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• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  and professor at MIT,[/annotation] and I lamented about my fears for the ... whole life for this, right? The worst part is, that this feeling, as ... for the metaphor, life isn’t exactly analogous to a marathon, where all

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  , philosophical, and ethical look at the future of biotechnology. Despite it being ... , not for a week, not even for a month. I am here for the next four years ... I first stepped onto MIT’s campus in the summer of my junior year

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  We spent our IAPs in two different states, for the second time. We ... look back on the month happy with what I gained.  Besides actual work, I ... ice skating party, where the company reserved the whole rink for the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  wide selection of phones with the purchase of a one-year contract for a ... cool stuff that I don't really care about for the low price of -75.00. If ... is horrendous for Boston students. I think. ...and I do live by the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair technology, stickers and internships

  

  hours. Techfair isn't just any career fair -- you dress for the job you ... Techfair is here! Held right before classes start in the Spring semester, Techfair is a student run career fair that showcases some of the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  displeasing. The whiteness screams out, “Look at me, I exist!” And we reply, “Go ... it entails! P.S. For those of you who enjoy the simple pleasures of ... The other day I was watching a video about typography and the speaker

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  in July. For a period of about 2 months I was the only mechanical ... the world, Mosi Oa Tunya (Lozi for "the smoke that thunders", also known ... , rather than the other way around.  Finally, the weekend rolls around for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  beneficial to me for the most part. So during the summer before MIT, one of ... applying mainly to Terrascope and ESG for learning communities, though the ... at the same time, I felt that ESG would make for a less road bumpy

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  over the bridge, there was a faint glow of bonfires. Always game for a ... . It was extinguished before we got there, but the other group looked ... , running among the children, the buffalo, the haulers. This field was just

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  axis)… times the 8 relative rotation angles for each direction… but also ... ? Crystallography to the rescue! Admittedly, this problem stumped us for a while. We ... her head"]one of my good friends is a TA for 3.010[/annotation] – the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  ") for 25 years. He was the undergrad academic/research advisor for three ... others). The following day (Friday), I did not wear a tie for the first time in more than a week. Yes, the regular action selection committee for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  : Rush out of the ridiculously muggy apartment. For reasons unknown to me ... for a buffet-style breakfast. They really make this the best meal of the ... ’s working on conversation design for the Google Home. It’s in this new field

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  how to make a minecraft bot reflections on my microsoft internship

  

  could ask my bot "what is the recipe for strawberry shortcake?" and the ... .) Step 3: Converting the human input to code For this part, I used ... human language, which is then parsed into Lispress. For example, if the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  Roll (NYC), August   Showing Myself that I Can For one of the first ... ! She started looking cautiously confident and asked if we could add the ... home. In fact throughout the camp I’d look over to check in on her and

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  IAP thoughts two weeks late, but with an illustration!

  

  anyway. Also, read to the end for a really special surprise :) Things I ... Classical Mechanics Study for the biology and chemistry ASE’s Go out into ... bit of a stretch, because I’m still catching up on the lectures for 8

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 15, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  okay and *deeply* grateful for the people that supported me through my beloved friends student support services the fli community and more you ... MIT thus far.   the weight of the world felt so heavy i was

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  _ forget it. Not to mention it really _is_ the basis for the beginnings of ... same way you do about math! engineering gets better once all the math for ... haunt me for the rest of my life. (Every time I go home, another relative

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  For those of you who didn't notice, the Supreme Court of the United ... hacked for the anniversary of 9/11, the Olympics, the Red Sox, the Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Relay for Life, among countless others. And

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  so...for the sake of social distancing, everyone's trapped in their ... particularly tedious. we don't have classes for the next week and a half, so we ... bugging you for months? the possibilities are endless. start bullet

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  receive grades for the regular classes I was missing, and needed to make up ... just a bit more time, but for the most part, I had figured out how the system of the first semester worked for me, and I had adjusted to it. Then

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013