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• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  both in the context of writing a blog and in the context of being a ... personal expression and craft? people often say you can’t/shouldn’t try to ... their decisions. doing so can be exhausting and bring lots of emotional

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  6.046 (Design and Analysis of Algorithms) and I have an interesting relationship this semester, one that's partly tortured, and partly beautifully ... to unspool from the rest of my body. I need a break, and luckily, I can

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  and do I need a transcript from Carnegie Mellon University?" Hmm ... . Emilia wrote, "I live in Ecuador, am about to enter senior year and am very ... process I would like to ask you (I read this post and thought that you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  that this wasn't sustainable, and next year I'd rather not write "Things ... 's list. UPDATE: Here's the 2021 and 2022 posts. Things I read for class ... interesting, and 24.902 Intro Syntax, didn't have readings. So the only class I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  .091 (Solid-State Chemistry), though it's not recommended because the 5.11-s ... . Usually, 8.01 and 8.02 suffice. Calculus: -18.01/18.02 (which you have to ... regrettably true. Medical schools pay a lot of attention to your GPA and MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  There has been some discussion on CollegeConfidential and in the ... . Specifically discussion about the reasons we picked that date and time. My favorite observation comes from optimistic-mom: 1217 and 2011 are prime

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  conference (at Hah-vahd). (I was Fiji, by the way - oh and Ahmed went too ... into the computer, and generated class schedule. (with the help of our ... and this Sunday will be the 4th class (out of 7) in the program

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  except when he throws everything out (including receipts, magazines, and ... my father has a hard time letting things go, and that the indigestion ... brought to you by the letter E! EEEE!") In a perfectly formed and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  keynote, "Exploring the Universe with Gravitational Waves," and talked about ... the Universe with Gravitational Waves," and discussing his work on his ... eventful return back to the Institute. It's odd how quickly everything felt

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  joint degree between science and humanities, 21E with engineering and ... Lord knows that I've beat this dead horse and milked this subject for all its worth, but I still gets lots and lots of questions about being a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  and of varying degrees of tired or not, walking forward at a welcomingly ... , a red folder, and fifty jangling pennies was launched into the sky over Briggs Field and miraculously stayed airborne for over 6 seconds

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  ’t—we didn’t, and I cried on the last bus ride home from States). I kayaked ... home (Boston, State College, Myrtle Beach, and Key Largo), I have a ... just as good. And I think really liking the state of my home and having a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  since it seemed low-commitment and beneficial, so I decided to join. I ... doing them and felt that they were the most helpful part of the course! In this post, I briefly summarize each week of course material and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  holding diplomas begin filling up your school's hallways and the sites that ... admissions. Over the year and a half that I've been here, after meeting hundreds of people who had since became my classmates and my friends, and now

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017 fourth time seen, first time competing

  

  York. It was a bust. My team left halfway through and I gave up trying to ... rather than in a central server. And it's so much more than that, but we ... roof for 24 hours to code, hack, and build. I've been blogging about Hack

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Revolution Some really cool things are happening in Boston

  

  to the Freshman Pre-Orientation Program called Discover History and ... had the gumption and self-reliance to strike out as their own independent country, and, in the process, to create a pretty awesome place for

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 12, 2015
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  how to make a minecraft bot reflections on my microsoft internship

  

  at Microsoft and got to work with Minecraft. I learned some cool things about language models and AI bias! Step 0: Getting the internship Every ... two computer science classes at the time and didn't feel very qualified

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  at 5th East the night before. It's right across the street, and walking ... tests and a pset to turn in on Wednesday. 2:03 PM - Roll over, reach for ... painful but doable. But it's Saturday, and according to my 18

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  Institute is collaborative and includes more than 150 faculty and more than 1 ... I’m getting married again in a mere five months and I cannot fit in ... pajamas eating pretzels and twizzlers during reading season and selection

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Our thoughts go out to Virginia Tech.

  

  healing and reflection, organized by the Institute's chaplains, tomorrow ... Tech have shocked and saddened all of us. We offer MIT's condolences to the students, faculty, and staff of Virginia Tech and to their families

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 17, 2007