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  Sweet summer song

  

  for working in a lab. Copying over from my last post, since I've been ... . Traveling I traveled a lot this summer. I was in the US for a while and went ... a voucher for this British airline for a cancelled flight, so I ended

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my ... "hey can you write a letter for me" and then enter their email into the ... sentences might be different —  "I transferred schools, and..."; "I took a mix

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  thing I suggest is getting a T-Pass. During the semester, I don't plan on buying one, but this summer it made for a great resource. With my T-Pass, I ... as I wanted. And the big plus, on Sundays I could bring a friend for

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  become a better programmer: I want to reach the point where I can write ... , ready for change, and safe from bugs.[/annotation] I knew I lacked ... I'll tell you where I went, who I took a walk with, or what we talked

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  rewritten the optional essay for my application and I just can't get it to a ... ?*supplementary material*5)can i send in my poems,stories and ...outlines for novels?...how?where ... questions as I can. It's a long entry! Before we get to that, though, I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  school. CS can be hard for beginners, more so at MIT, so I'm at an area where I feel like a lot of my STEM background amounted to nothing, since ... , where I made this rudimentary text-based adventure game and also played a

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

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  Rats for ninety years, and they're a hugely important part of MIT ... our shiny new rings. The ring buying period has just concluded for the ... younger than the ring itself.) For starters, I wanna say that I got all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  neutrality isn’t about objectivity—it’s about who has the power some words on facebook trending topics, and also net neutrality

  

  infrastructural power. Under this alternate definition, I establish a framework for ... revelations undermine any presumption of Facebook as a neutral pipeline for news ... . ... Calls for more public accountability...can only proceed once we completely

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  . As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants ... for in MIT students, we can usually reach consensus after a bit of ... , undoubtedly, make selection even more difficult this year. I can tell already

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  on mit’s mailing list culture update: tetazoo glounge

  

  i think i have achieved a state where i feel like i should be ... email can get sent to. so for example, a list like [email protected] can ... social lists can range from small to large. i know some people have small

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 17, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  . Draft #3, October 15: I come from a world where creativity was my weapon ... : 2486 October 20: I come from a world where creativity was my weapon ... : 246 October 23: I come from a world where a family was not composed of a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  ! Apple Bake has been a fall culinary tradition in Burton-Conner for the ... floors go out, buy some ingredients, and make a few dishes, Conner 2 organizes a mass shopping trip for over $100 of food the Friday before the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  some point this semester, I did have to ask a friend where the hell ... credit from being a varsity athlete, so I don’t technically need to take ... a tangent. I think the biggest thing that I will take away from MIT

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  always certain where it comes from, but I’ve still been able to feel a ... exercise I did before for the program I participated in last summer. A little over a year ago in July 2019, I wrote a blog post for my summer program

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  room. It's also a good idea to pack light and buy as much as you can once you get to campus. I did not follow this advice when I was a freshman ... to be waiting for your grades for a week or so.) I've fulfilled all my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  Hampshire for a completely free weekend away from the Institute. The ... Despite what I said last time, I did manage to snap a couple of ... event to buy more. The rest of the ice cream finally arrived. There was a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  different histories. I think for a lot of people there is going to be an ... university where you would like to study, I say "Go ahead." I'm a fan of the ... a freshman. I was also wondering what sporting activities are really

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  mine- I ordered it from BestBuy and had it shipped to my dorm just so I ... remember from the Mario hack entry, I was friends with a bunch of people ... Responses to Comments: A: Hey Laura,stupid question : I just wanted

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  conference hosted at The Hague. I'm a fellow at the National Center for ... see your name in print.     On Friday I flew to DC for a ... 'm blogging from nerd camp in Vermont. I've been coming here as a camper or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  would be was a 70 (since I think that's the lowest they can make passing ... left the classroom, I went back to my room for a "break", which meant I ... unmotivated and tired, so I glanced over equations for a while, but I pretty

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024