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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 / People & Identities
in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace
parts. I loved the camaraderie of people all grinding to finish their part of the project — there were vital sections of the project that I never ... . Seeing everything come together was so rewarding. I love the feeling of -
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 / Academics & Research
Writing is useful for science. Surprise!
the pertinence of writing to science. The answer was: writing is an ... ; * * * The days of partyboy/astronomer Tycho Brahe reclining in the quadrant he built into the wall of his palace are (regrettably) over. Tycho -
Blog / Events
picture the world my phone's storage space hates me
intersections, parks — evoke moments in the past, or sometimes collections of ... where you took your photos, in the form of a heat map: [carousel image1 ... — indicates a spot of high photo density and a clump of memories. here are some -
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 / How to Human
We’re Only Getting Older
surprisingly common behavior for lots of people. I couldn’t, really, tell you why this happens; It’s probably some combination of the pressure to be happy ... around the end of January. Unfortunately, this year hasn’t been any -
Blog / Academics & Research
Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!
It’s finally here – the grand finale of the Fredventure! Read part 1 and part 2 to get up to speed if you haven’t already. We spent most of days 7 and 8 rehearsing/performing our music, so half of this blog post -
Blog / IAP
nothing & everything again & again my senior iap
This is just one in the onslaught of many posts to come about what ... interesting redux of my sophomore IAP, which I blogged about here, and from which I stole the title of this post. Freshman year I was busy taking -
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 / 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
In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything
the distant glint of the Charles. If you don't feel like craning your ... fair amount of sunlight, especially when we forget to pull down the blinds. There is a nice view of Building 1 and a pleasant reminder that -
Blog / Admissions
Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…
Chesapeake area, you were given a bit of a treat on Monday night. Several ... Avenue, including this guy, who took to answering tons of probing questions ... little bold with this whole idea, but there's a whole lot of our reputation -
Blog / Academics & Research
Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon
Those of you with memories slightly longer than the average goldfish ... Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded by inventor Dean Kamen and ... applying to MIT were even born. The goal of FIRST, broadly speaking, is to -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!
up a heaping dose of pain in the form of academic expectations. If you ever want to know the surface area of a golf ball with radius 3cm covered ... have abruptly shed their quiet greens to give way to an explosion of reds -
Blog / Admissions
Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!
totally made my day. Engineers rock. Of course, Wallace is failing MechE and then cheated, like an idiot! So of course he got caught, and I’m supremely disappointed in his lack of judgment. Still. Mechanical engineering