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• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  setting my alarm for 9:30, blinking and realizing I slept for another hour ... test yesterday morning, and a final assignment for something else due a ... interning elsewhere for a railroad, and made a few other phone calls as well

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  their ballots today. Here at MIT, employees are guaranteed time off for ... exams to help students have more time to vote. For students and staff who ... pulling together – because, for all that we have in common, we do not agree

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  and ready for my chemistry midterm this Wednesday. Other than classes ... teaching assistant/resource for students in 8.02 (Electricity & Magnetism ... ! Academically, it was the best part of my week. It felt great to be back helping

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  began working in MIT Admissions. It will also mark my last. At least, for ... researcher at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and before that at ... . Originally I had planned to just take one class a semester for a really long

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  If there's one thing MIT students aren't known for having, it's spare time. But if a challenge is laid down for the MIT community, odds are you ... &D challenge, a call for dormitories, independent living groups, and Greek

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  've been floating around this school for the last couple of months doing ... missing out, but I'm really not interesting enough for anyone to miss out on ... couldn't imagine living anywhere else.) This stretch of time is perfect for

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  headquarters. For those of you who don't know, Hasbro makes Mr. Potato Head ... ended up submitting a resume for a summer position. I got the job and ... , racing big wheels, and generally having one of the best summers ever. But

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  who would be thinking of MIT, including the Davidson Fellows Award for ... database of resources for gifted students. The Institute offers many programs ... wonderful things for education in this country. While I was in Reno, I also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  change gonna' come." For the greater part of my blog's existence, many of ... awesome for creating my new banner. Not to mention the fact that you are a perfect fit for MIT and I can't wait to see you as a freshman this fall

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  a world where they were the BEST and always got A's and never had to ask anybody for help. As you might imagine, sticking 1000 of the ... complex organic chemistry reaction. It's how to ask for help. Help in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  from composing for 21m.301 and from arranging for ohms, is that i’m a ... for the sake of complexity or theoretical significance simply doesn’t interest me. for instance, in the case of my ohms arrangement (1:02:00 here

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  for no reason. Rar.) I was in the floor lounge to distract myself from ... lounge on Tuesday from 8-10 pm for the season finale of veronica mars. Not ... , I angrily support Wesley's reservation. As an avid VMars supporter for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  Laboratory for Chocoloate Science. According to their Wiki, LCS can be described:   Founded in 2003, the MIT Laboratory for Chocolate Science ... chocolate on campus, and to bringing opportunitites for learning about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  relationship; in fact, I think it was incredibly good for me to be in it. I ... , about who I can be. But I'm grateful that for the indefinite future I ... on for the past four years? How does one even go about [annotation note

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  Twitter newsfeed for too long. I check Facebook, Reddit, Tumblr. Everywhere ... from 9am onward to be with one another, listen, and share our hopes for ... have more things written than the one with the hopes! I'm afraid for

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  it was for her to see her mother sick, how her fifth and sixth ... meals on her own for herself and her two brothers. I wouldn't have ... the overwhelming satisfaction of playing Capture the Flag, dancing with

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  of summer '09, when I so intelligently decided to play Ultimate Frisbee ... home, bound for MIT. Yes, I am known for my impeccable sense of timing ... ran for over 30 hours each week, I naively assumed that that was it and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  , and I shouldn't put down my past self for not knowing what I know now. I try my best to be forgiving towards myself, but I still slip once in a while. I think for the most part, my freshman year was spent dismantling

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  *full disclosure: this post was mainly written for the title* We ... their neighborhoods and surroundings for data analysts all over the world ... , finishing an assignment is. "Callings" don't exist, you just do the best

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Screaming on a page (kinda) about 6.009 Please excuse what's about to follow

  

  be cOnSuMeD by the lab. ENDLESS. Helper functions. Helper functions for the helper functions. Functions to make test cases. Helper functions for ... a mile long. But still, for 15 hours, I was stuck in the exact. Same

  • by Powers '23
  • April 12, 2020