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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  ;   This is a really good question, because it forced me to think and ... people to buckle under the pressure. I’ve adapted the response I created ... and many others) called “How MIT Learns” was posted to the admissions

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  . As I enter my senior year, it feels like there's still much more to learn, and there are many cool MechE classes I won't be able to fit in to ... then, I’ve been applying willy-nilly to scholarships and grad programs

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Events

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

  

  much or as little of the $10 to the other student, whom he does not see ... recently. 1. Steven Levitt (author of Freakonomics and MIT PhD) came to ... he went to Harvard for his undergraduate economics degree and didn

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  much harder and earlier than I am now, and who am I to think I could ... to create better sensors, and a few weeks later, I’m at an electrical ... freshmen and provide them with all the support they might need to succeed

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  town around exit 16 to buy soft ice cream and mountain dew from the ... reason why you shouldn't think about bringing a car to MIT! Once upon a ... life driving to and from the internship that he liked. As luck should

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  internships. And, once I knew I liked research, I was able to practice research ... ? Does she even go here? The answer is no, I don't go here, BUT I used to ... long it would take me and my fellow undergrads to notice if all of Boston

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  to think of myself as someone who asks the tough questions and is not ... , James Lipton, and Bernard Shaw, I present to you my attempt at journalism ... addition to working in the admissions office and assisting with the

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  has occurred to me once or twice that if I, like all 5 feet and 115 ... I've been taking the time to explore some classes and activities in ... week. Then I went ‘n’ had a lotta thoughts and present to you many of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  this particular book is only at Harvard. Once getting to Harvard and ... , Harvard's Libraries, and why you should go to either MIT or Harvard. Here ... back to 1851, as well as tons of other newspapers and magazines? The New

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  -wing and combined paper fan folding to create wing "ruffles," which I found ... MIT students design and model unconventional outfits to raise awareness ... professional Mean Girl, and I have come to be at peace with that. I have been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  What’s on your mind? As for me, my hair feels normal again.

  

  RUSH RUSH RUSH RUSH So much is about to happen!  Electrical-component jewelry-making, seesaw- and small earth-mover-building, truffle-creating!  Not to mention the epic water war between the east side and west side

  • by Piper '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  sleep. Here's a list of the stuff I have to get done, and the amount of ... made the apple sauce."]having too much to do to be able to make ... 's readings in [annotation note="Intro to Video and Related Media; our readings

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  We made a website this is a filler post

  

  website! I teamed up with Dylan L. ’23 and Emma Q. ’23 to make em7.io. You input the melody to a song, and then it automatically generates a harmony ... , and tempo; you can snap the notes to the beat, and you can drag notes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  lab, 3D AR photo booth, and so much more! Shout out to the three Project ... wondering why I decided to take the last semester off. There's much to unpack ... left and right. It’s obvious that people want to spend quality, fun time

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a shoebox pc clips of summer

  

  internship on june fourth, it's already july 17th, and i move back to mit late ... , who is wonderful, and my team, much older, more experienced ... games and the donuts i'm eating and the comics i'm buying and the walks i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  using much energy at all. And by locking their wings, they can rest and ... like week 3 to share some neat things I learned this semester and share ... . It has virtually no application to me or my life, and I will probably

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  .310, we were allowed to fill one 8.5” X 11 sheet of paper, front and back ... bleed, making it harder to write in tight spaces) and write in neat ... “teeny”. “Not teeny enough” just isn’t going to cut it. Creating these

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  much better at identifying what i need, and how to go about fulfilling ... square target buying cat food and listening to pearl jam when i got a call ... my high-speed data for canada, there wasn't much to do on my phone so i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  once she finished. With that, we headed to Toy Story land and went to Toy ... . Julie and I sat next to each other for the ride and I did not blink once ... dinner thirty minutes before and I was once again terrified I was going to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year of the Origami Dog A beautiful folded-paper version of Evie the dog.

  

  how much it really looks like Evie. Check it out! The origami Evie was created by Jason '09, one of MIT's terrific origami artists. Count ... two awesome people: Andrea '07 and Prof. Erik Demaine. Also, this month

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2006