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• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  professor a couple weeks in advance to be like, "hey dude, i don't think i can ... to? good question. right now, i'm sitting on my chair in a weird ... , "please love yourself," and i'm like, "well, i'm in it already and i feel

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

   made Python. (I swear, this will make sense in a few seconds.) Clearly, van ... programming language that I'm now using in my linguistics research. So ... can still check out research in Course 24-2 (a program in Language and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  sessions[/annotation] by saying some form of “I believe in my heart that MIT ... beyond in order to qualify for most schools. I’ll give you that. The ... about. Then, it can potentially veer away from the idea of fit and tilt in

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  'd like to focus in the future. The topics are wide-ranging and can be ... This will be the first in a series of entries focused on my ... ; Comp Sci) offers this and I'm pretty sure it's a lock if you have a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 3 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Techiya and Beyond.

  

  ’t know that most Jewish music was in Hebrew or Yiddish, and I didn ... ’s the third). All I knew was I wanted to be in an a capella group ... in high school and still remember most of the material, you can

  • by ARTalk
  • May 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snacks on a Plane And other minor horrors of leaving MIT for the first time in a year.

  

  in the morning*. Hey Stewardess, can I have another cookie? *This was a ... ? Interestingly*, I haven't gotten out of MIT recently. (In nearly one year, to be ... they have actual job titles? Can I abbreviate this to “BPAFOSIPIDC

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 20, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The seniors are tired but the frosh are fine

  

  , but it's only a lie in the sense that it can't be truth, because ... I am a senior, I am a 2023, I am graduating in May, and though I ... I don't even want to talk about in public, despite the fact that I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  …ufacture mischief? In which I mansplain how my friends manipulate each other ... good fit for yourself can feel high-stakes. I was super nervous about ... . There are so many ways to find your people in college, and I want to talk

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  comes when I'm standing at the west parallel of EC, since I can see both ... and what you guys do sounds really cool. Can I have a UROP?" It couldn ... looking too late in the year), she asked me if I was okay with starting in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  , I turned the page, and went on, shuddering in a rising tide of despair ... two i's*. Or is it three? I can't add, remember? *Cross ... scored 40 points higher on the exam than predicted. (Or was it 50? I can

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  three pillowcase-less pillows. I can't remember the last time I just sat ... the end of summer; one day, I was sitting in the office casually ... , thanked Ed Murphy, and said goodbye to McCormick, the building in which I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  item in your hands and say, I know how this was made, or so you can look ... swimming in the back of my mind as I scootered across the bridge to my test ... interview in Japanese conducted by my professor, where a partner and I were

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  had one in the summer of 2004 I had a UROP with a professor in the ... ." To summarize: one day in June 2004 I was knocked off my bike by a car and broke two bones in my wrist, and I would not even put that among the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  clarity. Gyroscopes would seem fascinating in those times, and I didn’t mind ... lack of solutions, nor monitor the clock. In 5.112, I’d slide to the edge ... , and reboot the cycle. I quit the six-hour Tech Call job in lieu of a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  difficult. I’m sure you can guess what I’ve been doing..... (*drum roll ... now, in Boston, not back in Denver, but I should have!!) Go to ... everywhere. I didn’t have a car in high school, or a license for that matter

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  store in Cambridge?[/annotation] To whom will I bestow crocheted gifts ... skeins of yarn and unfinished crochet projects, I can say that I've successfully woven in my crocheting with my life at MIT. But why do I spend so

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  where the whole sophomore class dresses up in everything from onesies to ... design. Every year, Ring Comm, the group of students in charge of ... details of the 2019 ring include the euro symbol in the background behind

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  of people of color, I need to spend as much time as I can in high ... even in my quiet quarantined home. Tears, anger, frustration… I had been ... , I will for sure be in this same position sooner rather than later. I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  stories tall - I'm never really sure because, as you can see, the first ... many times as you can in four hours (bananas and Gatorade provided at the ... So this weekend, East Campus hosted the Bad Ideas Weekend, which can

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  can say is that there's a lot in the environment, the way that I grew up ... burn and itch in my mind, the things that I can't seem to get enough of ... Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011