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• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  much as I can to make it easier for myself in future [annotation note ... before I sat in Bates Hall for about two hours and made progress on my ... November Sunday: I camped in the Hayden Library to crank out my essay. I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  of hours on composition and i think i’m pretty happy with how it ... second solo; in the case of my 21m.301 project i wanted as high-quality of ... successful in either instance as i’m still inexperienced in writing music, but

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  outside, staring in unbroken awe at the air. I don’t know how long it took ... is that I can feel how much I’ve grown since then. You wouldn’t believe ... ’s coming. In its own way, MIT is a conundrum. You can’t always tell how

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  by Joyce Carol Oates that we read in AP English. When I read it, I ... she taught Jonathan Safran Foer how to write, and then I realized she ... --getting home! No, really. I was in four different countries in one day! I was all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  I’ve explored in the GEL Program, which I thought was pretty exciting ... be more of a title than anything else, and I can definitely relate to this. I was a captain of my Cross Country and Track teams in high school

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  in its foods, language, and people. And through all this, I can now say ... writing process was like for me since I get a lot of questions as to how to ... was so shit, but regardless! I started writing my essays in early

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  show how ML can help preserve the quality of the image data before light ... share this so I guess I'll stick it in here—Joey Googled ARIEL because ... phone, I suffered through five minutes trying not to burst out laughing in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  someone. Yeah, sounds cool doesn't it? I can teach you now. Ready? If ... around. Give me anything that has application in the real world and I hate ... can't tell you how many of my freshman friends have referenced community

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  ’t that bad, but I’ve never been in a severe snowstorm in such a big city ... all the light. I took a walk in the evening yesterday, and didn’t really ... want and who I am and who I will be--both academically and in the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  . Luckily, I managed to jot down home of the highlights: How to sleep in ... Bryan's fraternity, ZBT, for…an 80s party. And as soon as I walked in the ... much time in Photoshop because I didn't want to be programming in Scheme

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  around this time. I can hardly believe how much has changed in just one ... place, it's perfect for me, but I definitely understand how people can be ... you'll be happiest. 2.In one year, a lot will be different I can pretty

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am ... all of the waitlisted students again in May, when we know how many ... our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  you mean?" "Well," he said, "in college, I always thought of hours and ... in six weeks. On Wednesday I had an appointment with my therapist. The ... cram. "Work isn't like that. I don't know when I can take a break, or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  remain on the wait list. Can you tell me where I am on the wait list? No ... students again in May, when we know how many students remain on the wait list ... over our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on the waitlist? No ... students again in May, when we know how many students remain on the waitlist ... our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come for

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  idea that the fish in my bucket are the ones I want, and I can't get ... from something I still don't understand in the Media Lab, is coming back ... in attendance. I was in the room with the entire admissions Illuminati

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  question of how to continue making art in the real world, once I graduate. I ... -month internship in Seattle,[/annotation] a group of intern friends and I decided ... in Cantonese, a language I cannot understand. It was something about

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  TechCash. By which I mean your parents can pay for it. MacGregor also ... (because i is imaginary! Bada-bing). As you can see from the picture at the ... wastes time. (Some people do their homework in the lounge too... I've never

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment ... to collaboration: problem sets (psets) are typically completed in ... peer network is a great source for support, MIT students can speak with
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  in freshman year. I had learned how much commitment was “too much,” so ... a sense that I’d really learned a lot in those three hours. My ... well with my learning style. I found it really cool to program in a

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025