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  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 ... compensation, newfound freedom in class selection Last April, I declared my

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

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  problem for me. I Iive in a triple. One of my roommates, Claire, is from ... .” Abby and I stand in awe. What is this “fall clothing,” and do we need it ... that would require somebody buying me spray paint (because apparently you

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  him. I would let him know how much time it took me, and how often I ... "advice you can give me on how to move forward from here." I thanked them ... : to mope in good company. I went over to my friend Sam's dorm and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  experience. I learned how NOT to epoxy my hair by accident, how to deal with ... together so I could culture myself in the world of eateries. We ended up ... the way, I saw a wind turbine, which made me happy because everything in

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  Boston before (I was in a suburb of Denver and would frequently longboard ... already, I met people from so many more different backgrounds than I would ... universities in the area added to that experience even more. Not to mention, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  , although I’m not sure how effective that approach would’ve been. Maybe he ... unrelated to math. In retrospect, I’m not entirely sure how I should ... people in general. I’m not sure how to avoid this flavor of ire. I’m not

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  to dedicate. But simultaneously I think how much effort you put in ... humanities major at MIT. So I thought I'd wrap it all in a neat little blogpost in an attempt to talk about it. What is 21E? I am not the first

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  I’m finally in my last semester as an MIT undergraduate, and the ... related to photography. I’ve taken plenty of HASS classes in my day, but ... writing class (which I would generally avoid with a 10 foot stick), it is

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  third freshman blogger, class of '15, and I thought I would take a second ... with a bolded list! Past Living Situation(s): I was born in Ethiopia ... their lives and we headed over to Kansas. I've since lived in Kansas for

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  , but I had already gotten that in quarantine. What would I even do with ... ’s all just because of P/NR? How will I be in the spring, when I have to ... right, maybe I don’t quite know how to be productive in a way that is

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  I enjoy them all,  I learned a metric ton of material in a ... categories "for classes" or "in the spirit of having fun". While the two aren ... . With Pass/No Record in place to make the transition easier, first

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  about acceptance. I would fantasize about how I would tell my family the ... week and next. I remember this week in late March as a very scary time ... . Now, I could go on and on about how “well, you’ll be happy wherever you

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  ! =) lowered their total self-help. At least, I think that's how it happened. In ... chlorine in the water might have something to do with it. Now, I know Mollie ... hours, in pool water, in salt water, in fresh water, in the ocean, where I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  have a toolbox and I know there are a bunch of tools in it; I would be ... practice for competitions. And while Paolo and I would definitely just play ... surprisingly, I actually had possessed a large amount of this knowledge in high

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  i'm in the class of 2023. this means that i spent only six full ... three years older than me in high school, so i was always the youngest. in my experiences abroad a few years ago, i would hang out with college

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  OMG. Bikes are amazing. So, I'll admit it: I'm stubborn. I like to say that I'm "tenacious", but what I really mean is that I am set in my ... 've bought a shower curtain for every suite I've lived in. The A21 suite has a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  a little over two semesters left in this school, I wonder what impact ... get wrecked more than I initially thought I would ... engineering degree in media studies and computer science. I've joined things

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  I was in the right seat. ...Nope. I moved. In case I hadn't caused ... made it in one piece. This afternoon, I arrived at my hotel and for a few ... "LARPing". My elevator company included a guy in a full cat costume (I only

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  . I can't imagine how this semester would look like if I was living ... I wake up at 9 AM, and it's the first time in a while that I've been ... placing it in the drying rack, I head back upstairs and grab my laptop

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  In celebration of today's "holiday," I decided it would make sense to ... -grandchildren...yet." When I came to MIT, I was somewhat afraid of what relationships would be like seeing that I expected to be studying a lot of the time. Would we

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006