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  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  E capstone class in which six teams each create a new product. It's known for ... -to-last round, and the first of four major milestones in the class. For this ... wires, making supports for the lights, holding wires in place while Isa or

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  difficult as it is -- why make it harder for others? In Conclusion ... we are trying something new! if you'd like to consume this blog in ... like for you. You might have gotten recently added to the Discord or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  for the beauty of it, but I recognize math as a tool to be used in ... simple. I signed up for 6.01 in my first semester and went to a few ... major. And for these gracious inquirers, I have a lot of different answers

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  :   It's good for you   You see, in the many conversations I ... Webster's dictionary has two entries for the word smashing when used ... ; Here at MIT, you'll find that both entries are equally applicable. In

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  auditorium. And just for you guys, I got some footage of his talk. Sorry in ... In the time I've been at MIT, we've had some interesting characters ... had been drawn for the lottery to see him and Mike Schroepfer (VP of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  professors included in the new exhibit for comment, and recieved the following ... Approximately two weeks ago in Building 14 (the one between Building 2 and just before Hayden Library for those familiar), a hack was put

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  is Latin for "Mind and hand". Now, in most cases, a school motto isn't particularly meaningful. It's a slogan that sounds cute. In the case of MIT, I ... culture. At some point in the past, someone on this blog asked me whether

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  team's Credit For Reddit final project (click for hi-res), in which we ... So you don't know what to major in. You have no idea what to do with your life and you're kind of interested in a lot of things and everything

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  economics class in addition to everything else, and it was too much for me to handle because I had a really weak background in calculus. For other ... , we came up with arguments about several issues in the book; religion

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  I've been blacksmithing for just shy of a year. This fall, I took 3 ... credit for me, but also accelerated my blacksmithing knowledge and practice ... things) slowly. Feel the heat rising from them. I move differently in the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  my first midterms. MIT has redefined the word midterm for me. In my ... using cool tools given to us in weekly goodie bags, such as a spectrometer ... A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting for one of MIT’s many clubs. It

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  many "failures" served as catalysts for personal growth. In the wake of ... day for my entire senior year (beginning in November when I started ... , Ward Melville. In my three years there, I changed intellectually and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  WORTHY!" (honestly, it's hard for me to keep those feelings in check ... . Posts include "It's an honor and a privilege to be in here with you all," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  interested in for a while (Reinforcement Learning), and the professor is also ... what we were learning in class, and get an intuition for reading and ... infectious. 9.59: Laboratory in Psycholinguistics (1) For all the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  , for an hour. The result: No, there was no mold in the AC. The room ... for a large part of the day, but the running monologue in my head: "15 ... -- spots need to be freed up in order for people to move in. 2. Charlotte

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  for my faculty job, I believed I had a really great research project in ... that the tools we needed in order to pull off the dream version of the ... ’ve kept in touch with pretty consistently throughout. As for college friends

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  walkouts scheduled for March and April. In response, some high schools have ... from MIT solely on the basis of being disciplined for participating in a ... we treated our applicants differently, penalizing them for engaging in

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  time on it? But there isn't a day that goes by or a pset that I tool in ... Logic Unit for a 6.004 lab, after registers and stack pointers and opcodes ... was refreshing, and I’d been staring at my computer for the last… well

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  sturdy carapace, unparalleled scavenging prowess, and ability to fly. In other words, in a world that humans have built for themselves, the roach’s ability to thrive in all its squirming, leg-wiggling glory is terrifying

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  of many things. Quarantining for COVID in the safety of my room has ... stories. Not so great for lying awake in the dark at 3am. My family on ... . After being holed up in my room for the majority of IAP, I got myself to

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • January 30, 2022