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Blog / Academics & Research
Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something
How many biological engineers does it take to make a motorized butterfly that chugs along the top of a giant golden cardboard stag head? On Saturday, February 25,… -
Blog / Academics & Research
Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain
Over IAP, I had the opportunity to participate in one of MIT’s IAP programs in Madrid. I enrolled in 21L.590 Global Literature (although on Stellar, it’s listed as “Cultural Encounters:… -
Blog / Academics & Research
Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many
A cornerstone of 6.046, MIT’s infamous algorithms class, is navigating around a variety of limitations (algorithm runtime, computer memory, accuracy) and understanding the compromises settled for in attaining this workaround.… -
Blog / Academics & Research
Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few
6.046, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, is one of the most challenging classes I’ve ever taken. It’s a natural followup to MIT’s Introduction to Algorithms class, and dives into the… -
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“Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't
For a lot of incoming MIT students, the story is the same. Four relatively easy years of high school seem to fly by; SAT’s, ACT’s, TGIF’s, BYOB’s, and a whole… -
Blog / Academics & Research
How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens
There is this class I’m taking called 18.100B (Real Analysis) which I can’t tell if I love or hate. I’ll be working on the problem sets and thinking like, “man,… -
Blog / Academics & Research
An Embarrassing One Minute everything that can go wrong...will find a worse way to manifest itself
In the tale that is my Junior Spring Semester, two exciting and terrifying themes have emerged. The first is projects; I’m taking two project-based classes (among others), whose projects span… -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings
it might be more interesting to do research than to do nothing, a ... , complete a research internship or just spend your time how you like. I got -
Blog / Academics & Research
Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?
I received the following question on tumblr the other day: This is a really good question, because it forced me to think and deeply consider why I found… -
Blog / Athletics
My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.
rows and columns, in each window a researcher and their small expanse of ... feel a pleasant oneness with the research community around me, even -
Blog / Academics & Research
Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet
I’ve always wanted to learn to play the piano, “always” being a brief two-month period in fifth grade and the culmination of every wistful moment I’ve encountered someone in MIT… -
Blog / Admissions
Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview
ones that show you have done at least a little bit of research on MIT ... participate in research?” tells us you have hardly looked at the website. Just -
Blog / MIT Life
Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.
Education Office) and the last for research on village reconstruction projects ... trips. The fourth trip was for research, so some persistence won me -
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‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record
Nine days ago, I was at the Boston Logan Airport, and it felt strange–it was the farthest I’d been from the MIT bubble in months. When the plane took off,… -
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Feeling Good And mostly musing
I’m in my room, clacking away on my laptop, my fingers slowly defrosting, bits of ice forced into my intestines (by Cambridge’s spooky weather) slowly melting, and I feel pretty… -
Blog / Academics & Research
Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons
My high school academic life was by no means a cruise through pleasant waters. It had its several current peaks and rocky outbursts, challenges I found myself learning to deal… -
Blog / Academics & Research
MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.
I remember the first time I went to a market in my hometown. It was on one of those rare cold days, with icy sheets of rain washing the narrow,… -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!
an essay I wrote two years ago. Some research has happened since then ... fungus can be traced to human influence. Many researchers believe that a -
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Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations
I met Will and Kristina in very different parts of campus. I was psetting at Next House during spring semester of freshman year when Will popped up and started speaking…