Search

Search Results

• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  lower bound on the amount of work I was putting in every week into running ... plots in python? You do now. Don’t know how to fit data to a model? You ... in the style of an academic paper. Looking back I was very happy with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Yeah, I’m turning twenty, it’s terrifying one year of mit

  

  comment I would think comes from a place of him being very interested in his ... thousands of people who've ever lived in East Campus, I think about how I ... Building, past Hayden, all the way to Building 6. I thought living in East

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  what was covered in class and eventually i get it and i figure out how to ... in this together" feel - this is one of the least cutthroat places I've ever seen in that regard. Brianna also had a comment on that entry: "i

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  day jobs. This summer, as in January, I've perched myself atop the flat ... freight railroading. I'm not out working in a rail yard -- I've actually got ... in the area of Service Design. (Basically, figuring out how to make

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  children, Matt is in Southeast Asia, and I don't think that either Spencer or ... . If any qualified man in the Boston area reading this would like to ... ) describing your experiences. I'll also throw in my Harvard Book Store frequent

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  really painted anything in a group before. I thought it would be both a ... music and often be the only person in the area, so I would immerse myself ... filled with student art. In this post, Kidist and I teamed up to tell you

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my name and preferred name?

  would like us to call you—preferred first name. Preferred first name is the name we will use in all official print and email communication from ... may use your preferred name or your legal name in communications
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  . One of my HASS classes is in French IV, which I was frightened into taking after realizing how bad my French was while studying in Europe this ... had asked me at the start of the semester what I hoped this class would

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  , mirrored last year in a paralyzing way. And maybe this is a sign that I'm too ... the answers, especially this year. I've been dabbling a lot in being ... , people, everything in between. I'm stressed, you're stressed, and this

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  , first time driving in Boston, first time picking up my own rental car. I ... morning (which is to say that I switched to being nervous about waking up in ... thought it would be, perhaps because the road was deserted at 6.30 in the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  when I was in high school, but if I had, I think I would have asked Mrs ... . Mrs. Moore, because she had seen how much I had struggled in algebra, and how hard I worked to get an A in it, coming in every lunch to work

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  synopsis" of how the Hunt went down: The hunt began with teams gathered in ... hunt would contain 270--no, 271--no 271 1/2 puzzles, all in keeping with ... videos on how to be really really evil in various fields, and all the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  different options next summer... thanks." In response, I have to say that my ... far less to do in terms of taking care of myself when I'm at home! There ... 2 summers in Boston when I was in high school and they were so fun

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  , right? So let's see how I do. Feel free to ask in the comments for ... a lot of other math majors would be (Random). I figured I would have ... of people. I've definitely succeeded in that goal, both at Senior

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m Not Normal About Friends (Part 1) i lost six nights of sleep to perform amateur data analysis on a sitcom

  

  uncommon in the mind of a [annotation note="I do NOT encourage sleep ... -screen interactions between the Friends, and I'll release that sometime in the future ... participates in conversations the most? How many words did each character say

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  conclusion: I have a lot to do over the next few months. I would not be ... * faster than I am, and *very* patient. Reading: In the half hour before I ... I am a first-semester senior. As a result, my brain has been swimming

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  or gossip or student club presidencies to get in the way... what would ... surprising, but I’m willing to bet that in that year off, you’ll learn more ... year of college.) In my case, I took two years off and arrived on campus

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  hope was lost. I thought I would graduate and never get to lay eyes on ... so back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew instantly that I would have to ... The day I’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. For over 20 years

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  out three days later.  Everyone told me that I would be fine in a couple ... ended, but I'd like to sum things up in one post and just get it all out ... much as I could, it was never enough to more-than-pass.  I learned how to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  ways of the humblebrag, I was challenged. In addition, I was confronted ... (and still am). In addition, I felt like each of the essays I wrote could ... ; Fast forward to today, and I can point to every misconception in the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016