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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  a student was unable to complete a course by the end of the semester ... opportunity to turn in late work by an assigned date. Upon completion of the course, the grade changes to I/X, where X is the official grade which

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  interest in design: “His Christmas gift to me would be one day of his time ... understood the beauty of things made by hand. I came to realize that what was ... for the past few months, from 7 to 10 pm, I've thought about that

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  . Whether that be going to the gym, painting, guitar, basketball, it is always ... 't be left in the dust if I have difficulty understanding a concept ... think you're ready/can handle it/the class poses no real benefit to you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• 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.

  

  be for thrashing about even more, trying to consolidate the least awful ... thought I just wasn't tough enough to handle MIT? Turns out I was sick the ... not be here were it not for the blogs. They're what convinced me to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  the person I want to be. The biggest risk I took...was moving to San ... closure with the past and finding it within myself to be kind. The biggest ... semester. I didn't realize I could grow to be so peaceful, or to look at the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  much more than the material that is directly taught to you. If you’re a ... , rather than the full text. Beyond that, it can be tricky to recognize what ... what the club actually does) UROPs (to try different areas of research

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  gaining the skills to be hired in that job at the bachelor's level. If you ... to try for grad school again at some point in the future it'll be good ... there, but consider Dorm Rush (REX), not the summer, to be the time when

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  advice would be to defer judgment, if possible. If you have a serviceable ... priced machine that you would be ok replacing in 2-3 years if you need to ... indestructible, and according to the Internet a solid development machine. It had

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  appears to be banging its head into its textbook in despair!"), but the ... the Friday before, then skipping out on this would only be a sign of ... .03/Differential Equations instructor Arthur Mattuck's addition to the 0x10

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  if rupi kaur went to mit milk and funny

  

  _hidden]what do i love about you? you’re so brilliant the sun might be jealous you ... —distance makes the heart grow fonder[/visually_hidden] [visually ... follow you i wish i knew your name but for now i’ll call you by your

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  grade school doesn't really deserve to be called "math." It ... need to be considered are very general. To handle them, mathematicians ... As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lambda Tea Two words: BOBA MACHINE

  

  DESCENDED TO EARTH The machine is the brainchild of MIT’s very own startup Lambda Tea, and the three wonderful human beings responsible for its ... and why they decided to create basically the best thing ever. The

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  was to wear heels in the snow, as if we were all wearing heels. (NOTE: I ... it. On the way, Hawkins '12 thought it would be a good idea to dare ... quarter of the superbowl (which, if you missed it, is how the game should be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  sad to think that, if i added all the stress i feel right now to the ... i guess this would usually be the time of year that there’d be blog ... of you are doing amidst all the chaos. maybe some of you won’t be going

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  around the U.S. and it's entrepreneurs, will be premiering next year. I ... something different. We want to take over the medium of reality TV and use it to inspire people to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. Here's the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  way to track my spending. I opened an account with the MIT Federal ... recurring payments I had and when they had to be paid, so that I'll know what needs to be paid and when so that I won't have unexpected withdrawals or

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  . Since food happens to be one of the protagonists in this blog, here's a ... only went bowling once during the semester. It just happened to be ... -Related Procrastination Games, although the two were sometimes interchangeable if you could

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  ). I took the occasional break to have a hot drink inside. I'm being ... : pass, get a D, or fail). You learn the basics of amateur astronomical ... up on the roof (using a telescope to find Comet Pan-STARRS as the sun

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  on the internet did not turn out to be helpful. You can find things ... would fail my test even harder than I was already going to fail it. I ... available to student-kind: the friendly neighborhood vending machine. But

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  student, you get the chance to have free summer housing if you're hired as a ... pictures to show you just yet[/caption] During the spring, I was able to get ... for multiple robots to get to a destination. The goal this summer is to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023