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• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  cover P/NR, the GIRs, MIT's grading system, and how to get into the best ... from, and I even have some tips on how to use them effectively. First ... 's probably the easiest way to find a simple list of classes in a particular

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  perfect opportunity to get off my butt, ride my bike, and save $3.40 in T ... Prize for Girls. Founded two years ago in NYC, the Math Prize moved to MIT ... to Boston, and we were meeting for dinner at the delicious Fire+Ice in

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  the people I’ve met on hall, learning how to skate down in the tunnels ... Sometimes, you need to let things go up in flames. . . . I have ... of things to write about—there’s always something going on in my life

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  'm trying to put off getting to the point of this entry? Anyway, some time before finals I went to see The Arcade Fire perform at the Orpheum in ... had to look up Laika on Wikipedia because I wasn't even a fetus in 1957

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  in 2.007 (in my opinion) is a document called "How To Build Your ... , I was comfortable with all of these tools, thanks in large part to the ... and learned how to use fast fabrication methods.  And I built a pair of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  rule, cheer for any team which asks us to. The water polo coach came in ... about cheerleading. (To be totally honest, this is pretty much because there are very few pictures of me in a cheerleading uniform on good hair

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  , and I figured I might as well try too. Since I knew I'd love to work in ... that I wanted to try and do a minor in course 20. I figured I'd start ... very slippery slope to go down. Every week, I'd spend 5 hours in lecture

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  89%) in O levels and 4 As in A/S level is how much likely to get ... feel compelled, and you think it would help us get to know you in the ... your question is more in-depth, you may wish to call the Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  does your computer offer you in comparison to how many units of utility ... admissions counselor. How are we supposed to quantify this?  Fryolaters get two ... announcements. But where to add value? Right now we're in a strange time. A time

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  grateful to live in. MIT did a great job of setting me up for success and I ... fit in the group, but I was so proud of myself for getting to the top ... LOVE THAT GAME!) and I learned how to play Civ recently. It's been great

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  them in so many different ways - to actually think about problems - you ... starting to get a little idea of what being a scientist feels like.  You can ... . p.s. I think even my iPhone is getting used to our new relationship

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  realized how hard it would be to convey my story in 12 minutes. ...My speech ... in their field to how to deal with MIT culture,” she said. This has ... are all about. Maybe all you need is a 10-15 minute story to get you

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  conflicting events and schedules, we managed to get some good movies in ... to take this midterm? I pass with a 40% in this class." PNR ... new development. It really started back in October, when I attempted to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  makes MIT...well, MIT. In this entry, I wanted to not only tell you a ... destroyed in a game of Stratego. (I should take this opportunity to note that ... . =) Played in an Assasssins' Guild game, where I ended up trying to conquer the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  celebrated July 4th in the most American way we knew how - going to the beach ... , getting stuck in the elevator due to aforementioned obesity, plummeting to ... Graduate - spend a summer in Boston. I don't think you'll ever really get to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  . Did I fall victim to a herd mentality, get caught up in the hype and ... to think, to really process things, to take a breather and, in the ... without needing to wash it- I can get ice cream from the Baskin Robbins

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  the fact that it was going to get erased eventually. Really shows how ... This summer, I got a side gig to put up chalk art in the Welcome ... wondering how large of a range of places people are coming from to visit the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Yes, This Actually Happened wwydfcfa - what would you do for chick fil a

  

  's food opportunities. There are some great places I've come to find ... home. We excitedly get in line and order. I ordered medium waffle fries ... video games where you have to blend in and pretend to be an NPC because

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  you should already know about if you're an incoming frosh. You get to ... and Boston. - There's the Presidents' Convocation, where you get to ... the ROTC program - for many students, this is a great way to make MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  ! Once the scanner gets fixed, another post shall materialize, filled to ... how it is humanly possible to skip meals; I am hungry, hear me roar), I ... ’m qualified to use that phrase to its fullest extent, especially considering how

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013