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  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  's go! Me: OK! Wait. Where's my calculator? *looks in bag* 5.111-er: I ... ). Wonderful? Out of this world? No, the question is... Can you SURVIVE??? I ... -variable calculus and the 18.02's are types of multi-variable calculus). I came in

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  scavenger hunt where you can stock up on assorted knickknacks like water ... can’t get jobs at career fairs. I can’t emphasize this enough: this ... . Disclaimer: most of these people were working in Computer Science—but I also

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  of that, I am ranking my favorite three songs (I can’t pick one) in ... know? I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones In a faith ... conversation format as in exile but is a lot more murky in that I really can

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  interesting things in the world, and I’m feeling lost and confused in the best ... vaguely in order of decreasing personal importance: Physics. I’m taking ... , but I’m pretty sure that I want to major in it. Computer science

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  it. But actually, the transition can be pretty painful. I'm here to ... good at this in high school (doing what I love, not working for The Man ... classes, I tried really hard to keep this in mind. But the pressure to take

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  In May 2016, I wrote Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later, where I shared the ... among them, then all I can say is that MIT is just another place. If it is ... worked out okay. In 2014, we denied another student, whom I'll call CT. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  to the airport, where I BARELY make check-in thanks to a delayed flight ... ) and where I finish up some work. Another study break ensues in the late ... expletives (that I can't post on the blogs) with my dad. I earnestly hope that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT how we practice and pursue it here

  

  to other local colleges! There is a blog section of our website where ... the Art Scholars website:  “Established in 1998, the MIT Arts Scholars ... ago, where you get to see TWO plays or operas in New York for FREE with

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  physics major, especially in favor of a major where I have somewhere between ... Last time I wrote a blog about my academic life, back in November, I ... true that is anymore. I think, in a vacuum, I love physics. But I don

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  special kind of courage. I know some of y'all may be in my shoes in this ... important as well. After rush, I settled in my dorm pretty quickly and got to ... important. The curriculum is different in my country. I haven’t done AP

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  the ten hundred most used words. I told them they can write about ... It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  As you hopefully already know, I am a sophomore in Course 20 here at MIT. Because we say everything here in numbers, Course 20 actually means ... -. For the mitochondrial genome notation a strain can be ρ+ or ρ- where the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  . I hope that, by the end of this year, I can find definitive peace in ... I try and tell myself that I've overcome imposter syndrome, and, in some ways, I have. I have no doubt in my mind that I'm thriving at MIT. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  senioritis in high school, but i think i have it now. i can think of many ... enough to enjoy. now that i'm back in school i can feel how different it ... interesting book, but i'm more interested in the categorical parts of the class

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  working with MIT students in the admissions office. Now here’s where I ... really are! I don’t think I can do my students justice by just talking ... I have been at MIT for the past year, and it has been nothing short

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  [Editor's note in 2017: This post contains outdated contact ... applications in earnest. Here are some updates from the Admissions Office ... currently processing more than 10,000 documents which have all arrived in just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  , asked someone in the closest office where I was supposed to go, was told ... to this place than just doing classes. Here's the blog post where I ... UROP research symposium in January, so he could add that to my letter. I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  : boston/cambridge/mit really does feel like home right now because in my mind that's where i'm going back to i'm just here in nyc for a bit _____ m: since i’ve gotten ... feel to be back in the city m: kinda weird it's nice because i love nyc

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  semester has officially ended and I can happily say I've wrapped up the most ... classes I'm interested in, rather than just trying to fulfill random ... critically about the games I'm playing. I learned to view games not in a vacuum

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  particularly illuminating - and it's very true. One can say "I can do better" in ... In just the past few hours, I've realized a few things, mostly about ... now on. (Restrictions apply.) I can be pretty hard on myself

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012