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• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  . Right now, I'm sitting in Hayden Library, watching the sun sink over the ... too early, but I love the aesthetics: children in knit caps, sunshine on ... , and aesthetics are not so interesting. But maybe I'm in a sentimental

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

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• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  having spent time with some of the top performers, I can confirm that the ... , securing the MIT team's first-place ranking--our team has finished in first ... --the median score is frequently 0; in 2015, it was 2 points out of a possible

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  helping with Macgregor rush and in-house rush for my entry. Somehow I got ... madly in love with me. Or something like that. At the moment, I'm pretty ... Syndrome, I have this idea in my head that I got into MIT because I'm lucky

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  didn't have a concrete plan to do so. With that in mind, I set a goal to ... naïve assumption that I would be able to knock out this adventure in just ... way out to the Boston Common. With such a plan in mind, I met Shuli

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Noam Chomsky Talk in 26-100 i still have to send these pictures to amnesty

  

  've ever been so worn out in my life. I know a lot more quantum than when the ... means to be truly unbiased, and our responsibility in wearing the mark of ... stronger because of it. I'm involved with Amnesty International- I believe

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  can be paired with computer science in a coherent undergraduate degree ... phenomenon — the ubiquity of computing and the rise of AI. In this new world, we are building on MIT’s established leadership in these fields to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  , just because the dome is so visible and I'm more likely to see a hack in ... tripod or anything, I've got a cybershot throw-in-your-pocket camera. BUT ... the same picture zoomed in really close. I've played with the brightness

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  of the year when life explodes in your face. Currently, I am in one of those conditions. It is finals week, and I hate everything. In fact, I ... have no idea how well I did in 2.12 despite the fact that I spent hours

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  only 18%. Sam's Mom has informed me that I have a then/than error in one of my recent entries, but I am unable to find it. Well, I'm not in Rome ... grandmothers' house in the middle of the night. In the words of a great man, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  sit at a computer for hours writing out an entire post in one sitting. I ... I was sitting in the Media Lab when I saw in the news that Fireflies ... write a follow up in one or two days about how I used Fireflies to help

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  meals, and I savored every delicious mouthful. And now, in the blink of ... has been closed down. Yes, that's right: the Subway in the Student ... far, the best eating place in the entire Stud - nay, perhaps the best on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  . Teaching is an exercise in both design and effective communication. I love ... . Each opportunity was different from the others in how many hours I spent ... computer science. I first learned to use Scratch in high school in order to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  ] [annotation note = "I dyed my hair last month and kept the box 'just in case ... Katie Zhao’s new novel, [annotation note = "Katie and I have the same agent, and I actually got to see her at Boston Book Festival last month

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What Am I Forgetting? A helpful guide.

  

  I'm leaving for Boston tomorrow this morning. As most of my friends and family could tell you, I'm just a little bit frazzled when packing to go to or from MIT...so I would, almost inevitably, forget one vital

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  applicant. I'll tell you right up front that I attribute my success in grad ... my AP's were in science! That's a true story.) I was ranked 11th in my ... in 8.02x (Physics: E&M) from freshman year. I had a lot of classes

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  people in your community are ok with this new addition to the family and ... hope! Maybe take a trip to California, or something. I don't know. I don ... organ donor. If there are too many people to fit in the front of the U

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  complete list) come and set up booths in Johnson, and students can choose ... In addition to being Libraries Week and MISTI (MIT International ... Phone Branding in China European Panel: What Europe? Catalan Lessons with

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  think I'm special, in a way. The kind of way where life threw a lot of ... cat, Rory, and I live with the amazing Dan S. '17 in a tiny three ... Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  . I dressed up and went to see W in a theater with my boyfriend and we ... A friend in the class of mine which has a huge pset due tomorrow ... long night ahead of you." Great. The thing is, I know how to handle these

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008