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• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  start at the beginning. Now that I think about it, the beginning makes a ... students who are about to start a new chapter in their lives. So, where’s my ... high time for me to find a job and start my life. There was one problem

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  *everything* else to make up for it, that this is my one chance to take a lot of ... especially not when one is taking 5-7 classes. I wrote two dozen poems and a ... choose to, I can graduate a semester early or drop any class that is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  So much has happened academically in the last month! A while ago, I ... . A ray caster, if you care, is one of the most basic conceptual layers ... -level gist of it is pretty simple; on a low level, we had to build in tons of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  're usually pretty tight-knit, but it's still very much a shared living ... ), consensus is not easy. I think living in the dorm fostered a certain sense of ... mention that shoveling snow is a pain? Being able to have my car entirely

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  health just for a "P" to show up? It's learning to look at how the grade is ... beautiful and so big and has so much! There is bound to be a place for you. 4 ... mean learn to optimize. Is it worth an all nighter to turn in a pset that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  'm a little cheesy sometimes - what else is new? Luckily, I have about ... here is not a right, but a privilege - I might even go so far as to call ... will, probably, be a few times you have too much going on and forget that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  Here is something that always makes me laugh: My sister (a Harvard ... of a harsh coughing noise) and "kamber" is really just a weird nickname ... , whatever.) My point is that soon, you'll be going off into the world, much

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  things can change in the span of a year. I can't help but think of how much ... scolded a lot by people for oversharing a bit too much on the Internet, and ... .) And I still very much enjoy music, your range is just much larger rather

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  ways with her mid-20s long ago, kept asking variations of "How is ... evolution of media. As it is a writing class, there are about two essays due ... being a freshman here (and of being on pass/no record grading) is finding

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  too much. or, when a deadline for a decision is coming, i don't have to ... . similarly, looking at my grades is a choice i can make. i don't have to look ... have to listen to it as soon as possible. after all, ignorance is how i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  throat is swollen, can’t talk much, they’re gonna give me a CAT scan, my ... day. Now she is a specialist in ER and Sports Medicine – how classically ... thought I knew how the place worked (not quite, Dad!). Our family has a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  Orphan Annie. Tessie is, like Annie, a little orphan, but unlike Annie, she ... , auditioning for a musical is basically my worst nightmare: not only can people ... , saying "hey Anna, remember how fun Annie was? Remember how much you love to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  summer is still comprehensive enough for you to take what you will from it ... Development at Northwestern University, or CTD. At CTD, you spend 6-7 hours a ... living in a dorm on campus. I was in this program for two summers (I took

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  , impeccably sanded (by Yan & Co.) roofdeck is a full-service pit stop on the ... while trying to catch a bus? And remember how I was so Oprah ... Course 21W: Writing and Humanistic Studies.* *What in the world is a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  ...which is partly why I'm writing this. So people don't forget how lovely of a ... 'm unsure whether this is a symptom of the pandemic or a symptom of the dorm ... and devoid of art and light. I hate it. Perhaps hate is too strong a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  intro class for my liking. I would have preferred a much bigger chem class ... take additional chemistry courses in the future. (3.091 is a good course ... with physics, muahaha). 5.Not knowing calculus at MIT is like a fish not

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  quickly found that being a vegetarian during Bad Ideas Weekend is a bad idea ... .  108 pounds of butter. BUTTER SCULPTING!!! How could this be a bad ... -and-calculus-filled IAP.  It is a weekend before two finals and full of a lot of stress and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  controllable - it's a process that you barely realize is happening. Growth comes in spurts and spasms, and it can hurt. The transition is not a straight line, it's a step function. And sometimes all you can do is just hang on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  all know, today was the premiere of a much-anticipated movie. What movie ... pretty big neighborhood. That athletic field is a whole lot bigger than it ... to a showing of the new movie!" This is actually what he said. I take

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  ...here we are). This past January, I learned how to code (again). On a whim ... learn how to also beep boop. Regardless, I suffered through 6.145, with a ... is a place I could see myself. I try to be a proper computer science

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020