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  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  class in high school! This… is unimaginable, what else would I be?? I got ... the Van Allen Radiation Belt HOW COOL WAS THAT?! I was in. (But it ... space for someone. That's how I got my first UROP!) The experience is

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  't have a smartphone. I sure wasn't going to spend all day in agonized ... . I'm talking about you, /massachusetts-institute-technology. In my ... ...don't freak out. 1. Prepare Your Wifi I applied early to MIT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  , in MIT lingo, is “accelerated” Calculus I, meaning we get a whirlwind tour of the second half of Calculus I in six insane weeks. Now it’s the third week or so, which would make that test the “midterm”. I don’t like

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  . I graduated in June 2014. Now I do astronomy research at the Max ... public transportation and in bed, and one on what I do at work. on where I live - It's nice to feel like I live in a city, instead of feeling like

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  a gcal september never really used it until now

  

  clicking and dragging it forwards in time, whereas previously i would have ... things like how hosed i am, scheduling conflicts, or randomly changing my ... adding more of these... i use gcal constantly, in stark contrast to the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  In Milan I was constantly toeing the line between speaking solely in English, which I feared would make me seem like an entitled American who ... intimidating-looking cafe I saw in the neighborhood of my hotel, asked for a

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

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  "I like how you say that with a smile on your face," my hallmate ... working in studio for five hours and I hate my life but it was awesome,'" he ... was past three in the morning and I'd just returned home from Studio 7

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  extensively on this website and in many blog posts. Plus, you wouldn’t want any ... .) Instead, this post is about how I, as a person, interact with that process ... where I built in dedicated time for healthier behaviors—like setting aside

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  squeeze in a few more statics equations between lectures. I would sit alone ... How smart am I? I feel like I’ve asked myself this question a ... that. “How can I be so stupid?” is common. “Why can’t I get this

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  feelings; it's how I came to the word mudita, for example. In France, the ... the largest impact in how I approached programming. I think these two ... . And, uh, I'm not sure I would cite any of the 24.903 readings here. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  how I came up with that completion percentage for Sidequest 10. In short ... my cave of despair to blog again! I've made this post two years in a row at this point, and I figured that it would only be appropriate to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  Lately I've been occupying space. Many spaces, in fact, especially ... personality was interesting and the people were interesting. I chose to live in ... time I've ever felt like I was back in high school despite being in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english

  

  high school, for example, i called people in higher years "kuya", like ... , in sixth grade, i remember discussing policies specifically aimed at ... are popular in tourism locations back home. growing up, i'd hear

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  on bold ideas that I find MIT instills in students so well. His Hacker ... you to see how strong the connection is in Nigeria!” he told me, and laughed. The last I had heard from him, Hassan had been in New York, so I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  said I would. In hindsight, I wish I hadn't let myself reach the point ... earlier in the semester I had asked my mom if I should spend the extra money ... about how I was doing fun things to keep my mind off of finals and having

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  In my first month at MIT, I: Caught COVID, then a cold, then strep ... ="aligncenter" width="346"] I was late for class that day 🙁[/caption] After 12 years in the service, I got out of the Navy in August and started at MIT in

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  discounting and dreading the place I'd lived in and known since I was a small ... and in life, too. I guess getting there is really more than half the fun ... East Campus resident) Chris Varenhorst. With that and the French class, I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I ... from parents is, "what events should I attend with my child?" In truth ... . A great place to find a parent to talk to would be in the Parent

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  would follow. I can imagine how strange this would look like to the ... obtained to relieve me of the MIT firehose-induced famine. In truth, I ... any man would do in this situation. It was time to get me some cookies

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  describe how I’ve been feeling, but I know there was a point in the past when ... -nighters in a row. I imagined what it would be like to live through stereotyped ... would have in college. I think most people are. But going further than

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016