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  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  had nothing to offer me but to tell me to practice. At the start of the ... took a physics class in high school but it was more hands on and not AP ... diagnostic when you first get to campus. The results of the diagnostic help you

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  ="this seems like a lot, but i read 150 books in my junior year of high school ... i'm the kind of person who is very motivated by the prospect of getting shit done. i love setting goals because they offer opportunities to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Experiencing Psycho in Full G(l)ory Sharon L. '21 joins the blogs to talk about movies and art by and large

  

  to some schools of direction). For the horror genre in particular, it ... Growing up, I wasn’t always a fan of movies. It may have been an ... winners. I didn’t quite understand the draw of film buffs to the black and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  . MIT can offer you everything in terms of academics. I could not ask for ... . At a school like MIT, people are from around the globe, so I know I am ... changes daily), adventure I had taken into a new area of Boston, or just to

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  psychology. AP Psychology was one of my favorite classes in high school so I ... from 7th grade to junior year of high school scouring different fandoms ... of it I remember. 6.006 - Introduction to Algorithms; One of my major

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  The past weeks of my life have been consumed by 2.009, MIT's famous senior product design class. By the end of the class, our team of 24 ... gigantic balloon tower... design elements for a stunt show.... create

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  If you haven’t been following the results of the most recent LEGO ...  recently won (!!) with a set of extraordinary women in NASA. Maia is currently ... tech school, I still encounter many a technical difficulty. Here are some

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  Chef, originated the role of Jean Valjean in the Japanese production of ... see him in the "Valjeans of the World" medley at the end. It always struck me as kind of odd that they picked "Do You Hear the People Sing?" as

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  scary as hell. So what do I want to be when I grow up? Part of me is ... is the uncertainty? Polymers, believe it or not, involve a lot of ... school and polymers and cats.   There's a great future in plastics

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  transition from high school to college can be a tricky one, but you were always there for me**. Like a rock. Or that piece of paper I accidentally ... freshman anymore, so while most of my fellow freshmen will be on the ABC

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  YOU really want. I went to an art and design high school initially on my Algebra 2 teacher’s recommendation. It was simply a better school ... overlapping section- we should be best friends.  :) As of now, my existence can

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  have been out of school since the earthquake hit, and the dean mentioned ... school in Dalebrun, at the epicenter of the earthquake, to work with the ... kits to potentially teach some of the children at the school how to test

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  -time photography, and holds the distinction as one of the greatest think tanks in the world. You would think that access to millions of dollars of lab space and ... privilege is mostly a result of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  75% of the pset left to do. I chug along and get through most of the ... along until I get some form of an answer, and call it a day. I definitely ... , brush my teeth, and run downstairs. It’s just like a normal school day. I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  junior year of high school I would look at major requirements and think of ... ."]one of the few[/annotation] schools that requires PE classes for graduation ... opposed to the rigidness of high school PE that a lot of people hated. Now

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  .” — Barbie   Like a lot of high school students, I spent the majority of ... personality designated to me. In middle and high school, as pretentious as it ... the high school equivalent of three of my classes this semester, I have

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  Composites (how rockets are designed and built) Splash (Fall 2011): Senses ... ): The Evolution of Our Scientific Answers to Seven Fundamental Questions MIT is not the only school with Splashes. It does have the biggest

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  highlights of western music. My senior year of high school, one of my favorite ... classical music-loving group. My neighbors are members of concert choir and ... lot of exposure to music composed between 1600-1800. I've listened to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  updates cook or get cooked - summer boston edition

  

  semester I spent a larger than usual amount of time thinking about more ... class. It is challenging. Each lecture has a bunch of content and it ... and statistical setup people have found to describe the problem of

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 30, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  In 1981, Gerald Fink was a professor at Cornell and a member of a ... split over the idea of establishing an MIT-affiliated but independent ... opposition. Fink remembers being a part of one meeting about Whitehead in which

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019