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  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  gets rid of the 57 unit credit limit that second semester freshmen ... units of credit by the end of first semester, have completed 25% of your ... them in more detail than I will if you’re interested in learning more

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 that's .0093 more than 18.S097!

  

  For the second year in a row, I am teaching a class at MIT. A real, for-credit, in-the-catalog-of-classes class, at MIT. That I teach. On math. Let's back up a moment. The (Loose) History/Background In

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  (I wrote this entry after spending three months working in Tokyo for ... 't remember me, I'm a '10 graduate who once spent three months working in Tokyo ... would be hard-pressed to find a piece of technology as varied in usability

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one

  

  personal though sometimes hints of my life find their way in. And if the past ... ’m still unclear about my path ahead, I have peace in my confidence that I ... perfectionist in me wants to abandon it all. Why write about something that

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 29, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  wanted nothing more than to go back in time and take those classes. I spent ... my advisor to approve my classes last week, I had 60 units of classes ... closing,” my advisor said and emphasized that it would be in my best

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  ! The course has asynchronous materials in addition to the synchronous 1 ... of cook-alongs. One week, Dr. Dagmar Jaegar, a Lecturer in German ... for) beforehand and followed Dr. Jaegar's instructions in their own

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  normal day, we'd be gathered in Killian Court, and I'd be kneeling on the ... day, for MIT, for the country, or for the world. In addition to the ... , Commencement is the most beautiful day of the year. Even in this strange pandemic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  same week, and in some cases the same day, and I felt overwhelmed beyond ... break. So, with second semester in full swing, I had about 5 midterms in ... like the largest amount of homework in existence. My classes have split

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  of voting lies not in who wins, but how they treat you once they do? A ... about my growing interest in politics, and he told me about his decision ... some good for the city he had grown up in and around. He asked me about

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  the reasons I have an interest in journalism today. What’s incredible to ... seats in Congress, lead only 15 Fortune 500 companies, and hold a mere 3 percent of top positions in mainstream media. In a Brown University study of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  fastest pace of life in the United States? Even beating out New York City ... fruitful one for me. To recap: Late May -> Early July: Back in Taiwan ... Without Borders - the Taiwanese version) into the Aborigines villages in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  detailing the future of fossil fuels in the United States. Although renewable ... KNOW IF I GOT IN TO MIT!! MAYBE THEY SPONTANEOUSLY DECIDED TO POST THEIR ADMISSION DECISIONS AT 10:37 PM TODAY! URAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!" In doing so, you may

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  icy winds across the bridge can grab free tickets to select concerts. In ... found out Seiji Ozawa's fantastic salmon recipe in the BSO cookbook ... actually her fourth concert in a week, after Patti Smith's fantastic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  serious), an MIT junior (majoring in math, of course), and a participant this year in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange program. Possibly due to his ... , octagenarian professor on paper, but in real life, he's a fun-loving guy with an

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  (Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-2PM), when I am in 8.021 giving my full effort and ... 've been doing somewhat okay in my three other classes (8.021, 21G.703, and 6 ... been kind of left behind in my productivity study train. It's been

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  because, though I will always love and continue to practice photography, in ... : Portrait of a Person or a Place In this first assignment, your goal will be to convey to your audience in a 90-120 second segment of video, a clear

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  and I need 54 more units in order to hit that 180 number."]I need to do ... 't even quite understand what right means in this case. I spent the first month of this year in Europe, studying abroad in Madrid before going on a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  -- do not do this (these requests rarely happen in the United States, but ... At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  . Also, don’t be like me and buy so much stuff in the coop that your ... CPW last year in your shoes. Well, I had never been to Boston before, so ... confusion. I read in the itinerary that MIT would be bussing us from the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  emailed a friend in lab to put away the agarose gel I’d poured the night ... floating safe in slimy pink buffer instead of withering into a translucent, crunchy mass on the countertop over Labor Day weekend. I stayed in bed

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011