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• Blog / Academics & Research

  spring! semester! so apparently i'm doing a lot of random shit

  

  .06 videos on MIT OCW. These videos saved me when I was taking Linear Algebra ... me recommending that I take this class! I’ve been waiting to take it ... gives me a chance to decompress every night.    Also, the class is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  extremely self-conscious of everything I do, it was difficult for me to feel ... to fit in with. Coming to MIT, though, proved me completely wrong. I ... funny and wise and kind beyond belief and it makes me feel really grateful

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  senses of the word. But it was the similarities that made me realize how ... you is doing, but how you’re doing relative to yourself. High school me would not only be impressed by me now, high school me would not even have

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  super convenient for me to maximize my training time, especially on days ... . Here's me at one of the club's rinks, with the ice all to myself--one of ... me in second. Top four advance to Nationals, so I was in a good spot

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  written. it is highly unedited and makes me feel both embarrassed and proud ... me-back-then might think of me-today. I think that I have become ... out loud, like that, but there it is. Let me tell you, first of all, I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  months ago, Lydia asked me, “do you want to write a guest post on your math ... hereditary—my multi-talented mom* taught me how to fold origami, do beading ... mathematical surfaces. A cabled LOTR sweater my mom knit for me, as evidence of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  school for me. Then, while visiting I saw how students were meshing their ... state cultures that has helped me realize just how different the world can ... that I said period then wrote it. Trust me it works. If I was talking to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  model she’s become to me as a female novelist and comic book writer who ... her life. It gives me hope that I might find a similarly convoluted path ... really exciting to me. I didn't know that I would love teaching comics as

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  at 6am. My cat decided that sleeping next to me was boring and she ... , where I had a line of duties waiting for me. My first duty was to take ... to eat. So she set up a "bot" to send me reminders to eat and stay

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  When people ask me where I grew up, I hesitate for a moment before ... reliable information. I have one memory of me crying in the kitchen while my parents try to feed me coconuts, but this is of questionable veracity. My

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hacking Story poetry, guitars, a hardware hackathon, and the time-to-pee scheduling metric

  

  after 7.013 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. That gives me a fairly low time ... time. But that leads me to the next part of this story. 2. "There is ... . Though the sleep deficit it gave me meant I was exhausted for about two

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  /B/C/No Record (or, for those people like me pursuing sophomore standing, a normal ... everything. What's dorm life like? It varies dorm to dorm. As for me, I'm sad ... drive (so you don't end up like me, 18 and unlicensed). See a bunch of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  where I was. A group of women trudged past me. I looked around wonderingly ... be in prison. -- At 12:25pm, Madison ’17 called me. “Where are you ... salvation to arrive in form of Tally ’17, who spotted me from two floors above

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  homesickness is merely this: don't stay in your dorm room. At least for me, I ... Pass/No Record One junior said to me last year, "If I had P/NR again, I ... this year. He related to me an individual who got straight A+'s his first

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  Coast when you know you'll be living there. As my mom drove me from ... enough job summarizing:Dry ice drinks.Massive Twister game.Break dancing.Me ... told me they were on YouTube, and I'd definitely recommend checking them

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  By Celena Chan '12 So here I am, writing this, and it just hits me ... me if I was from LA. Close, but not that close. Apparently, there had ... ? Me: Uh¡­yes? Qichen: It's Qichen, from facebook. Me: OMG! The girl that

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  : Stephen, me, Sway, and her friend Jenny Scholarship: From L to R: Stu Schmill, Kim Vandiver (Dean for Undergrad Research), and me ???: < ... -Conner (the BC folks gave me a mini beach ball, which my cat loves). After

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  blind faith, this seminar seemed particularly interesting to me. The two ... questions, rather than someone like me, who wasn't actually looking for a ... did provide some interesting food for thought which should keep me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  arrive at Hunt Headquarters. Somebody give me something to do.... Friday ... 's the font the Asgard uses on its menu!" Me: "Oh my God I've SEEN that movie! I would have KNOWN that!" (This is a huge accomplishment for me. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  . We were en route to Mathcamp 2004 (which was held in Colby College, ME ... attending Taiwanese schools. When my parents decided to transfer me to an ... REAL bubble tea everyday? So it really hit me when I logged on to the MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007