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  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  of being in the intellectual and geographical center of where the newest advancements in science and technology are made.   Which ... classes are still challenging, especially as I try to squeeze in a week

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  things, which has manifested itself in... A List of Ways MIT is Like ... corridors in order to get around campus without walking in the rain outside ... gibberish words in class Low prandtl laminar flow...wingardium leviosa

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  little thing in front of me: Ain't No Rest for the Hungry. After taking ... , and so they founded Applicon in 1969. They admitted that they had a ... aided design products in first year, but only one succeeded. Traditional

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  Are you interested in any of: making governments work better ... typically don't have to advertise our programs in science, engineering ... institutional brand and our role in the popular imaginary. But, as a graduate of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  after graduation)—and yes, I've witnessed these responses in the wild ... , yet)--I'm just going to sit here a while and indulge in nostalgia ... in Brighton for $25 a person Scoring guest meal passes and eating

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  . **** Last fall, my friend and I went to the Boston Book Festival (BBF) in ... offered literary treasures under white tents. In the nearby churches and the ... leaned in to see beyond the thick column ahead. The clock struck four

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  type of math. Maybe it’s the physicist in me. So when I heard that MIT ... forty pages flipped in a minute). I prepared. I found some integrals ... fractions is a total drag. Anyways, I waltzed in for the written portion

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  Writing is difficult. It's the last day in July.* I find it very easy ... this all in one go in my remaining 47 minutes on the train, instead of ... of the tardy-writing-mountain** I keep purposefully shrouded in the

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  Institute has far exceeded my expectations for social involvement, and in the ... sit together in a darkened lounge and watch shadows of Jupiter’s moons ... (Course 18). I’ve sat transfixed in random places in the hallway many times

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  of five of us headed to IHOP in Harvard square to settle the score. I ... . By that point in the night, there was more suffering than fun and the ... quickly-edited montage of everything I filmed, including little bits in the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music, Photography, and Two.js i am proficient at two (2) of these things.

  

  Hello World! I haven't posted in a while - life has been busy ... , reorganized my room. After attending a synthfest in the Media Lab a while ago ... might have guessed, I'm in that chair pretty often! I've been spending a

  • by Joe B. '18
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  in Yosemite this summer. While cragging with some friendly strangers ... chat/climb in the Northeast this fall. ^This is networking! Or take ... Promenade, or even in the elevator of my parents' condominium. Networking

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  In my last days at MIT, I painted this mural on my hall. I ... 's painted on for a while, too: earlier in my senior year I'd stripped a off ... about it. In a single day, I had a base coat up, went shopping for paint

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  that, in the footer to each email, we include a line explaining to the ... , more than two, but only two matter here) lists in MailChimp for any given ... . The expected outcome of this approach is that all student accounts in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the ... in Early Action. When should I fill it out? As soon as possible ... available for classes you’ve taken in your current academic year. I am

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  , but that’s beside the point) I found myself sitting in front of my desk ... screen illuminated three sheets of paper covered in a few inked drawings ... the scanner in CopyTech and my belated post could finally be uploaded. I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  materials scientist who graduated in the early '70s and she told me about her awesome research in the same labs where I worked last semester.  A bunch of my friends and I sat in our lounge for hours listening to a '71 alum go

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  incredibly difficult in the face of a three midterm week but these simple steps ... I struggled with the most. When you're in classes all day and doing ... food. When you're not in a dining hall dorm breakfast becomes a luxury

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  sister Lisa sat in on my classes - they got a crash course on galaxy ... even got to hear me read out loud in Middle English), the art of writing ... in London, so decided to make a trip out of it. Unfortunately, I'm not

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  ; I had tests in three of my classes: 9.65 (Cognitive Processes), 20.390 (Introduction to Computational Biology), and 20.330 (Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems). I’ve also been putting in several hours behind the

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013