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  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  I’m the undergraduate assistant for a Freshman Learning Community (FLC) hosted by the Global Languages department and MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives). The FLC, which began this semester,…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  People always told me sophomore fall is the worst semester you’ll experience at MIT. This summer, a few of my upperclassmen friends warned me about not succumbing to stress as…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  analytics and research for the MIT Center for Information Systems Research, a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  note="or as I like to call it, an Undergraduate Research Opportunities

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  the time is nigh for a “what is ankita doing this semester?!?!” post because honestly, i stare at a full Google Calendar every day, half reassuring myself that i’m Doing…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  A couple days ago in the blogger slack, Petey sent a screenshot of a prospective 2023’s message expressing hesitation about choosing MIT. I think a lot of ppl are concerned…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  UROPing is a very MIT thing to do. “91% of MIT graduating seniors participate in at least one UROP during their undergraduate years!” Coming into MIT, we knew we wanted…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  Hello! Just giving a quick update on what’s going on with my life and what I’m doing this summer. I’m doing this because a) I need to break my blogger…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  Last semester, I took 18.100A (Real Analysis) with Professor Choi. Throughout my entire time in high school, I used to complain to my math teacher about how I wanted more…

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  research on porous carbons, biocrude oil, and hydrothermal liquefaction. I am ... wanted to get involved with research and being a teaching assistant early

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  Instead of doing an overview of the classes I’m taking this semester, I want to spotlight a few of them because they are just. that. cool. wow. First up, 11.125:…

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  Transitioning from first to second semester has actually been pretty refreshing in these last few weeks. In my last post, I uploaded a picture of my schedule. Compared to first…

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  For the first half of IAP, we were speed walking to prepare for the spring semester. But for the second half, we arrived on campus and did some stuff! In…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The final stretch ...of 2017

  

  We’re halfway through finals week. This semester, though, I lucked out on not having to take any once again. Last semester, I took all project-based classes. This semester, I have…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friday was a good day

  

  ~written last friday about last friday~ Today was a really happy day. It’s days like these that make us remember why we love it here so much. (The first part…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  Two weeks of class have already flown by. Problem sets are perpetual, clubs and UROPs are underway, and the realization that I have officially begun working towards my degree has…

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  tl;dr: As of this fall, any member of the MIT community can use TurboVote to help them register to vote, be reminded about local elections, and even be mailed an…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  Once, while working as a cashier, I noticed that a customer’s total had come to $3.14, the monetary equivalent of the ratio between a circle’s circumference and its diameter. I…

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  time for a summer update. i’m in seattle! again! this time i’m sharing a place with three other interns, two of them also from MIT. so it’s a time for…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  This all starts with a minister by the name of William Archibald Spooner, who Wikipedia advertises as “notable for absent-mindedness”. This from the first sentence of the introduction, where Obama is noted…

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017