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  Semester Reflections

  

  different. Granted, we’ve had this option for the past three semesters and ... .009 Fundamentals of Programming ES.1803 Differential Equations 21M.601 Drawing for ... blogs, for example. But with that said, it definitely was cool to meet

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  school for funding, and started a team there: Team 4550, “Something’s Bruin”. But even though two women were the team captains, for two years, we were ... I am completely confident only want the best for my success. My UROP

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  enjoyed the class and think it was well worth it for getting my feet wet ... structures, and they also have similar pronunciations for many words. Some ... . shinmun), and many more. This is because both the readings for these words

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  ’ theme last year too, same as the year before. I've only been here for a ... for that. What do I really want to do? Shhhhhh I have two more years. A ... -registration sometime soon. For probably the first time ever in blog history, I can give

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  I love food. This is no secret. Here at MIT, I cook for myself ... , since you have to cook for around 20-30 people, and not all recipes are good for that sort of thing. I've expanded my skills (I'm faster at

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  read. I read guidebooks for each stage of development the stage before I ... 't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens before I reached twelve, and Elaine St ... disdain for books that seemed--like diet pills or clickbait listicles--to be

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  one, but it's a bit different for me right now, because we've started to ... would make for a particularly interesting blog. So instead, I figured I ... 've written countless posts on reading in the abstract: what we look for in your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  introduction for the uninitiated: My name is Keri, I used to write here, and as a ... ’ve been spending my summer writing essay after essay for twenty ... inappropriate for my med school applications. Three weeks ago, I wrote a no

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  at the other Cambridge, Cambridge University, for the past almost 6 ... getting sprayed... For two glorious days, us engineers relaxed and ... at a computer screen for such long hours. So. much. sad. I feel like a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  after living here for three years). She took me to the Maisonette, then ... I had a small (LEGAL!) drink. Thank you for all the birthday wishes ... there are"). For our purposes, this piece represents a shift from the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  with their advisors to sign up for classes. The day before the first day ... our new freshmen, Sarah '17, is amazing and cooked a few batches for the ... quarter mile from French House to the heart of campus) for... Meeting #1

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  a tractor? (For reference, this is what I mean by muddy: ) It ... Christiansburg to ask for directions; I hopped out of the car, crinkled folded map ... watch out for the Mad Russian once you get to Floyd -- gives a lot of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  At MIT, I've taught for two Splashes, three Sparks, and two HSSPs. My ... afternoon: a pulsar class for parents, and a pulsar class for middle school kids. The next afternoon, I taught a pulsar class for high school kids

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  unphotogenic). Blurred for your own safety. (Just kidding, my boyfriend doesn ... some of my closest friends around town at odd hours, it was hard for ... can help you with number one, but I have a place to start for number two

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  stared at the screen for another minute. “Good grief,” said the first, “and I wanted to run for president someday. What’ll happen to us if all our ... all of that is actually true, except for the mysterious power outage and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  even leaving for FLP (haha) but not actually staying there until right up ... ago when she visited NYC! We had weekly brunches in our dorm, and for ... has a talent for solving problems, and I can't remember a time when he

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  bad consequences for the entire Internet as we have come to know and ... , and YouTube, and Wikipedia, and, for that matter, MIT Admissions) by ... lawsuits as long as they respond to requests for takedown by copyright

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  numeracy - trigonometry, for example - is absurdly old. Haven't you ever ... requirements.) It's a little harder to do this for math classes, especially ... , right? So let's see how I do. Feel free to ask in the comments for

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  -years-more-or-less-when-we-feel-like-it gathering of admissions folks from the "IvyPlus" schools, defined, for the ... , we all use them in slightly different ways. For example, one colleague ... other for leadership positions, and that energy sort of animates this vast

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  cool enough to make me continue in the physics track, so I showed up for ... schedule to take a physics course! But the metaphor holds for so many MIT ... virtually sing, showing their passion for what they do. It's part of the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011