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  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  . Now, machines can perform calculus operations for us, but it takes a ... and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of ... must pull at least a dozen others with you.” I wish I’d heard these words

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  Frank   I just returned from a 7.013 Introductory Biology ... I may be tempted to position myself in the lounge for a while, to talk ... developments or see a musical Tesla coil. Though, really, I should study for my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  of the sponsors: I wandered around the fair a bit, taking pictures for ... been planted...so I think that maybe, if I can somehow manage to get a ... Now that I'm a junior in college, I'm supposed to be almost an adult

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  . This past month, I've been serving as the band director for a student ... one for Heathers. Still, the music has come together. I pull from all ... ... boom!, I've been using a lot of techniques from all the hours I spent

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  The other day, I had a little epiphany that came to me in the shape of a glassblowing metaphor. When I thought about it more, I realized that although I haven't done a lot of glassblowing, it's played a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she ... UROPs. Applying There’s a nifty website where you can search UROPs by ... in her lab. I’ve heard you can ask profs for UROP positions after

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  bedrooms with my brother at one point so I could paint a mural on a larger ... organizing a dorm room. Sure, it can just be a bedspread and a poster of your favorite band or sports team. But it can also be a chance to really customize

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  where the definitions came from on a deeper level. I know why we know ... ; I can’t derive it from scratch right now." ]proved[/annotation] E = mc ... different blogpost where I raved about this class (in a good way), so I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  1. Why I didn’t think I would be a good fit for engineering. I came ... for a new major. I had always been interested in physics, mostly ... grow on me. I began to imagine a world in which I graduated from MIT as a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  data justice for senior house

  

  as not heterosexual (source). i know senior house was a home for many ... , preparing for meetings and writing proposals, somehow carving time away from a ... the admissions blogs have always been a platform for students to speak

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  for saturday which was 10/10 because i visited a family friend and i ... like I had from last week. Tuesday: Dropped 6.0002. It wasn’t a ... much as I can to make it easier for myself in future [annotation note

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  known for its hiking, I, being a native of LA, I am inevitably enchanted ... headache for most of the time. Especially since I'm from SoCal, which has ... college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  a total lie. It all depends what the letter stands for. Well, I'm not ... : describing the classes you're taking in a given semester. Well, now that I'm a ... acting. Every week we're responsible for memorizing a monologue or a scene

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  see, MIT currently has a rather unorthodox dining system, and by that I ... on campus – and a few places off campus – the money is deducted from ... up for preferred dining at a cost of $300 per semester, which simply

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  easy for awhile. Spend some time with your parents, go out to a movie ... through the my last CPW (which is also my first, along with the '12s), I can ... can. :D Since it's basically just a month now, get your plane tickets

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Document Deadline Extended to Wednesday

  

  the document is quicker and easier for you and for us. Additionally, I received a number of comments on my last post from students concerned about ... MIT. When this happened our system creates two records for a single individual

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 30, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  menu for the "From" field. Now you can decide to either send from ... to, but it can happen. I wouldn't let this stop you from making the ... I can remember, back when I was applying to MIT, there were two huge

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  hours, too. Also, thank you for your lovely responses to my last post. I ... crossword puzzles! [you can find these online; i won't link directly though ... Entertainment movies I made a Discord server to keep in touch with my friends. We

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Wedding of All Time I walked Tim the beaver down the aisle

  

  volunteer in a dog costume as the ring bearer. I’m not entirely sure where she ... . MINCE had a cake picnic, where 30 bakers each baked a cake for people to ... the fursuits. When I wished for my dreams to become reality, this is not

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • June 4, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  have a class that diverges so much from the typical work I do for my MIT ... for, this is surprisingly hard! I've spent a lot of time recently ... I'm taking a somewhat lighter course load this semester. I signed up

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017