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• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  mindset (a somewhat redundant name, I know), alternatively, is how I’ve come ... ”s. As first semester finals came to a close in late December, I saw no ... psets. I guess the idea was that saying a “new pset just dropped” rather

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  ’ve read in college so far (I might be forgetting a few, but this is most of ... ) as soon as finals is over!) A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do ... those kids that spent half their time in various awkward positions on a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  spring! semester! so apparently i'm doing a lot of random shit

  

  work than it is since there’s homework every day, but I like how doing it ... is nice. Also, I love that we get to work in groups since I haven't gotten a chance to do that in a class here yet.   It’s also a Sloan

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  it is that time of year where the obligatory paper has come a ... naturally, being the good Division I Varsity Blogger that I am (a title I wear ... -ahead. Why am I doing this? Because I think this is more fun than dragging my

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  something I could ever establish an interest in. The weird thing is that I ... for that class is so much better than doing it alone. I know I said ... people tell me that math is important in learning computer science (drawing

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  airport in approximately 30 minutes. In a moment I'm all too familiar with ... . My suitcase is unpacked-in fact I haven't even brought it down from the ... our flight is a blur, mostly because I slept. When I woke up, we were

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  HOW MUCH WRITING is involved in doing science research), a lot of ... found an interest in biology and is doing bioinformatics. 3) I think that ... pursue in math/science. 4. I'm worried that I'm never going to find a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  Looking For A Good Fantasy." I stood in that entrance hall for a solid ... advisor, stands in front of a blank board; he is grinning, hunched over, and ... ." How embarrassing. Anyway, I spent about an hour more taking notes in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  tough decisions and the best way to do that, we think, is to take part in ... and the best way to do that is on foot. Even just a short walk along the ... us in the Admissions Office has a particular group of programs that we

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  ’t have enough to do in my life already and that this challenge would be a ... human being—to bring them into the world. I’m told that this is a ... Studies in Film, has somewhat lax requirements. That is, what we have to do

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  beginning of class. I am not a coffee person. I rarely drink coffee. I do not ... have never before been this prolific in a 9:00 AM lecture. Maybe I should ... mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." -- Erdos I would

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  the HASS requirements because there is a 93% chance that I will say ... is that the problem set solutions can look like this. Keep in mind, I ... . That is, read his book. Luckily, I have a four-hour plane flight on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  on something important. I’m questioning that a bit — there is value in ... saying. I personally use forums as a litmus for how the school is perceived ... that it is actually the most accurate and verifiable method. I asked

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Ellie on the M.T.A. writing about the T, on the T

  

  how convenient a subway system could be. Also, I hate driving, so public transportation has that going for it too. The first time I visited Boston, in my ... Bostonian friend how the buses worked here. He said that they didn’t. I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  THE FINAL FANTASY 7 REMAKE IS OUT since 6/15/15, i have literally lived for this moment

  

  , I thought in honor of the game's release, I'd do a master post of all ... care what it is, just that it is. I tried to fangirl on this subject in ... ="52110" /] Is this post basically spam? Yes. Am I a dork? Absolutely. That being

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 16, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  activities that it became legitimately stressful. This year, as a sophomore in ... ’ve been doing a bit of this and a bit of that—like Michael C. ’16, I did ... , and I was in no way obligated to work that much. I ended up joining a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  350 you start to forget how you normally write your name). That's why I ... little beaver drawn on them. This is my personal beaver graphic that I draw ... listening to when I signed that card. 1 of the cards says "IHTFP" in binary

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  , and being so insistent on communicating in Italian that it posed a ... intimidating-looking cafe I saw in the neighborhood of my hotel, asked for a ... I arrived in Milan, swim shorts in tow, that I opened Google Maps and

  • by Kai V. '25
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  that they resonated with? To be fair, I wasn’t entirely lying in the submission form. I’ve tried writing a senior year post that would wrap up my ... how I should've done things differently. I guess I’m not alone in this

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  movie! I would have KNOWN that!" (This is a huge accomplishment for me. I ... last update: "What do these people have in common? WHAT?!" "Hey, that ... images with no difference except that the one of the images is a higher

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008