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• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  president of MIT) will also be there playing the trombone!"]our April 20th ... tell you all about the experience. (Now would also be a great time to ... (which I hope it will not), I will be slightly more prepared. Modern

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  .021, Physics E&M. I failed the regular version of 8.02 in the spring, so I ... people who failed and really struggled with the normal version of E ... changed the length of psets to be shorter and be more manageable. He was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  academic policies, which will be in place next year! Rona and I, both on that ... -frequently, will be remembered. You might take a whole class about some topic and ... , rather than the full text. Beyond that, it can be tricky to recognize what

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  option. You figure that the world is over and that you're going to fail out ... questions we have. Same goes for physics. The kind upperclassman will almost ... advice will probably be more directly related to what you need to know for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  because you know they'll be helpful to you one day in the future, but you ... of distress to save the day! Lastly, there are your dormmates who will ... ball in the halls These are the moments when I know I was meant to be

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  that class? The work is tough, and never will relent. 8.022 makes ... fall behind spells doom That failing to keep up will seal my fate That if ... will let me be your queen Let me succeed, and bring on 5.13. Ode to 9

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  . All while hoping that going through the damage will all be worth it ... clue whether the next design will be any better than the one we had ... ’ll finally be on the right track to succeed in my classes, I keep banging into

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  the Blogs Bad haiku will be Ben's legacy (wait 'til the fall...). "Bad ... for help. Often. Half of you will be in the bottom half of your class at any given moment. Way more than half of you will be in the bottom

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  mit bingo! as done by the bloggers

  

  /facebook/snapchat stories. For the uninitiated, you will quickly pick up on how it works as ... because my team wouldn’t be able to continue working on the project ... would pretend to be reading a form, grab my desired item from the desk

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  sometime between May 1 and May 15 I will be doing the same again (albeit no ... failed for 21 times (...I succeeded on the 22nd try) I guess I don't have ... This coming semester will be my FINAL semester at MIT. FINAL FINAL FINAL

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  ... Will you be HAPPY (at least ~50% of the time)??? There's a reason why ... though. It would be NICE to get the PSET back BEFORE the test... not that ... at least 6 hours by now, by the time I call it quits at 3 it'll be 8

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  right across the street from my dorm. So I will miss being able to quickly ... Climbing that I failed to wake up for. I ended up going to see a talk by the ...   Hi. Meet my Google Calendar, the metronome to which my life

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  -CPW-rant that the previous item became, it's important enough to be repeated here ... come here, these are the people you'll be learning, growing, blah blah ... Student Center -- and it'll definitely be worth the trip. Directions: N52

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  able to predict how and when things will fail based on the materials ... the study of markets as a whole. It's a pretty good time to be ... .01-Intro to EECS EECS, for those of you who didn't stare at the floor during

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  first real snow!! wow so magical

  

  've probably seen too many hot chocolate bomb fails on the internet. (they ended up being pretty good.) i didn't have gloves, so by the time i got back ... i woke up this morning and it was COLD. i checked the weather. lo

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things ... school student, I didn't really fail very hard at anything. During the ... interview was on 6.004 material, and I happened to be in the Intro to Caches

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  should let yourself be sad about the people you’ve lost. Tier 3: Geez, you ... ’t seem like the whole people-pleasing thing is working out. Maybe transfer ... something, the more it fucks with your life so you can be fUlLy SeLf Ac

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  !) so here it goes. IТƒфd like to preface this all with the statement of the obvious fact that MIT is a tough place- the reputation exists for a ... everyone an equal footing, regardless of prior education. It will also

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  problem areas dwell and your child will be the better for it. FINANCIAL AID ... . Additionally, they need to understand the community that they will be joining in ... the costs of MIT for 4 years. Without fail, the majority of students are

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  be away from the blogs, since I'm so accustomed to posting every week ... stress of failing my 6.009 quiz. But the other part came from this rage and ... crying at night when instead I should be celebrating the fact I was in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020