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  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  degree charts.) You can still graduate with any major even if you don ... pretty awesome. Pay attention, though, because the same class can vary a lot based on the professor teaching. You can shop for classes. The

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  I know so many people in MIT only on the surface-level. Sure, I can ... . Sure, I can tell you his favorite video game, or what student groups he ... up to called the IMO, which you can think of as the Olympics for high

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  's window. I remember thinking that this can't be our last goodbye, but in a ... from when I've last seen her. "Talk to your grandma as much as you can while you're here, okay?" I can read between lines to understand what my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  , hopelessly confused, and I can (sometimes) instantly recognize their problem ... can't even see... And most of all, what's making me emotional tonight is how much we rely on each other, and how much we can rely on each

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  that I can’t always control the things that matter to me. This year I ... best as I can remember, it was three cups water to one cup barley for the ... pepper are the basics. Garlic always works, though you can also throw whole

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  control can make getting out of bed to complete your final really hard, or ... ) option, that just involves a [annotation note="as much planning as you can ... class of choice, you can get that final excused, whether it’s a paper or a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  because the application process can be somewhat of a crapshoot. I'll add a ... . For some people, this can be upwards of 30 companies. For me, talking to ... word makes you look as good to an employer as possible. You guys can

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  street — can have the largest impact, should I be hit by a bus, or meet the ... . That we can't evade or avoid these decisions; we can only try to make them as well as we can in the moment. He asked me what I would tell an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  want to Do The Thing and to convince others you can Do The Thing (MIT ... life. Some people go to grad school just because they can, or because it ... why you want to Do The Thing and to convince others you can Do The Thing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  says about her daily life at MIT. She loves that you can get a daily fix ... endeavors. She is proud of MIT and how it can provide real solutions to ... luminaries… which actually took place last week (you can watch it

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  smooth, rapid, pace of comprehension I know at my peak I can process, but ... say I can’t go to this event I had said I was going to, I do it, because ... things that I wanted because X, Y, Z person was why can’t I? Because I’m me

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  construct a paper airplane that he can throw from MIT and have it land ... can repeatedly land on a perch, the way birds do, and he is fascinated ... electricity!) showing how purely mechanical designs can be efficient and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  wrong: you still can’t do minute math properly but you are good at math. I’m sure you have a lot of questions, but I can’t remember what they ... the kitchen. And there’s nothing you can do to stop time from passing

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

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  're racing around in the dark (more all-nighters and late-nights you can ... longer can study for exams at 10 PM the night before) Also, figure out ... ? Where can you get cheap textbooks*? Your classmates and upperclassmen in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  [annotation note="Google Can Children Learn Creativity from a Social Robot? for ... social robots can stimulate creative expression in children if programmed ... -player character can take; a peer, a supporter, an opponent, a navigator, etc. I had

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  music room, where you can probably find me crying/angrily singing: The full results from last year’s poll can be found here, if you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  asked, "Why throw something away when you can tell a story about it ... Milk's application (with permission) below; you can also download it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  already know how valuable it can be to learn to write and express yourself ... a finished poem. Most of the time, it’s actually something you can be

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  ="water-ballooned, anyone?"]any other painful form of water you can think of ... MIT experience can't really be understated. It's research at the top ... /learning programs where students can teach students or gain internships that are not

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  sprinter down the hallway, and can probably spot a fly a building away. He ... the largest species of common roaches). You can also tell from the wider ... it would react again. Their wigglers can take them up to 3 miles per

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023