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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  is the only class in which I'm not starting at the very bottom, since I ... classes and exams offered, but I didn't have any idea where I was applying ... really considered in admissions (I didn't even send in my scores until this

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  this online- I think you’re just awesome in general. To those few in the ... past 6. In the first portion, I spent some time creating my personal ... than the one near my home. In the two years I was there, I dedicated

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  There’s More to Life Than Tooling You can, for example, write your mechanical engineering thesis and an original musical. At the…

  

  show in the past year can come, and cast his or her vote. There are four ... 'm writing my thesis, which is in product design. I'm taking 2.72 - Elements of Mechanical Design - where we design and build our own lathe. I'm taking Senior

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 9, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Activate Party Mode! Auctomated dorm controls at East Campus.

  

  dorm room in East Campus. The room is now 199 square feet of customized ... From the same file as the Disco Dance Floor... it's the Multifunction In-Dorm Automation System (MIDAS)! MIDAS is an elaborate automation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  I have to because one of my goals for this blog in general is to be ... , really wanted to do, something I had brought up in our group chat because I ... crying at night when instead I should be celebrating the fact I was in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings we want to meet you!

  

  on the East Coast. Friday Head near Iowa State University in Ames and ... Hi! I’m Katie Kelley, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT ... start getting to know all of the wonderful people I have been able to read

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  in and walk up to them and say, “Hey, can I talk to you about this book ... peaking and plans were forming. Book Launch In 2012, I started working on ... written. I couldn’t say why, but it just had to be, and in the absence of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  Tivo, bless you) means I can watch these four shows in about three hours ... 's where you come in. The contenders: LOST I've been an addict for ... episode. I finally got sucked in this year - it's really good.  

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• 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

  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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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