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• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  by itself was really boring. The challenge of winning a bunch of stuff ... to how someone confronts failure. The goal of high achievement is to ... ; The goal of perfectionism is more similar to a survivalist mindset. If

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  halfway into IAP, I wrote Sam with the intention of stealing his infinite ... share of the 114,000 known PC viruses over the years, none of which are an ... 's just the better choice. (Yeah, Apple's really not paying me for any of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  the weight of "not good enough." I've said this time and time again and ... in the mirror and I see my accomplishments. I think of how far I ... in the past year. But then, I sometimes see the flip side of that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  were to first discuss the strengths of the story, then address a list of ... worthwhile.   I took The Folklore of Gaelic Ireland for the fairies and ... , and the sum of parts is always greater than the whole. I gained a much

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  was a super fun class! We also signed up for 21W.744, The Art of Comic ... drop it after 3 weeks because of The Job Hunt and Grad School Apps. We ... we wanted to learn after seeing youtube clips of the storyboards

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  building a career out of her true passions, even though the road hasn’t been ... producing stuff for social media—and “stuff” is all kinds of stuff. The first portion of the class focused on projecting an image out into the Internet

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  an eye out on the blogs) and ate some really good pie of the meat and ... in the test tank at Sea Grant, the lab that Arcturus does most of their ... up working together to write down the names of as many distinct women

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  suggested events to attend and tips on making the most of your CPW experience ... Sadoway, John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry, will welcome the ... MIT Parents Association and the MIT Club of Boston, this reception is

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  with the first half (2/4 years) of MIT. That is both an exhilirating and ... 10 of the 12 members of Ring Committee. This is the outside of the ... metal detector! Good thing the rings didn't set off the alarm. Here

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  Compared to the previous, this semester was less tumultuous, more of ... up at the end of every semester: learning more from my classes, exercising more, being more on top of things, etc. But I think I did the best I

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  around the corner. (Funny I say that even though Boston had a heat index of 106 degrees last week.) As we get closer to September the class of 2010 ... classes, especially the class of 2011, are preparing to run the gauntlet

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

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

  

  been beaten, what does the future of Tetris look like?  For Classic ... the age of 3, and I thought the goal was to stack up the tallest tower ... -to game to avoid doing work, and I go pretty good at the tetris.com version

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  results even refer to? And don’t even get me started on the lack of units. I shudder as I think of all the unsuspecting high-school students making ... (DMSE), I have the perfect tools to conduct a quantitative analysis of MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  does afford the opportunity to appreciate all the other ways MIT has ... 'm reminded about the discovery of an entirely unacademic (and some would argue ... , in my home town of Pearland TX, the highest point of elevation is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  cloud of the 7.03 final was fraying my nerves. I’m sure the actual weather ... settled into the comfort of a familiar bed (cuddling cat named Stoopy included). Even though winter break itself ended on the 4th of January, I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Lessons Learned from (Watching) D&D thank you brennan lee mulligan

  

  , but for the most part, you can just imagine it as a bunch of people ... of my novels growing up. I found that the character sheets really ... in the story. I've watched about three seasons of Dimension 20 so far

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  might be after the end of the semester']managing everything ... and learning psychology, but this feels a little like the zone of ... the standard sleep schedule of the past few semesters—2 AM to 10 AM, not

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Normalville

  

  Fellowship Of The Duck Cookie Monster Dogs Playing Poker An Ax to Grind ... to start solving the puzzles...   We had a wall full of ... wondering, what does Random Hall, the winning team, receive for their victory

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  thought I'd talk a little about the jobs I've had at MIT. I've had a job of ... of money for my education, and the least I could do was try to pay for ... weekly chores like dusting the bookshelves. It was a very good job for a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  material goods, what if the rituals brought them a sense of social unity? Or ... comparison, the internship application process demands less of you. Instead ... problems on sheets of paper, and talk about your unwavering dedication to the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020