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• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  — it doesn't refer to course 3, which is materials science. 6-1 is ... is 2A-X, X being your concentration. It can be department you can argue is related to your major; common choices are 2A-6 (comp sci), 2A-4

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  from spam. The footer to that email, as all emails before it, should ... to any of them, but I only wanted to go to one of them. I loved it. I ... people. It as the only place I was really, legitimately excited to go. One

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  just a semester of my undergraduate career left, it's hard not to. Every ... 've found it hard to stay present. I've been enjoying my time in Madrid ... , it transformed into semesterly visits to North Carolina from Boston

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate: LiveBlog FOOD FIGHT!

  

  scarce because of how hard it is to take, compress, crop, upload, and ... audience. Only the Hamentashen side is getting little stickers to go along ... . . . sweet potato. It's fun to make Hamentashen with friends, it's a great

  • by Snively '11
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  Dorm Row? As tempting as it is to retreat to your comfort zone, don ... Rush week." Pass/No Record is what you make of it. I'm not here to talk ... Trivia: In Mandarin blogs, being first to comment is to get the "tou

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  being a student whose sole responsibility is to learn. To find answers to ... the whole day. I’m too old to not get eight hours of sleep. But, it ... me maintain my creative spirit at MIT. Figuring out what to wear is a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  official member of the broader MIT community, I find that it is difficult for ... . To some degree, the disconnect is easier to explain.  I no longer live ... special to me. The feeling of connection is a bit more complex. When I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  'm really unsure how to deal with it. I think part of it is because I'm a ... because it is out of the reach of my comprehension. This led to feelings of ... of late and it has me feeling really guilty. Blogging used to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  This is going to be an interesting week. For early action applicants ... . But it may be the MIT students who have it toughest of all: it is finals ... thesis proposal; ugh.  :)  Luckily it's somewhat okay for me to stay up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  let MIT use a forklift to remove it. This is one of those cases when ... Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day ... saying when it will be returned. # Brute force is the last resort of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  friend, Rob '08, but this weekend, I managed to make it out to Ohio to ... out to the dead zone when it came to cell phone signal. When my cell ... this, but your flight has been cancelled." I didn't want to believe it

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  to yap has taken hold, and I shall oblige it, because orientation is ... Alternatively, how to build a cult! Only it’s not a cult, it’s just a ... time. People talk a lot about how important your living group is to your

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Senior Week On The Blogs!!! oh no, we’re all so old

  

  first Senior Week On The Blogs!!!! It is often when things come to an end, that we realize just how much more there is left to be written about and ... Well would you look at that, it’s finals week at MIT.  Which means

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  , but there are very few ways to actually understand what MIT is like. One of those ways is to attend MIT. Another one of those ways is to visit ... you'll do is look to your right and see Killian Court, realize that you

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  blog post, and here it is. This came out as an experiment to figure out ... for most of his lunches and dinners, for example. Come to think of it ... or not to take a picture of it. Tuesday I sleep through breakfast. The

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  done. Either way, it is always possible to be working on something at any ... is something you want some more of I can definitely try to add it, and ... around recently. However, I will make it up to you guys over this summer

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  to use it. the procedure for running Artemis is fairly automated so I ... Matthew are also gone because according to Kales, "it is just not as fun ... telescope about every half hour/hour to make sure it is always in the field of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  ; Basically, the drug Crixivan ® is used to combat HIV, but it is a very complicated compound that is extremely difficult to make. Instead of relying ... , GA, will head off to Dartmouth for a Ph.D program next year. As an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  rate this year is the lowest in MIT's 151 years; we had to turn away ... Class of 2016, which is, to me, just about as awe-inspiring as any other ... posted earlier this year, MIT is just another place. It is an awesome place

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  college. Besides, as in the good ol' childhood times, it’s always fun to meet and get to know people by playing games. It’s no secret that MIT is ... ! Auuuhhhhhhrrrrrahhhhghh! Come to think of it, dodgeball is really like recess. Considering

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009