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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  classes is particularly blurred in the math department, where you often don ... can hang with the problem sets, you're alright. I feel 12% better about ... general and MIT life in general a bit later this long, wonderful weekend. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  need to decide which classes to take and where that will lead me. That in ... investment. Better yet I had to make my decision in a week. Everyone deals ... internship, I even used a decision matrix in which you rate criteria and

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  , Electrical, and Aerodynamics/Composites. I’m in the latter of these, where I ... that you can’t see I clearly messed up. But in the end, I got a decent ... A quick note before I start: VOTE (if you can)! Find your polling

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  -epiphany where I kind of sort of maybe started thinking about majoring in 2A ... like writing about them. I'll be back at school soon, where I'll actually have cool things to talk about. I'm sure you're all excited. In the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  a close friend. In this post, I'll describe how I made the decision to ... next 51 weeks. Motivation and Rationale I've discussed briefly in some ... nearly six months in a household I had long since outgrown. The next few

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  ideas, and I've got a research project in the pipeline where I'm trying to ... economist I could be. But then why, in this world where I choose to value day ... where I spend most of my time on campus these days"]the fourth floor of E

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  failing, and falling back on P/NR. Sometimes I just can’t find the ... take the midterm today in two hours and 19 minutes, as of the moment I’m writing this of course. But I can’t find the motivation to study. The

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  "Where are you from?" written on it in pretty lettering. I don't hold any ... This summer, I got a side gig to put up chalk art in the Welcome ... there's flames in the background! For no reason! Prompt: "Where are you

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  remember, in my last post I asked for people to provide me with MIT ... is "I make friends with the people in APO, the Assassins' Guild, the UA ... share a few particular stories, of cases where I remember more

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  ;QuestBridge" on the cover sheet if you are mailing it in. Q: Where do I send my ... in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... unofficial score report faxed or mailed in the meantime. You can mail it to MIT

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  your body is in, and I can’t really explain them other than legs are in ... because I practiced it quite a bit, including randomly in the hallway where ... , though, so you can tell I made it out of all those ordeals alive. In

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  (i.e., in class while my teachers were talking...) I started reading less around the time I started high school, when paying attention in ... with?) Part of my problem is that although in life, I'm generally a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  car. In one sense, I am bringing the old me to a new place, where they ... dad is in the front seat; I'm in the back, sharing space with enough ... entire life is in this car, pretty much, if you leave out all the friends I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  , anything every day (I am 42 days in! More to come on this if I can keep it up ... . But the break felt so short, and once I was back at MIT, I was in an ... 've tried in I don't know how many years. I did... nothing. (But of course, in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  trigger built in; that for every person, there is a sentence that can reduce ... interview. i was pretty nervous for it - it was my first ever in-person job ... through while growing up and also because i’m worry-prone in general, so

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  have reached the point in my major where I am taking classes that are ... It’s hard to believe that I am now in the latter half of my college ... as well, but for now I am enjoying myself in the moment, even with the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  This summer, I decided to take an internship overseas. Where in the ... cardstock that entitle me to a non-reserved seat on what I can best describe ... across the main island. In my typical fashion I arrived at the train

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  enjoy about the subject, and I hope they can be useful to you in deciding ... already be familiar with my experience of choosing a major. In summary, I ... relevant to the subfield that each student prefers. I say it's "been" in the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  the cover sheet if you are mailing it in. Q: Where do I send my ... taking my tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the ... an unofficial score report faxed or mailed in the meantime. You can

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  ." Eek. Maybe I'll waltz in on Sept 6 and say "ALAN! Hello, Alan. Can I ... random proctor and explained the situation; he suggested that I was in the ... , when I was staying at my friend Daniel's house in New Jersey. I opened my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011