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  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  (as you will soon see…). I’m incredibly excited to be going to Oxford ... last year (junior spring). Long story short[er], I wanted to be a ... different style of learning from the US, so I thought this would be a great

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  be Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science). This ... of laws and ending up on various rooftops around campus. Hacks could be ... just want to see the end result. That, and I'd prefer to not be arrested

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  portray a certain pessimism that I've been encountering a lot lately being ... inevitably, after "YOU USED TO BE SO CUTE! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE??", roll ... 't necessarily have to be pre-professional, it's basically one of your first few

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  A Great Hunger by Selam G. '18 Learning how to be a human being, not ... intergenerational in a way that the day-to-day blogs can never be, by the very nature ... staff member"]them[/annotation] all is being a blogger for MIT. I am

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  being in different states, even if the appointments were virtual. my ... . losing interest in a hobby you used to be passionate about, with things formerly joyful turned to chores. like being blown by erratic winds, ones

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  worthwhile watch and can be helpful if you're missing MIT like I am. Some ... experiences and the way being a Black woman has shaped their MIT experiences ... ://vimeo.com/26010884 I think students who come here should be ready to let their passions

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  . Butterbeer will be served. 21:17 - 24:17 Sunday, August 25th RHOP ... Planets Do you ever get bored with ice cream? Ever wish it could be ... shattering apart, remember it's gonna be the future soon, so apply forgetful

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  weather today for the marathon? But it should be done by now though” and ... of family members stricken with worry and sadness would be engraved in my mind. I wanted to hug them, and tell them that everything would be

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  inevitably be done in the twenty-four hours before it's due. Procrastination, I ... applications, my UROP, being a news editor for The Tech, and, well, living. The ... 'd actually be a paragraph in a giant book about the Taj Mahal. I had to take a

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  to be present in the now. You won't get the most out of college if you ... should be studying. The night before my freshman year psych final, my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  was concerned that everyone else would be much better prepared than she ... . But now I'm worried that I won't be able to catch up to these kids and ... . Please feel free to be honest... if you think that my sort of person can

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  happened to be standing right there, going on about amide formation. And then ... as being totally smooth at all times), or if my professor had instead ... , concise manner that supplements the lecture without being redundant (and I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  want to knock out both classes before spring, this could be good. Usually ... in IAP]. I got recommended 18.01 and 8.01L, but that had to be a ... signing up for 6.100A, but quickly realized I would be better suited for 6

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  I've been busy recently because of CPW. Like last year, CPW is being ... , knowing I'd be going down another history research rabbit hole. [caption id ... not be tolerated[/caption] Unfortunately, I was weak of will. It

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  the Research Obviously, this *should* be the first step. For me, my ... message was that it would be interesting if we had kids play the game with ... some context in the area you're researching, what you're going to be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  , being bedridden for a month and your mom having to fly in to take care of you in your dorm room. Or, your dorm is in the process of being closed ... ’s nice, really - MIT may be an academic hellscape sometimes, but at least

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  is on that single spectrum. Houses would be painted black and white ... simply be made in only dark, or light. There would only be black and white ... , because you would never use that ability; there would not even be words for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  discussing it.  Some people are better at being louder in meetings, at ... added that students were being taught to use computer programs to make ... hour.   The spirit of 2.009 couldn’t be farther from that

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  roof below—I know I must be in the right place. The first floor of ... against walls and the space where the window glass would be, discussing and ... -height octagonal prism that is soon to be a waterfall of wooden blocks. Meanwhile in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  will be some light spoilers, so if you want to read the series, now ... MIT. People told me that it was going to be hard, that there would be ... our institutions. I remember wanting to not be changed, wanting to hold

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022