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  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  Structures), and 6.5440 (Algorithmic Lower Bounds), which are offered in a ... found most of my classes fun (yes, really), rewarding, and memorable (in a ... become the best statistician in the world may try to take every statistics

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  one of those rare UROPs in the humanities. I am helping design a new ... will take someday. In addition, I am coding the website and software ... server). In my spare time, I work front desk at Random Hall and am a Summer

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  in one of the organizations i'm in, esp, we toss the phrase ... members in the group. because our membership is almost entirely undergrads, our oldest members have only been around for three years. this stands in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  blogs that are marinating IS THIS POPULISM?

  

  I'll be gone from MIT forever (?) in five months ... lot of stuff left unblogged. Taylor V. '19 did something like this in ... ="the sixth option is offered as an abstention"]five[/annotation] bloglets that

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Events

  #NoBanNoWall

  

  affected. We are working closely with them to offer every support we can. We ... seven countries to the US through Logan Airport. This order is in effect ... countries and are not already in touch with us, please reach out. You can

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 29, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  treasury of comedic novelty photoshoot experience to pieing the bloggers in ... the tense scene. In slow motion, Tim waddles over to a table full of pies and heaves one at the blogger. In even more gratuitiously slow

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  With another add date passing and classes in full swing, I thought I ... that interest me. The report is in after 4 weeks and I absolutely love ... (the R in RSA encryption and CLRS) and Professor Indyk (a leader in the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  If you're looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the vast opportunities that it offers MIT students, then you're in the wrong ... psets sound fun", and "won bronze medal in third grade spelling bee

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book your plane ... -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience. Local Admitted ... in dozens of locales, including New York City, Dallas, Los Angeles, San

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  Sooo ~ MIT's back in session and life is again much too full with ... : 7.05 - General Biochemistry - In the last two classes, we learned that ... interesting in that 90% of our grade is based on problem sets, 5% on

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  with the six of us - relative novices in matters relating to the ... significance of certain passages, but she is never impatient with us - in fact, she simply probes deeper in her questions and gets us to think like a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  the Medical Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book ... distance of MIT -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience ... . There will be meetings in dozens of locales, including New York City

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  something to that effect. Some students in the lab have fallen asleep at ... did gun defense in Jiu Jitsu last night (in the self-defense PE class ... otherwise have just run off, but to be able to defend yourself in a situation

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  who ultimately offered me jobs. In fact, I found my current job using ... ://www.training.nih.gov/student/) with links to student programs. After sending in the Summer Internship ... to be placed in a laboratory. I thought it was just because of my lack

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  few blocks away in any direction. First off, there's Toscanini's about ... blog entry, you can probably tell I support diversity in ice cream flavors. If you walk in the opposite direction up Mass Ave or take Saferide

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  Danes, Jason Schwartzman, and Steve Martin star in this supposed comedy ... spends her nights reading novels and making charcoal drawing in her dark ... awkward scenes that leave you squirming in your seat. Awkward situations at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  it was the one I could relate to the most. In ninth grade, my dream school was Columbia University (sorry, MIT) because it was in the Big Apple. I had some romantic notion that my life would kickstart if I lived in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  universe [annotation note="IN 👏🏻 THIS 👏🏻 HOUSE 👏🏻 WE 👏🏻 DO 👏🏻 NOT ... shaped how I move through the world, as you may have seen in my blog posts ... graduates might consider their obligations to their fellow humans. In a way, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  driveway as I had done thousands of times before (driving was weird in and of ... the fridge felt like I was a guest in my own home. Even more than that, I feel like a different person than I was in high school, which is a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  other colleges and universities in voter participation with only about 38 ... Graduate Program in Science Writing; another was Caroline Mak '18, who had ... community to participate in what was happening. So did many other people, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017