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  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  crisis. "I don't have a choice in this; I can't seriously pursue a career ... . In fact, I had to look at my blog posts to check that I’ve never written these before. I’ve been thinking about the things I’ve done in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  : 6 About: Hey guys! I’ve lived in exactly two places my ... , but I like to consider myself a IllGeoTexMaryGeorgian (In order of my ... every morning or arguing over whether Maryland is in the south or not, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  In my very first blog post, I laid out a list of the goals that I ... limited on campus semester in which I really didn't walk through the 30s at ... fall, so I found myself with a sports shaped hole in my heart. There were

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  rushed coffee break in the middle of the 10am-4pm seminar block. I have ... I can't wait to tell you why 9.24 and 9.26 are awesome, so here goes ... —who knows if I’ll also have to critique a speaker's paper in front of them

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once

  

  sticky buns are really good, and all I want in life is to sit here and ... class in the morning. Part of me still feels like I’m seventeen and back ... graduation will be in two months; that I’d get to have one gloriously carefree

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  UROP research symposium in January, so he could add that to my letter. I said of course, even though I can't stand because I absolutely love doing ... date. I had assumed that these took place in like February or March, but

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  Previous me wrote in a blogpost that I "did not want to write about ... and recess, in the hall and during class. Then in high school I took ... eleven, this can last for hours, and I am actually cognizant of what I am

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  talking about in the morning, and I managed to catch a glimpse of it on my way to a 7.03 (genetics) exam in the morning. After the exam, I headed ... head in, and asked the (slightly confused) occupant, "I'm really sorry to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  .”   2. HUBRIS (aka, Biting Off More Than You Can Chew). Sometimes I ... ...inspiring. I mean yes, I could go to that talk about “In Vitro Vascularized ... inbox) (...I prob belong in that folder too...) 6. “Someone just blagged

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  can reasonably expect of myself.  I like, have to lay in bed for some ... holy of days), Leo and Athena were sitting in ML. I don’t remember all ... ’t due for 2 whole days (!!), so I was in no particular rush to finish

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  remember for my entire life. Plus, if I can run a marathon in sleet and get a ... out the weather report in mid-April and this is what I get... I ... case I did something stupid and you can't see the picture, basically, it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  classes too. I want to learn as much as I can in as little a time frame as ... in the two weeks after classes ended. I got distracted as little as ... would have been unproductive. In hindsight though, maybe I could have

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  one. it's nice to have slack in your schedule. and by slack, i don ... .033, we finished 6.036 grading in four hours, and i fit everything in my ... haven't seen in a while was visiting boston. since i had nothing scheduled

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• FAQ / International applicants

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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  something I could ever establish an interest in. The weird thing is that I ... enough in lecture so I have a question to ask them after class. I ... 'm also making an effort to camp out in office hours more. I'm 500% more

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  parents' computer to mine-detonators in remote Third World countries. When I ... the Midwest or whatever. If I cleared one of the smaller minefields in ... mean, I interject on behalf of you since you can't leave a comment on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  ) in late September, and that I was outside from 2PM-5PM, I'm pretty sure ... , sunburn I did. Anyway. This entry is a PSA for the Overnight Program, in ... this term can be found here; it might be best to sit in on freshman

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  a) get a doctor's note saying I can't live in the house by some ... You'll recall in this blogpost I talk about joining Greek life and ... love the sorority a lot and I love the people in it. I often go back and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  around in college. I guess I have to recognize that things can't always ... ="missa was the nickname i went by in middle and high school ... , which i participated in from eighth to tenth grade. it was a good program

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  even broader. If I can get into some of the top schools in the nation ... Earlier this summer, sitting at a bar in Berlin, a friend and I made ... made a comment, half-joking, something to the effect of "I can't wait to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022