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  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  subject of this blog post. It’s important to note that there are significant ... --it's much more important that you enjoy the subject and don't try to jump ... want to also talk a little about my experience being Course 18 and how it

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  In less than a week I'll be hopping on my flight back to Boston, and I'm so excited that I'm just about ready to kiss the Logan Airport ... [annotation note="is this okay to say in a blog? let's hope so

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  " in the admissions office during normal business hours, to a) help new ... might want to be bloggers to SHARE YOUR SPECIAL TALENTS What does it mean to be an admissions blogger? Here is the opening paragraph from the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  . I missed dining hours this morning so I'm at Anna's Taqueria because I ... point my brain doesn't want to do any more work. I've checked to make sure ... that I can to prepare. I'm going to start the 15 minute trek across

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  .) But most importantly, I still managed to achieve my main goal for the ... . Was your research output impactful enough to lead to a start-up?” I ... – I would’ve loved to have either of those things, but my semester just

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Food Truck Song What do food trucks dream of?

  

  trucks go after hours. Do they all go to one big parking lot together, like ... area has recently become home to several food trucks - from quick and tasty quesadillas at Jose's Mexican Restaurant to $4 pad thai at

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  ’s important to see the people you look up to engage in self-compassion. I know a ... about anything–  just because it’s important to you. I think this might be ... ’s beloved sky bison, which he could have used as bait to capture Aang

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  two years of MIT to start going to office hours specifically to ask for ... I'm taking [annotation note="Introduction to Education"]CMS.586 ... Charter School, signing in to get a "VISITOR" sticker, and slipping into a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  walked around for three hours. Then, he was off to do soundchecks. A few ... Professor Patrick Henry Winston ’65, SM ’67, PhD ’70 Will likes to see stuff at MIT whenever he is in town. This time I took him to see robots in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  next to normal on mental health

  

  ;   i recently listened to the soundtrack of next to normal, this 2008 ... interesting songs, at least to me, is who’s crazy/my psychopharmacologist and i ... to preface this with my opinion that i don’t think this is a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing Workshop I just wrote an entire post and my browser crashed. dfsdfksdfojfoajwefoiajdwf.

  

  start with something that's important to me, or if not, any random ... that was really important to me and had been a part of my life since ... a particularly good entry, they happen to deviate from their work and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  endless things happening all at once. Most importantly: 1) I finished my ... shiny new return offer to go back and work on Minecraft next summer. Yes ... .704,[/annotation] [annotation note="Intro to Videogame Theory"]CMS.300

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Learned This Week notes and lessons from new classes

  

  Friday (🎉🎉🎉), but then I have to give my full attention for 1.5 hours ... because it's due in t-42 hours and I have other stuff to do before then. ... classes only meet twice a week for 1.5 hours, which is new for me since my

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  Wednesday that I'd had to tool for, and I had already spent nearly four hours ... me to cheer and be rather euphoric. 14 straight hours...it was finished ... .004. Usually the labs for 6.004 are not so bad - they take maybe five hours. For

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  Things always seem to come in threes. The Three Musketeers. The Holy ... I’m in one, I have no choice but to ponder the machine surrounding me ... hear her whir to life and go straight to you like a personal chauffeur. I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  I arrive somewhere to give a talk. Someone emailed to suggest this might be more useful, so I'm going to try to do it when I can. So: right now, I'm en route BOS -> SFO, on my way to Maker Faire Bay Area 2016

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  numeracy. It's important to distinguish mathematics from numeracy in the same way that it's important to distinguish literature from literacy ... As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  already tell that this semester is going to be very different from anything ... , so site visits, interviews and neighborhood days are just as important ... for me this semester being the type of work we are expected to do

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  1667a.html In the summer of 2007, four Harvard graduates will go to Costa Rica to work with their partners in a community to eradicate the persistent and preventable problem of access to clean drinking water. They hope

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  , my eye was drawn immediately to the important pieces of information. I ... my resume to half the booths I walked past because I may have gone a ... enthralled. Then, as I was about to head back to my dorm and call it a day, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018