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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  ) in 2006, where I really fell in love with mathematics, I started my ... my mentor, Ryan Reich. I can't claim that this paper was in any way ... important factor was culture. Where would I make the most interesting friends

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  lattice model of Polymers. In the mean time, you can also read the entry I ... Biomolecular Systems on Friday morning. In an effort to procrastinate, I was ... equal representation of women in science. When I casually mention to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  say that my participation in this program about which I've told you a ... equation, not to mention slightly more German. I was awash in sleepiness ... interest in opera, I give up. As I emerged from the Kendall subway station

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  you can see in my bio, I'm a senior at MIT this year. I'm taking a lot ... , I've gotten to a point where the workload will be manageable from here on out, and therefore I can say, Hello! I'm Kim. Well, I guess I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  , almost everyone i know is in it. you don't have to figure out where you ... everything else that can be said about it. the fact that i chose mit says ... 't made the decision yet, well, i was once in your shoes. i didn't commit

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  in this honest autobiographical essay. Every story I have ever told has ... , and the Wanderer's Library (≈7600 words). Set in the SCP universe, where ... -deception.' 'How can a man live in perfect harmony?' To which YISUN replied, 'Non

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  in the 3+ months I've been here. Being at MIT has really opened my eyes ... whom I have common interests, people who I now can't imagine not knowing ... indescribable--all I can really say is that we went and it was amazing. For those

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  hard now will pay off in the future. But sometimes I wonder where it ends ... 't really like, and didn't end up pursuing in the long run. I worked hard to ... , I immediately shed all the things that I had done in high school that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Do Welsh Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? teaching kids robotics through GTL Wales!

  

  nontrivial to me because i grew up in drought stricken California, where all ... Two summers ago, I visited my friend Shruti ‘24 in their home state ... you in Europe?!” I rode the high of my “European” adventure for a few

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  (which, again, you can read all about at http://brassrat2022.mit.edu/). I ... is a Brass Rat? Well, it's a ring that comes in gold, silver, or ... tradition.  Every freshman class has a Ring Committee, who put in tons of time

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.

  

  's somewhere else, then it's good as well. However, I do hope to do what I can in ... sitting on my desk right now) In the meantime, if there is anything that I can help you in making your big decision before May 1, feel free to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  petro-diesel to create a blended fuel that can be used in MIT’s ... sundresses, flip-flops and shorts. Today, we are in the midst of a winter storm ... ,000 in the GE / mtvU Ecocollege Challenge (www

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  could’ve had to gain experience in programming. It's a pain, but I can ... .009. Besides, I’ve had experiences in high school where there was a class that I ... fox will make sense later[/caption] I want to major in computer science

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  right for me—the one where I am unafraid to experiment, where I can always find support for new ventures, and where I can combine my interests in ... admissions. I was a staunch planner back in high school, one of those people

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  Hi, I am Cadet O'Brien. I am a Junior at MIT majoring in course 3 ... are in the program. You can do the minimum 3 times per week PT (physical ... , and I want to show you how awesome that can be. Once a semester we go

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  though I will likely have very little to do with structural engineering in ... In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  than 50k in the United States last year. One thing I like about Bebras ... ! New this year: there are free apps (iPhone, Android) that students can ... computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  ’t like big class sizes and I did not have a great experience in [annotation ... it is an algorithms class, I would enjoy it more than 6.009.  In the ... midnight on Wednesdays so every other week, I had 4 problem sets due in a 24

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Got Questions? I have answers.

  

  Hey guys - sorry for not blogging in so long! I've been up to all ... . Specifically: finding a UROP for the summer (I'll be working in the Lang Lab ... MIT, I know that many of you are currently in the midst of choosing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  morning, I felt a faint red soreness on my uvula, which can only mean that I'm developing my traditional mid-winter cold. I have way too much to do in the ... sheer force of will. I originally wrote "shear force of will," as in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006