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  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  I can now read blog posts from OpenAI and understand at least some of ... derivative of GPT-2 is dubbed Robo-CJ. He’s pretty bad at coherent sense, but ... , I want to be in the sport of icebreakers, I want to be at least

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  local coffee shop while others gag at the smell of coffee. Pretty sure you ... sit at a desk in a library with a stick of gum to keep me awake but no ... unfiltered. c. Staring at the ceiling – I do some of my best thinking while

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  would compete over who has already done more of the problems. At first, I ... at MIT is a great equalizer. If you fall under either of the categories ... a major at the end of freshman year, continue to take classes outside

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  . There’s nothing like looking at all of the people that support all that ... moment that feels like it will define the rest of your life. You’ve got one year left and a whole lot of stuff to do. And whether you choose to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  in places, some of you have plans for gap years or work or a year at ... meditatively with my cup of tea and stare at the CITGO sign across in Boston ... , after at least seven years of channelled and concentrated effort. I did it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  't know how at all, and I failed a bunch of tests. Miserably. And I had all ... not I, were in that spot on the sidewalk of dorm row. I shuffled into my suite on the fourth floor of Burton Conner shedding a trail of water from

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  some of you at CPW :) Second: I remember when it came time for me to ... horror stories about the impossibility of maintaining a high GPA at MIT ... new major at Rice) and the fact that MIT seemed to provide a ton of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  make a living out of making rhymes.   Laughed at bad ... Joseph Ducreux ones, because at one point of my life, I sort of wrote like ... , uh, relaxing. And now, to punctuate the beginning of this week, I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  saturday night at the house of some family friends, I catch a glimpse of the ... Christina Barcelona playing at the Kendall theater. Went in pouring rain in a ... field day they know something is definitely up. At 5:30 4 boxes are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Special October Events

  

  reminder of the dorm-wide pumpkin carving study break this Wednesday at 8 ... "Head of the Charles". Activities line the route. There is a concert at ... plenty to keep me busy. Here are some of the many events from this time of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  . FRIDAY Friday night, a group of friends and I went out to dinner at Hsin ... wouldn't be doing the day justice if I put it at the end of this one. ... Thursday night, my friend Diana and I went to a free showing of Forrest Gump

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2018 Diaries what the weekend was like for me

  

  of the jokes and laughed at others. Still, only at MIT would nerdy ... been exposed to a capella, at least not outside of Pitch Perfect (and ... computing group, improving computing at MIT since 1969), ESP (creators of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 17, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

  ).  And at this time of year especially, I'm usually back on the computer ... hopping with great things going on.   Come to think of it, I'd rather be at ... two nights at the Marriott in Cambridge?" asked my partner now peering

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  future, the vision or meaning of which I hadn’t thought through at all ... carpet of her second-story bedroom at 11pm switching between homework and ... the end of the line and I get off at the other end of the line, and then

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  slate at times. The weight of work, psets, expectations (both internal and ... happened for sure. Yet, it was mixed with a variety of other complicated and ... for some things to improve and change as time goes on. One of the most

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  important if you're considering studying at MIT!) But for those of you that ... , the 350th day in the 50th week of 2011 and 282 days ago, no big deal ... . (Only 23 hundredths of a year for the same time to come around already

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  hike. I was in a strange mood. I`m a student at one of the most ... Mesopotamians were at the pinnacle of metallurgy and urban living, 500 years ago ... I can`t wait to start writing more about life at MIT, but since I

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  yourself - at least it did for me.    Probably like most of my peers ... making decisions. Because at the end of the day, you aren’t alone. Yes, I ... Last week I started classes at MIT. A simple 7-part sentence that

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  . Of course, I usually open youtube at times of great procrastination ... perfectionists, at least a little bit. A quick survey of my friends suggested that ... I have long been a fan of the corner of the internet known as

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friday was a good day

  

  . (The first part of our day that made it a happy day wasn’t at MIT, but it's part of our ~MIT experience~ so we’re including it anyways) 1. We had ... make it at least 1 minute (!!!!). This made both of us super exited

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 21, 2017