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FAQ / Academics and research
Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?
subjects outside of the classroom itself. If you're confident that you ... test out of it. It's essentially like sitting the final before the class ... , and you will never exhaust our curriculum of hard, interesting classes. -
Blog / Academics & Research
zero knowledge ^ not you after reading this post!
one of the things i’m working on outside of class this semester is a ... to produce a zk-snark implementation of an elliptic curve pairing ... of proofs are impossible, but when conducted in the right setting with -
Blog / Challenges
zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going
this overwhelming feeling creeping up on me, this slow crescendo of ... every muscle in my body already sore, regardless of how much physical ... me. It is, of course, that same burnout which I felt just as I began my -
Blog / MIT Life
[Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going
wonderful result, reflecting on the midpoint of a journey through MIT as well as a collection of significant places Mitali frequented. I hope you ... . But it’s also a bit of a comfortable spot to do some reflecting and -
Blog / Admissions
Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters
moved before the memory making parts of my brain could actually store any reliable information. I have one memory of me crying in the kitchen while my parents try to feed me coconuts, but this is of questionable veracity. My -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Sweet summer song
common carnival Of passions and regrets, And gives the world a glimpse of ... summer has been full of new colors. Last semester was not the best, and I've been rediscovering a lot of beauty which I wanted to share a glimpse of -
Blog / Challenges
regrets about college and the pandemic
good crash course into what kinds of topics I usually think about anyway) one of my favorite quotes does not have a discernible origin. “dead ... wikiquote and other sources have been unable to locate it in any of her -
Blog / MIT Life
four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces
Some of the bloggers have written before about the way that music playlists can come to define, and bring back memories of, semesters that are ... screamy songs about the end of the world, perhaps unsurprisingly). I don -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!
: the view from on top of Cambridge's tallest building. The MIT Radio ... stand inside !!!). We also spent a good deal of time taking in the view of ... . (All the beautiful photos in the rest of this blog post are by Leif C -
Blog / Admissions
Sport CPW cpw at senior haus
CPW has come and gone, and it’s left all the students of MIT with ... . I organized CPW in my dorm last year. It is one of my favorite times of the school year, because I love having silly events and meeting -
Blog / Challenges
Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18
come to campus and learn a variety of topics from MIT students. Hope you ... , then, one of my favorite weekends of the year is Splash weekend, when I ... the morning and headed over to check-in. This is a three-hour shift of -
Blog / Academics & Research
So many problem sets
of homework, usually in the form of a problem set. I thought the ... actually like, so I've posted a few of the problems from my own problem sets (don't give me the answers! I haven't solved all of these yet!). 9.22 has -
Blog / How to Human
infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet
with picking the best possible version of myself to become - deciding on ... during school, though of course all the details have changed i still live with a large number of friends, though instead of a dorm with 18-to -
Blog / Admissions
Open Thread: Deferred Early
MIT students were initially deferred; you can read some of their experiences here, here, here, here, here, here, and most recently here. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you -
Blog / Events
4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!
The first day of classes is tomorrow. [annotation note='like, of ... the end of my summer commitments and the start of the school year, so I ... particularly stressed about day 1 of my senior year. I was, however, feeling -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Not Admitted
There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2028, which ... this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us ... with the best of intentions, even though this may be a difficult time for -
Blog / Admissions
Open Thread: Deferred Early
initially deferred; you can read some of their experiences here, here, here, here, here, here, and most recently here. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated -
Blog / Athletics
dance dance revolution lessons from ddr
there is a ddr (dance dance revolution) machine in the basement of ... setup looks like[/caption] the basic mechanics of ddr are as follows ... direction (up/down/left/right). players choose from a variety of songs; when a -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Not Admitted
unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you ... happy, and enjoy the small distractions of life. Graduating high school is ... and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our process.