. That proved to be the perfect segue into our gift

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007