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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  : There are four types of math major at MIT—pure math, general math, applied ... -intensive” class), and at least two additional math classes of your choosing. Here ... wrestling with many new abstract concepts in my head for long periods of time

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  , the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said ... that a while when we were walking and later eating at a quiet thai ... when walking home, feeling happy and full with a sunset hot at our backs

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  leave it out at room temperature without fear of food poisioning. This new ... subtleties of group theory in a rigorous yet accessible manner." But, well, I ... classes and waiting in line at Anna's Taqueria at 8 PM at night. Now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  of Cows![/caption] Winter in Wyoming—a symphony of snowflakes and ice ... of rugged beauty, where Carhartts are more a necessity than a fashion statement, and the sharp crack of ice breaking in the horse trough signals the

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  farewell, first semester p/nr-ing just hard enough

  

  will things be like in seven semesters, or even at the end of this ... of things to appreciate about life at MIT.    Rest in pieces, P ... I grew up in Nashua, New Hampshire, an unassuming city with lovely

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 19, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  , completely out of breath *TA passes an exam along* *gets mad at self not for ... moving to and living at MIT becomes more of a reality for you), I want to ... How NOT to be a MIT Student (aka. my daily dose of stupidity) *sets

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  what I did this summer unoriginal title, original experiences!

  

  might have grown at camp. I hadn’t grown -- but I was starving. I ate ... had the idea to measure me again. I had grown a quarter of an inch in a ... ’ve grown a quarter of an inch in a week. (Or, like, some unmeasurable non

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  [annotation note="Being at the eastern edge of the timezone really sucks. Today, the ... us toasty. And at the appointed time of 5.26 pm, aka we planned to eat ... Thanksgiving at MIT has always been just a paltry two days off

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  , listening intently. At this point we get to Lobby 7, home of the big ... at the great dome. This is the part of the tour when the tour guide ... to go start calling you guys at the telethon. 5 hours of phone calls

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  new member can be a part of the important decisions that will be made ... The class of 2011 all got this e-mail this morning: Class of 2011, Congratulations on completing your first year at MIT! It has been a tough year

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  supplemental portfolios may feel especially useful. We offer portfolios of the ... Submit section at the end of each portfolio in SlideRoom. To request a fee ... the words of a wise colleague, “Don't throw spaghetti at the wall and

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  A Picture is as much as Ten Hundred Words This is in fact a story that does have pictures.

  

  of them (#4 and #6, the only ones they had) and listened to them at the ... Part of the Up-Goer-Five Game. This Eye-A-Piece, I did a lot of things. When i heard from the "big man of the computer space" that we were

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  sophomore takes during their IAP since it leads into 2.007, one of the most famous robotics classes at MIT. Last time I only had pictures of some ... figured I should let you know how things went. Let's talk about some of the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  floor of the Infinite. You glance at your phone, to see a 4am Slack ... schedules fall into utter disarray at MIT. While some of my friends never ... starts foaming at the endless piles of t-shirts, water bottles, and fidget

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  at the ripe age of twenty-one i am beginning to feel my body weaken ... of workouts, i’ve begun a habit of working out at 2am on friday nights ... periods of high anxiety, i could feel my heart occasionally flutter

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  's worth of tents. I, for one, feel the interior of my heart warm at the ... , because I had finally moved on from the stage of denial and accepted their ... since I had run out of milk. Still yet, the ink in my pens was decomposing

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  standing up to leave. There's a lot of academic rigor at MIT. The classes are ... every day at MIT is a new challenge to overcome. Overcoming it elicits a ... everybody likes happy, right? This weekend is parents weekend, so instead of

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  tripods to invade Earth. Ebert concludes, at the end of his two-star review ... as prestigious as creating a new form of matter or bioengineering human ... at the time of injury. This doesn't really say that much, though

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  On New Year's Eve, my family went out to see Book of Mormon. When ... station (along with half of London, it seemed) I heard at least five or six ... integrity, I was glancing over at the guy sitting next to my sister, who

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  ’m Elizabeth ‘14, one of Anna’s many friends). I’m here to talk about teaching at ... browser of choice >:] CPW just happened at MIT, which for all involved ... teaching at MIT help me learn to speak Italian?? Good question! As part of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014