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  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  productive! This is up to you. The code must be non-blocking so it can be ... functionality to make it an alarm clock. For the alarm clock features, there is ... me the strength to declare the major that I did: 6.08 6.08 is one of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  . Vacuously true (adj.): A statement is said to be vacuously true if it is ... I can understand this paragraph. After confessing this to myself, it ... the underseasoning of the fish sticks, or is it a function of the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  just talking a problem out is enough to offer new insights on it. I cook ... to stay warm and cozy in my (over)heated room while it whistled and ... saving time, right? It made sense, of course, until you tried to account

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  I thought it'd be worth it to add my own thoughts into the mix ... 'm about to dive head-first into the craziness that is medical school ... 2013. What It's Been Like to be Pre-Med at MIT I like it. I feel like

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  people who read them. That's where this post differs. It is probably not ... it is. A map of all the places that I loved at MIT, color coded and ... be living in such a beautiful place, and I tried to appreciate it while

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  a bit before throwing it out there for the internet to judge ... scientists is to pump out papers. Conferences can only accept so many papers ... fire, to avoid burning out before the semester has even started. It’s

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  part of it, at least. No one’s journey to MIT is typical. His wasn ... students thinking of applying to MIT, his response was quick. “Do it,” he ... don’t want anyone else to go through it—but I hope he learns to fight as

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  a year ago and it is equally true now. Specifically, I want to share ... the path you choose gets difficult, it will be very helpful to rekindle the assurance and sense of purpose that drove you to follow it. Do it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  here in Israel) is something that forces you to stop. It can be frustrating if you want to go do, but it’s a nice excuse to just be. Ben ... that make it pretty homey. Every Wednesday there is a street festival in

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  evaluation metrics, because if it seems like creativity is a hard thing to ... benefit of conferences is that you get to talk to them directly about it ... thing about a virtual conference is that I wasn't fully committed to it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  cook together and go to Target (married life! it is exciting!). We also ... , which is breathtaking enough to divide into a very small number of ... professors from my program -- it's considered rude to ask a graduate student

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  .  Maybe, this is a better way to explain it: I am still trying to live up to ... , but you’ll grow to. And you’re going to be very satisfied that Mrs. J is ... ? It’s kind of like that. Loneliness is that hollow when it moves up into

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  did. But how much of that is MIT? Or is it just me choosing to be a part ... , I wonder if MIT needs to be as hard as it is. I deeply appreciated ... that the only way to make it through here is by working with and

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  guess my response wasn't very helpful to them. But hopefully it will ... 's the best advice anyone can give to you. Your application is full ... . It's always nice to have someone look over your writing and fix the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  while you do it to make a square"]rectangle,[/annotation] and then drag to make it have a height, and thus, the cube is born. You can also input ... . Now what? At this point, your most likely option is to go back and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  -harm. I’ve been trying, for months, to find a way to write about what it was ... end, as I said, is that I left. The means to that end are worth talking ... is what happened to me: I started out as the girl who got a reasonable

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  definitely still want to help people, but I’m not finding it all quite as ... . I started having thoughts to the effect of “everyone else is already ... people, and the gist of what I would optimally do is to convert the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  (MIT '17!!) is sitting to my right, underlining passages from her AP US ... asked him whether "Cloudy Apple" is good, and Davie's response was "it ... write a blog post, but was struggling with writer's block (it's easier to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  silly. The truth is, and maybe you can't see this yet, it's going to be ... ," moments. It was difficult to decide whether optimism or pessimism was the ... how it ever got to the point where I put so much emphasis on a place

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  it is really like to spend your days here. Linked below are a few ... life may take after coming to this curious place. 1. What is it like ... a lot. But it's also comforting; it is possible to have a fulfilling

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016