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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  idea, there is a way to fail. There are readings that illuminate ... examine.” Quite different from math class, where we were taught not to use ... their format is shocking after a year at MIT. It’s odd not to pset here

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  never have to take a specific Course 6 class ever again, which I ... project is to make a music [annotation note="i'm probably going to join a ... teaches you how to be a good leader as well as a good team player. I don

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  classroom to which MIT was assigned. Next door was a nice colleague from ... ." There are a variety of ways to take these courses. Each of the science ... the normal student using 8 terms to get a degree, most take at least one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  . i skimmed through many iterations of "a pleasure to have in class" and ... like trying to get a stray cat to come closer. sometimes your efforts and ... requires a certain kind of confidence that comes from learning to care less

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  to have an infant within a 3 foot radius who's extremely unhappy to be ... seriously think the schedules when to schedule, a recursive paradox that ... the grill and waited for what looked like a giant space-burger to cook

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  education to a drink from a firehose? There is so much more than water at MIT ... to find Terminal E, and jet lagged. By that night, I was bouncing with ... variety of activities that students do. All it takes to make a group is

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  coming from the star to the Earth to dip, which is a possible sign that ... , so we got to present a poster! Considering that this was my first ... well as missions like CHEOPS and [annotation note="I wasn't sure where to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  with the colors of a tree: from green, to orange, to white, to pink, and ... -bordered (cut) and taped together–definitely a lesson in patience and attention to ... –an exaggeration of a spring where some trees might grow a handful of flowers

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  Infinite Corridor is perhaps too aptly named... After finding the Wikipedia-styled notification at the end of the Infinite, I challenged myself to find as many ... the only way it knows how: through imitation (as flattery), and a hint

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  tied to any high school. We were the only 2 girls on a 8-person team, and ... a little self control to not literally gasp. I will stress that in my ... viral, and, some speculate, was the start of a domino effect that led to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  there is still deciding where to go for college. happy decision day ... much as a person that it kind of shocks me to look back at how different ... pebbles off a beach. they can do that because MIT teaches you how to learn

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  Boston Symphony Hall, where we hoped to pick up Boston Symphony Orchestra college cards. I haven't actually had the chance to use mine yet, but at the ... would sacrifice an afternoon nap for a one-mile walk across the Harvard

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  On abnormality

  

  this entry to a small subset of the ways in which I am either unique (if ... data to the statistics file, where I analyze it by type of day (schoolday ... was little, I used to always get a 96-box of Crayola crayons for the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  then you come to MIT, where relativity is not just a theory but a ... the MIT Class of 2012 will treat you to a rousing litany of Academic ... the issue: If you're a freshman here, you are most likely accustomed to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  . I went to a Carly Rae Jepsen concert, where my friends and I donned ... the biggest change from being a full-time student to being a full ... ="funnily enough, when I applied to become a blogger, and the prompt asked me about

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  My Life...". But "Life as an Artist" has a better ring to it, don't you ... with this group/family/community and it has been a blast! To make matters ... I am a PRO at stick figures. Just wanted to show you some of my

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  -related applications. All course 9 students have to take a probability and statistics ... geeks, and this is a class that plays to the strengths of computer geeks ... of building a software system that finds the shortest routes between

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  stop talking with yourself and talk to the reader? Oh god there's a ... attention since as a Senior Blogger I get to read your blogger applications! And also according to a recent emaill, if I don't blog, I will get fired

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  – perhaps misguided – attempt to sum it all up in a quantitative manner ... to be read each week for 20.102 as well as a final 45 minute group ... ’t an easy decision to drop a class, especially half way into the semester

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  time to chat in the Office of Minority education, where I was able to get ... only made me more excited to be on campus. My CPW weekend was off to a ... point that MIT was where I would go to college. MIT will allow me to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009