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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and Cognition," known around MIT as Course 6-9. In this post, I'll describe my ... 's [annotation note="and nicest, in my opinion"]newest[/annotation] major. How I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  work with Amtrak and studies in Course 11, I think I have a job for you ... 'm glad that we ended up going. It's unlike anywhere else I've seen in my ... actually a recurring motif throughout the Passion Facade, although I can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second… Fifth Week?

  

  communication course. In the next couple of weeks, I'll write a five-page paper on ... across at MIT, but I suppose most anything can be defined as a "culture ... on. I continue to lean toward a major in management science, with a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  're weird. And I can scan in writing assignments from fourth grade to prove ... , course 7, but they were excited to hear that I was doubling in course 9 ... in Baker... nobody from my home, though. Today I was home and doing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  he'd rejected all of them. "I really can't say," was his reply. "It ... most everything I do. Taking an example from when I was younger, in the ... , back in high school, I believed that the college admissions rat race was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  investment. Better yet I had to make my decision in a week. Everyone deals ... internship, I even used a decision matrix in which you rate criteria and ... ? Yes. No. Maybe.  In the end I decided to spend my summer in Houston

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  hundred shirts are sitting in my room), and I've begun to realize that my ... news and puts me in a good mood, even though I'm studying physics right ... , I'm in really good shape to enjoy CPW . . . well . . . I thought I was

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  -absence of productivity - three things I have not experienced consistently in a very long time! Before that, though, I was in Mexico for two months doing ... , for which (if you aren’t familiar) you can intern abroad in a foreign

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  mitadmissions site, and there's probably not a whole lot I can do to encourage you ... !" or "I'm scared I won't get in!" but things like "I am worried that when ... immediately" or "I'm worried that not getting into MIT will mean that I can

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  how MIT can play a further role in your story. For others, it will be an ... Dear Applicants, Each year at this time, I feel an overflowing amount of gratitude toward you - yes, you! - for applying. I love learning

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Free Lunch Who says there is no such thing?

  

  one is one of my favorites and I get a number of emails in my inbox from ... couple of great courses dedicated to Sustainability in Business and I ... One of the first things I did when I came to MIT was get myself on a

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  .  As you can see from my bio, I am not from Massachusetts. In fact, this ... in April in recent years). Boston runs on Dunkin.  I feel like ... before, but for some of you, this was your first time. I also know that

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  . This is sort of weird because...well, I don't have much interest in going ... . =) Anyway, the point is, I know it's awesome...but in my world, still less ... and finally went to bed miserable and depressed, I find this email in my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  inside, bundled in sweaters and fluffy socks. I’m grateful that I can use ... disclaimer in case the title doesn't show this, I am writing this ... concept since last summer, in Denmark, when I realized that every mechanical

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  until eight, I saw someone running outside in a t-shirt. She looked rather ... the little things that I'm pumped about, in no particular order: I ... . This entertains me because in the first month of quarantine, I went

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  So in my previous entry, I talked about how the Medlinks were ... Gabe '08 got one today, but I didn't end up getting one for myself. In 14.21J: Health Economics, a class in which I had an exam today, we recently

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  Lately I've been occupying space. Many spaces, in fact, especially ... personality was interesting and the people were interesting. I chose to live in ... time I've ever felt like I was back in high school despite being in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  are held in 10-250 - I have both my 5.112 and my 18.02 classes in there ... Guild. I was in fact planning on going to both, though, because I ... absolutely amazing. I wish I could write about it in more detail, but

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  During a layover in the London Heathrow Airport I yanked Mariam (my ... journal. I anticipated that the next ten days in the epicenter of AIDs would ... , is something I jotted down upon my arrival in Kwazulu-Natal. “It

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  This year, Jeremy, Nikki, and I were in charge of the Admitted ... rendition of this spiel to the incoming class of 2028… still can’t believe I ... figure out the things I wanted to take part in. As I mentioned, my

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024