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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  Sun. "What Radia did was to put the basic traffic rules into place so it ... there that is completely taken for granted," he said. "It doesn't deliver ... improvement, she redesigned a program with graphics such as turtles to make it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  common critique of the MEng program is that it allows students to “hide out ... undergrad, I found it difficult to context-switch between so many obligations ... financially feasible for students to pursue the degree. Social life is

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  recording of it. Tidbit #2: Professor Yaffe is also an MD. Thus, to prove it to us and also demonstrate the effects of EDTA ... entire lecture in 10-250. So basically, this class is designed to teach us

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  recitation) "Apparently she hates it too. We'll miss you!" "This is just ... to procreate, because what else is there to do besides eat?" "...also ... second day of recitation) "It's possible that the thing you want to call

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  Berkeley: The number one thing is to be yourself. Take it seriously, but not ... did not give it any though. Realize that the ECs are there to find out ... impression on someone, it is unlikely you would immediately launch into a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  is my goal to beat it. Recently, though, I’ve gotten into watching ... ; Back on topic, what does it mean to crash Tetris? Tetris is marketed as ... , to be honest. Because it is a game that is defined by taking risks. And

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  there) I think it's safe to say that there is a lot of stuff that goes on ... rank it up there with the Black-Scholes model. (don't know what that is ... MIT is an acronym, or as I like to say "L.E.A.M.I.T.I.A.A"(did you catch

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  patents. The press release is very short and I recommend reading it to ... nipping at my heels and it seemed a bit irresponsible to not devote my full ... too far off and maybe I'll be able to afford it in my lifetime. Quantum

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  learned how small of a world it really is, I also learned that to learn what ... go is. In the past two years, I have been to: the Netherlands, Belgium ... . In the end, it was really boiling down to MIT and Berkeley. So some

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  of school. Think about why you like to do these activities. What is it ... the report that the EC writes. But it is the nice thing to do. (Email is ... like that. It's meant to be more of a conversation, a give and take. What

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  the essay before submitting it to make sure everything turned out the ... to these people is academic record especially in the case of ... students to excel in different areas. Pakistan is very very different from

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  'll listen to me vent) and it’s not expected to be all by yourself, which is why it’s important to ask for help when you need it. Today is not the ... sick. What a joy it has been to experience illness during the first two

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  So both Melis AND Laura beat me to it, but last night was the early ... their early acceptance to MIT. ("Frank? Hi, this is Christina from MIT ... to a mixup with the insurance company; it should be up by next week, in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  It’s hard to believe the first month of sophomore year is already coming to a close, but I’m happy to say that the term is taking shape quite ... January is pretty close to the point I can start talking about it publicly

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  assessment.” What it boils down to is an analysis on the current state of ... distort and corrupt the social processes it is intended to monitor ... is so integral to the present and future of the world, especially the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  another, to write it but that has also not been true and it is very ... people here but i don't think it is just that. here are some thoughts on ... analysis before. one way to think about dimension is to see how many

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  , making it hard to separate work from personal life. This is also something ... computer science. It’s hard to figure out what 6-9 is trying to be. Is it ... the AI class is an elective. Is it trying to focus on brain

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  , especially when no one is explaining it to the guys working alongside me. But when the pattern grows more subtle, it’s harder to address. I also ... ride it and stand to the side. My insurance would take a hit if I crashed

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  Cambridge"]Microcenter[/annotation] took one look at it and told me not to bother fixing it since my motherboard is a goner. it took about six ... since i didn't want to ruin its pristine surface with an, uh, "unworthy

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  songs that they learn from their fathers. She loves her UROP because it is ... fearless bird that did not lose its motivation to sing, eat, and fly. She ... is not afraid of the researchers studying it.” She found out

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007