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  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  .0001 (Intro to Computer Science Programming in Python) — real talk. aside from AP Computer Science, i didn’t do any coding in high school ... THICC 5/5 cannot be described in words 😩 (lol MIT is not a bad place to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  There are many things in life that require you to have the ever ... . I remember when I was in your shoes. Back in the day, I had to do it not once but TWICE because I was deferred the first time around in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  Last week was MIT in Hard mode. Psets, a midterm, papers, interviews ... were spent in meetings, labs, and libraries, trying not to get smashed by ... and walking, I traveled through God-knows-where in Cambridge and Boston

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  classes in a few months. However, the break from the constant demand of ... appreciated. In the next week or so, I’ll be starting my job as a residential ... combination of R,L, and C circuits possible. I am in the process of learning La

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The final stretch ...of 2017

  

  choose any topic or field to explore in the realm of computational ... the labs in 6.034 Artificial Intelligence   A Non ... day, and turned it in. My last assignment for Junior fall complete, I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  , memorabilia, and snacks for college away in my mom’s Kia Rio as the dynamic duo ... last carefree summer in Cape Coma. After a week of I-95 mayhem, I walked into Maseeh Hall, where I awkwardly approached the wrong desk to check-in

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  behind my home in Texas to make a new one here. In these past fourteen days ... around in the boarding area. The anxious march through the plane door. And ... ). There are several exits on this aircraft. In order to make this trip more

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  It was the dead of winter in the smoggy capital city of Chile ... Spanish speakers anywhere else in the world would fail to understand, found ... claims began to roll in. In total, four name brand jackets, about $100 in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  i mentioned joy in a blog post a few weeks ago, when she won the $50000 grand prize in the search for hidden figures contest. i've been a ... empower communities via tech education and highlight bias in algorithms. i

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  As many of you know, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the ... articulating and affirming values they share as educators. In President Reif ... that "Whatever may change in Washington... it will not change the values

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  ," taught by the inimitable Prof. Julie Shah. In aerospace (and lots of other places) lots of people place their trust in software--software that flies ... operate in social contexts and therefore have social responsibilities, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  , I realized that it would probably be in my best interest to take the ... in the tunnels with friends a few times before, but as a directionally ... importantly, in one piece. I immediately crashed when I got back. Snow is

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  For most people, sprinting a mile in under 5 minutes is physically ... ; ^ a non-metaphorical sprint, from a past weekend in Big Basin.   ... feels that way in the middle of a hell week - what's the point of having

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  you might find in a BuzzFeed headline. (I’ll do my best.) Since I ... though epiphanies were sitting fermenting in the heads of all classmates ... 70%. Or 90%.) In the beginning of this year, I suffered from a lot of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  of four high school students from the Arizona desert, who in 2004 won ... of the winning team’s members were legally documented in the United States. I’d love to tell you that the film has a happy ending, in which

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  I will admit: I've been in a bit of a rut. Don't get me wrong. Life as an AeroAstro is amazing in a lot of respects. 9AM classes for ... win!) in Tucson next April. And late last week, the entire Aero

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  exhilarates because it means forward action, and not just in classes, but in ... missing my family intolerable. But then I arrived in Cambridge, walked past ... , and fell in love. I sit now between the columns that support the mighty

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  cut out in the middle. The hallways along the edges are lined with big ... are in many cases experienced MIT students. Lucas has been climbing ... Leatherman in your pocket?) and I supported the window with a knee and both

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  factors in the mysterious element of wind chill.  I was graciously accepted ... alums happy to talk about what they majored in, where they lived, and what ... good fit for MIT students (undergrads and graduate) who are interested in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

    ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire ... Spiral of Doom? Never fear! It’s similar to what a lot of us used in high ... /listener subjects, academic warnings that do not show up in the transcript you send

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013