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• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  you can't predict how a robot is going to look like by the end of the ... driving stage is what it sounds like: you drive the robot around the arena with your controller and score as many points as you can. The

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  On Greatness

  

  the most out of your life, theres a simple pseudo-algorithm for you: if ... can I fit in?" It's a question that's been on the forefront of my mind ... to is: No one has become great by wanting to be great, greatness is a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Have Your Cake & Drop Date Too The Baker House Piano Drop, and the Spring Weekend Concert.

  

  MIT students can "drop" a class. MIT is fairly flexible about things, as ... , where a national musical act performs on campus. The headliners for this ... Can't Deny It" and "Breathe," and you may know Lloyd Banks from 50 Cent

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  , even if you don’t actually take it, because you can guess. You’ll get a ... ’ll be right enough that you’ll never be truly surprised where a hallway ... for a couple days, the bulletin boards begin to look familiar. You

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  a hardware engineering class (where you’d typically see a low ... this week). However, what I do have as a senior is the freedom to choose ... just like 6.2050, there’s a big final project that I’m excited about

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  , but instead - you guessed it - I’m going to blog. This is also a ... room as a last resort to putting off psets, I buy groceries whenever I ... . PREFROSH: Campus is pumped for CPW, possibly as much as you hopefully are

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  talked about logistics; this is how you get to East Campus, this is the ... when things don't go as planned? You slip up, you forget a sentence, the ... ESG is, and where Firehose would happen, an event run by MIT ESP. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  college is supposed to be a stepping-stone to adulthood, where ... at MIT, where so much is going on and you’re surrounded by so many ... and beautiful enclave where it's okay to fail at being real adults, a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Super Adventure Club In a little while, I'll be gone.

  

  is in Atlanta, Georgia? Hey, if you came here from Google looking for ... there for a cheese croissant and a large tea before my 6:40 AM train to ... . get a haircut, or decide that my hair is beautiful. 3. take a bath That

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  ’m sure you might have heard, but MIT IS HARD! There are always things going ... . There are a lot of resources here to help you get the support you need so you can be the best you can be during your time here. In the end, it

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  -in programs, colleges, and applications.  There is also a panel where students ... swipes. While there is still a long way to go, there have been drastic ... the MIT experience over two days. You can find the application for this

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  , which is important because you have to write a thesis to graduate ... get a UROP in EAPS - generally all you need to do is find a professor ... well. EAPS as a department is really informal - I’m on a first-name basis

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  blowing and power is needed; and can also be used for mooring a floating ... Obama's speech in person this afternoon in Kresge Auditorium, you can join ... President is expected to begin his remarks around 12:30pm Eastern time. You

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  , informatics, and biology. In each country there's a selection process to try to ... MIT freshman calculus class back more than a decade ago (wow, I feel old) next to a friend of mine from Singapore. At the time, he was the only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  GET A BIKE very important psa

  

  to how walking feels. what if you can't find a bike stand??? this ... walk to class is longer than you think, especially when you want a ... my life you're a Course 15 Sloan is hella far. that is all you

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Screaming on a page (kinda) about 6.009 Please excuse what's about to follow

  

  -fueled Nihilism? It makes you write this blogpost. I want a better grade in 6 ... you the best CPW there’s ever been because THAT would be fair ... spent on a little blue couch, waking up early, leaving my physical form to

  • by Powers '23
  • April 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  still be trying to figure out who your EC is so let's talk a bit about the ... . There you will see the name of your EC and the best means to contact them ... to you simply because they are the closest one to where you live. We

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  providing a full bibliography, there is considerable peer-reviewed literature ... because LLMs are trained using a fixed corpus and there is a cutoff date for ... language text in response to prompts.  There has been a tremendous amount of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  ⁠—seeking out expensive things does make you less happy, but why is pursuing a good job with a high salary bad for you?? Well, as it turns out, there ... , but the point is that it's not as high a number as you think. Obviously

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  can see, there is a biker on this route right now - Google Street View ... 're trying to hit is only a foot in front of you. So as the car kept driving ... mode of transport when the weather is (reasonably) nice, it's a great way

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011