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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  ! how exciting). Adam and I went out to dinner, shopped on Newbury Street ... donate our unsellable textbooks to schoolchildren in Africa. (I have to ... dollars in credit card debt, because they were like 'Oh man, look how cool

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  get used to that. I've had to get used to people saying in disbelief ... black cap and black gown to receive two bachelors degrees -- one in biology and one in brain and cognitive sciences. So as I walked to the exam

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  examples to illustrate the benefits of getting to the solution before ... ’s talk). The question: how long does it take for all audience members to ... fear to reproduce it in this post).  Insight: The &ldquo

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  to get you here, and in the hope of realizing the better world that you ... (webcast embedded from commencement website. I'll return to this blog ... give you on how to do that: I don't sleep with my brass rat on. One

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  recognize how my chronic worrying and distress were beginning to wear on me ... get in contact with alumni, among other things. You can sort through ... going to be in Southern California, I narrowed the list down to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  scootered over to Walmart with one goal in mind: acquire a Rubik’s cube. We ... hard as we made it out to be in our heads—we just patiently followed the ... getting me out of bed, among other things that the cube gets me through in

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  in a future entry.) I’m ashamed to say that I had received an email ... expected to understand this alphabet soup. Once you get here, though, you’re forced to dip your spoon in and search for the right letter (or combination

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  conclusive proof that every geek in the world wants to be the master (I ... ." Unfortunately, there is only one way to become a master at MIT and it's in only ... freshman physics students. In addition to weekly labs and weekly PSETS we

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  weeks in, we released the first iteration of the software as a tool to ... demonstrated how a layman could target and optimize ad campaigns to save millions ... lot of pset groups like to meet up in East Campus, because when it

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  said in order to get this kid to make this face. Also there was the ... here it is with a visitor. I'm at a loss for how to caption this one, but ... I work at Hasbro in Rhode Island, about a 1 hour train ride away from

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  iteration in a series of upgrades to his dorm room door lock. Now because MIT ... explanation, including a circuit diagram and drivers on his website, in case ... ). We're now taking bets on how long it takes his MIT classmates to crack

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  Admissions office, they believe you. How do you get to be so cool? In the ... email me and I'll get to it when I can. Please put "Question about MIT" in ... could find applications to nanotechnology in any field you go into. How

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  to trigger vomiting. but i haven't had a cold in years, let alone one ... 've gone to a medlink, if it was worse. how much worse, though? i don't know ... , i wasn't going to go to mit medical. also, despite living in east

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  the chamber chorus. I'm also an Arts Scholar, which means that I get to go listen to concerts in Boston for free. In other words: I've had a ... couldn't tell you off the top of my head how to distinguish between any of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  house team sent care packages to the residents housed in baker. there was ... ) submit a request to remain in on-campus housing. i applied. i also ... getting sick of dining hall food, or getting used to it. i will be eating

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  what you'd like your user ID to be (you get to pick) -- keeping in mind ... in the actual grades I get this term. (I wish I could be all badass and ... to not care at all for one time in my life? In reality, I may very well

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  Today I got an email from MIT that directed me to a website which ... that we are not offering you admission to MIT in the Department of Urban ... appreciate your interest in MIT and sincerely hope that you may be able to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  relevant to the subfield that each student prefers. I say it's "been" in the ... changes to the undergraduate program starting this year. In May I received ... to count towards the degree. It's also flexible in a way that I think

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  blender. I was a skeptic (how can you beat WillItBlend?) but I decided to ... blender -- with a catch. Blenders don't speak English, so in order to ... guys are excited, and in a little over a week you will all know just how

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  haven't seen in 3 months are coming back to campus. This is what August ... 's website if you really want to know). I'm not quite done yet - there are still some areas that need to be touched up, and I need to figure out how

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007