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• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  The theme of my (very short) MIT experience so far has been that ... interesting. EVERYTHING. I’m exaggerating, of course, but only a little. There ... about before this summer, and all of a sudden, they all seem like the most

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  varying degrees of notice (1 day-5 minutes). Left: Well, these guys kept ... . This is Professor Junot Diaz. This is a book that wrote, one of my all-time favorites. When I accepted my offer to come to MIT, one of the first thoughts

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  adventure down memory lane. And for those of you who I haven't told a billion ... , Georgia, but the Dukes of Hazzard TV show was filmed in my hometown of Covington, as well as In the Heat of the Night, certain scenes of Remember the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  , because you get to see where all the creative energy of the student body goes when it’s not tied up doing psets. A lot of people participate in ... trade in courses in physics and math for wonky classes like "Science of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  I'm halfway to my bachelor's degree which is exciting but also nerve ... about it? This is an image from one of my favorite Twitter accounts ... Memorial Drive side instead of Amherst Alley because I don't quite grasp the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Lightning Round six eminent faculty on educational technology innovations

  

  The Festival of Learning is an annual event organized by the MIT Office of Digital Learning around the idea that we need to bring technology and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  other schools, but here are some of the approaches I’ve developed from my ... of using my entire skill set instead of choosing between STEM and ... generalization, but the realization was enough to turn me off from these type of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  receive a Masters degree in some area of engineering combined with an MBA ... With the title of this entry, you might think I’m about to tell you ... talking about the weekend BEFORE that, which happened to be a rare breed of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  too), and he (apparently) wrote an absolutely stunning letter of ... of them, I couldn't very well design my own experiments. Although I wasn't in charge of experimental design for this project, it's not like

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  my dorm in a rented Penske truck. We piled all of my boxes and bags ... , some kitchen equipment, and a new pack of paper towel rolls from Costco – all of which I'll probably [annotation note="because I'm taking a Leave

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  highs and lows of being an MIT student and everything that comes with that ... spring break together and we kept filming. When I got back, I had a ton of ... of quarantine (March 2020). A lot of activities, such as badminton

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  a 45 degree angle to the left side of the paper, so it's basically ... reminded me of my parents, who are one continent and one ocean away. So, on a ... know it (really.) Anyways, all this reminded me of all you Early Action

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  teach, and I expect that it will be added to the extensive list of courses already existing on OpenCourseWare. To gauge the extent of how well you ... fruit, what kind of fruit would it be? 3) What is the most appropriate

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  of 42.6 degrees for said aardvark, where is the banana and why is that ... at some of some of the blogging highlights of Ben's 4 years (and 194 ... to hide from us and our pursuit of content. And we promise to serve you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  that we have [annotation note="emphasis on (?)"]kind of (?)[/annotation ... to hear as high school seniors. So, here is a part 2 post, kind of ... -production. These stages all have various aspects to them that require a wide range of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  Hey all! Time for another round of Q&A. A few general comments: 1 ... deadline?" or "how many letters of recommendation do I need?" Please ask the ... questions via e-mail, I have one of two responses: respond immediately, or

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  degree afternoons. 6. I love the 18 year old drinking age. And the fact ... because of the way it is. My Last Two Weeks in Spain, and Thoughts: Doing a study abroad is kind of like matchmaking. For one month (or

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  a similar version of the question, “Do you care about this life ... violence during my first year of high school? Can I write an essay about how ... then had it disbanded because of problematic school administrators? Do

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  of in awe of the fact that I'd apparently survived almost a full year at MIT. I did not, shall we say, come from the most stringent of high ... . (Hey, speaking of my sleep statistics -- (awesome) Professor Wolfe, who

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  , but do you go regarding each new person you meet with some degree of ... Some lessons, we learn by virtue of way of life. They’re the kind of ... simplicity of daily routine, implicit enough to be anything but noteworthy

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017