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  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  semester of MIT. Ode to PNR Pretty please Pass/No Record, how I wish you ... ’t slack off but can get away with occasionally skipping class, I’m learning ... , scheduling was tight. Along those lines, in class, in clubs, in rooms, I often

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  . My interaction with Prof. Silbey was in Spring 2010, when I took 20 ... serenaded a girl in the class. Now I realize my view may be a little biased ... people like him at MIT. I consider myself very lucky to be in the company

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  addition to more flexibility in terms of subject areas I can pursue later on ... interested in my physics classes, this can be enough. I'll then be free to take ... was originally meant to be a one-off post, but in writing it, I found

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  , the internet is forever), and I look forward to the ones I’ll have in ... , practices became focused and I began to compete in individual tournaments. I ... family. Everyone brings something unique and amazing to the team and I can

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  , and it’s where you can put his invention to work in 6.163: Strobe ... the sodium-lit image appear in the bath of developer, I pretty much left ... Association. In addition to photography classes (I usually take one a term), the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  , I still watched them occasionally. So you can probably imagine how ... : strategizing how more teachers can use PBS LearningMedia in more engaging ways ... My last post described how I finally made the definitive switch from

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  sometimes I can’t help but think about how much simpler life would’ve been if ... I had a breakthrough the other day. I was sitting in my favorite ... .T.E. In a busy week, I’m there at least once a day: The prices are

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  saw myself improve over the semester in how I was understanding, on the ... once because of how hard a time I had in it. I took two semesters of ... blog about how a lack of direction can be a sense of solace in a way, and

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  , I’m scrutinizing every other phrase in my SoP and wondering how my ... have written better than I can about how proud you should be of ... community back in high school, and how I hope to extend that love to the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  to do with all that power?  I can't answer that question for you. What I can do is give you an idea of what's possible using the ... . I can tell you what I did: I learned a lot of math! And I didn't

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  associate at the MIT Media Laboratory in Cambridge. "I've been known to hit ... can be stored in most home garages and has folding wings that enable it to operate both on the ground and in the air. It can carry two people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  , if I can't solve this riddle, I won't be accepted into MIT. In reality ... or less. I can't put into words how much this (gestures vaguely) is ... year, I'm up 9 minutes too early. It's 9 minutes too early, because in 9

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  parents' deep interest in education, a number of trends in education that I ... family and I were climbing Mount Everest in February of 2012 with an alumni ... failed to come together in the summer of 2012, and I headed out to San

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  In my first month at MIT, I: Caught COVID, then a cold, then strep ... ="aligncenter" width="346"] I was late for class that day 🙁[/caption] After 12 years in the service, I got out of the Navy in August and started at MIT in

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  that you can decide for sure which one you want to live in - I know you ... about the culture I live in is that many alunmi stay involved for years ... On Friday evening, I was lounging around being bored. There were

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  capabilities. If you're new to how MIT shows off your grades, then I should tell ... washing machines and ridiculous gyroscopes in 8.01, I felt pretty certain ... .02 curriculum. I mean, isn't that why the class numbers end in the same 3 digits

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  head around how my classmates and i can make so much money sitting in ... i. my first extended stay in the san francisco (henceforth abbreviated as sf) bay area was last spring, when i lived in the city

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  spot for the summer, the friendly neighborhood Starbucks. I was in for a ... I discovered it was rather impossible to make any logical connection between all the things I wanted to share about the last couple weeks. I

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  I can’t really understand other people. I can imagine how they might ... characters who are not very similar to myself. I mean, how can you write ... purer form than I usually display. How can you understand other people

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  I do here. I love my UROP. I can't imagine how my college life would ... . "Kith, I disagree. If you get in, you can handle staying in, for the most ... with everyone else. Anonymous asked: "If I can't make it to CPW, how out

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006