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• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Declared My Major :D aw yeah i'm a College Student™ now

  

  At MIT, students are able to declare their major starting sometime ... artificial intelligence is cool, and I think brains are cool. Declaring 6 ... requirement, which is made up of eight subjects of at least nine units each

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 21, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  . But one argument that had made me feel better is that, hey, at least I ... each other that, wait. This sucks. This isn’t how things are supposed to ... computer screens? It had been easy to ignore, at first, how things are

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  are made out of. This was a very promising solution, for I spent hours ... thinking "I'm stupid. MIT made a mistake in accepting me." But I often ... like it An important lesson: no matter how "screwed" you think you are

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  made up of shops that look onto the streets, small shops always abuzz ... unremarkable day. It’s the middle of the school week. Adults are adrift at work ... funny teachers and weird classes. I would have made all the right absent

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  worried about getting put in a quad, there are only 10 on campus, all ... awake. You might ask how we've made it so far into the year without any ... we're sorry that we made more noise than a street drummer. And we know

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  -minute bus ticket purchase, and some serious luggage-lifting, I made my way ... hospital are incredibly nice to me and patiently explain everything ... preceded by little black dots dancing around. (2) Scrubs are ridiculously

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  chairs are hinged in such away that when you pull the seat down the back ... enjoyable because it is HARDER THAN GRANITE! This is very nearly made up for ... sorta makes up for in stylishness. The seams in the seat are complimented

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  : you guys are amazing. Every year when the call for new bloggers goes out ... each unique MIT experience. Not to sound cheesy, but you guys are doing ... blogging this year which is more competitive than MIT itself - and there are

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  day tubes made it to South Florida, Neha '10 (that's Mr. Neha to you and ... here. (We were all accepted, by the way, and now the three of us are here ... 'm essentially copying and pasting the post I made in my personal blog a year ago

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  my friends are genuinely the sole reason for my sanity in a time where ... are so many different people who make sure it continues the way it does ... exception. I have professors who I would take a bullet for, they are so good

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  , linguistics...) are just right for a very particular project: looking at DEEDS ... (since, uh, writing is hard if you are a peasant). They wrote in Latin, of ... written, where, or by whom) has been lost. Enter: natural language

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  , while for others it has just begun. In the admissions office, we are ... validation is both necessary and appropriate. Where I think the use of ... admission decision means. If you are offered admission to an institution, it

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  Hi, hello. How are you doing? I haven't been in the writing mood as ... where I remain silent adds another weight of guilt onto my back and I ... just...gone. And I don't know where it went. And it terrifies me. The

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  now beginning his pitch. 2:00 He began by asking who was from where, getting a feel for the demographics. There are no international students ... professors. "There are two main ways to leave a legacy," they say, "I could

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  would always give me free muffins just because I'm Taiwanese and I try to ... love how lunch is at 2, and dinner is at 9. 4. I love how the stores are ... representation of Europe =p). I browsed the duty-free shops, and thought about

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  only to classes that were offered this fall.) Feel free to add your own ... experiences of characters in "Sex and the City" are generalizable to people of ... required to participate in the seminar. Both men and women are welcome and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  City Strangers a comic

  

  ’re leaving me behind.  The moments where my life crosses yours may be fleeting ... falling asleep harder, but oh are they beautiful. inspired by comic: métro

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  characterize the Media Lab as being "the place where everything cool that has ... techniques have since been used widely by animators, but are not commonly used

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  How are you planning to spend the day? Jeffrey Warren, a Media Arts and Science grad student who works on Grassroots Mapping, and Oliver Yeh ... said. "This is one area where we're able to make an impact." You can

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  where the last two weeks went - and getting excited about IAP :) As Jenny mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010