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How hard are courses at MIT?
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Did MIT invent hacking?
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Blog / Classes
How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity
making it interesting"]Steve Banzaert,[/annotation], I was fully on board ... , clunky buttons. I eventually landed on the idea of building a Tamagotchi ... these components be positioned on your actual board? I had to keep in mind -
Blog / Classes
classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition
people here but i don't think it is just that. here are some thoughts on ... families (families of statistical models that behave nicely) and then went on ... new distribution (called the posterior) on the parameter. III. Geometry -
Blog / Classes
the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again
“It’s just a few more weeks,” my mom told me, on the phone ... the other with a hammer until something bends. I remember going on a ... into them again. On top of that, of course I know a small handful of -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
it is the escape living a second life as an art student
decadent brunches, going shopping, so on and so forth. One of our many stops ... trinkets, like jewelry, stuffed animals, so on and so forth. Unfortunately ... overhead involved in managing all of my daily tasks. I am on the verge of -
Blog / Challenges
starting over and over again
. I rely a lot on my myriad of notebooks and papers: my planner, that ... minimum, my research notebook, which I love because it has weather maps on ... effort and management, which I just couldn't manage on top of my already -
Blog / IAP
Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23
on the side to move the gun up and down. It's a relatively large gun so ... inspiration since it would be easy to mount on the gun since the gun required a ... (more on this later). The Gears On top of this base is a set of gears -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee
can we base our stories on real-life experiences, and how does this ... scale[/caption] part 2: did i tell you i like trains? We hop on the Red ... continue on our way. [carousel image1="69699" image2="69698" image3 -
Blog / How to Human
Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team
on a false foundation. I found some resolution through directly talking ... "]PADK,[/annotation] has been so nice. We made a recurring meeting early on and can just hop ... .[/annotation] Handling the news: When Harvard released their plans on Monday, July 6, we -
Blog / Academics & Research
Harvard Friends, Part 1 a cross-registration love story
staying at PKT, located one block apart on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston ... heavy bags. It was always worth it, though – the long walks on the quiet ... kitchen at tEp and we'd have breakfast sandwiches on English muffins -
Blog / Challenges
Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process
, especially on academics and atypical hobbies that didn't revolve around the ... was on a huge social high. I was let loose in a candy shop of ... missing out on everything in high school. But overall it was a really great -
Blog / Blog Projects
8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months
MIT. I knew early on that I wanted to be able to expand this platform ... enough reason to say that their experiences belonged on the blogs. Call ... opportunity of sharing on the blogs as open as possible to MIT students without