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• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  actually are. Also, summer is sort of nebulously defined for me as an MIT ... could! I also put a decent amount of time aside for having a lot of fun ... performances of Shakespeare plays in the Boston Common that you can watch for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  about my semester. classes i only had one final this semester, and for ... the semester! the final was for 14.64 (labor economics), a class i ... (gender and media studies), for which i got to write a final paper about the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  ominous - “Important news for the Senior House community” - which then was ... House community,” and I felt that discrepancy did well to set the tone for ... statistical methods to diagnose a problem, we will first want to control for

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  reaching for a calculator. EXAMPLE #1: consider being in a room with a ... ’s talk). The question: how long does it take for all audience members to ... after 30 or so seconds! The official, calculator-enabled, model for the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  Nina Lutz for multiple hours in editing, to my family for being awesome in the videos, to my best friends Diann Huynh and Chielo Mbaezue for participating, and then of course everyone at MIT for appearing)!!! If you would

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  when they are looking for some information or advice on transportation in Cambridge and Boston, so keep an eye out for it. Also keep in mind that I am ... ! The Actual Guide Part: 1) Feet – “Best bang for your buck” award

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien (I owe Prof. Bahr for much of my current reading ... text was still confusing him. He handed me a board marker and asked for ... annotated Gorgias will travel with me to Marburg, Germany, for an intensive

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  degrees and the skies are probably going to be blue for the next three ... , final grades are coming out, with little "P" for Passes appearing on ... /B/C/No Record (or, for those people like me pursuing sophomore standing, a normal

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  life shoves you. *(Credit for this analogy goes to retired astronaut ... rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation ... .  I went to the career development office for mock interviews.  I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  Graduate" list. See here, here, and here, for example. To summarize: during ... years at MIT, (b) leave in the closet for all four years, then pull it out ... as a placemat for his jade plants. He pulled it out after finals, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  looking for a program that didn’t promise that and rather had a different ... offer me the experience I was looking for. Although not many students ... with Cambridge University; MIT Madrid, which sends students for a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  For those of you who missed the blog post subtitle: "You might fit ... note "it's for your own good." Or maybe not. But people get too worked up over bacon; when I tell people that I don't especially care for

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  two freebie posts; for fall and spring semester, you can write about ... class. The first test was altogether not that bad for me. However, it ... .022 for weeks, and taking 18.02 -- a less challenging multivariable calculus

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  -year varsity starter in the outfield for the Warriors, applied to the MIT with ... and a 2,100 on the SAT. "He's a great role model for our younger kids ... field and right field for Post 283. "It's just a great fit for me all the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  -students. Oops. Sorry! I took some screenshots for your benefit, just so you can ... financial aid package, but I pay for all of my own personal expenses myself ... everything else- food, textbooks, travel, clothes- I pay for myself, so having

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  much it. We can talk—or argue—about music for hours upon hours. We have ... like a baby fresh out of the womb. I stood there in awe for about an hour ... fascists!" Not surprisingly, he urged everyone to pick up fliers for an anti

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  squabbling over pieces of bread, the plaza is deserted except for an eccentric ... . "For goodness' sakes! Are you going to come see me play tonight ... tonight?" "Giuseppe! For the hundredth time, you very well know where it is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Give Me Liberty . . . Or Give Me a Towel!!!

  

  One thing you can totally count on as a student at MIT is for Boston ... summer. I checked out the Banditos Misteriosos website for the details. The ... for a battle in a specific location. I instantly registered and made Dan

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  programs (and since then, the deadlines for the three summer programs that ... /USA Mathcamp!, Colby College, Maine I visited MIT for my very first time ... right now - class of '10). Alright, I'm sorry! (for this being totally

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  class on Tuesday (a math recitation at 1 o'clock for an hour). I ... (home of the OLPC) and its description states that it is Intended for ... Arts and Sciences freshman program. I've saved the best for last. Why is

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008