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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  the TA a lot, and I hope I keep liking them.  I think econ is ... ’m taking 16.343. The main assignment in 16.343 is a very open-ended sensor project, culminating in a final paper and presentation. I’m currently

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• 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 ... Asia, as well as a species of tree that is extinct in the wild ... —and, since walking outdoors is a comparatively safe activity, I recruited a few

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

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  I discovered shortly after completing this blog entry that, much like a newly-bought laptop, it has already been rendered obsolete. Well, I ... same story is told, in turn, from the perspective of Rob, Laura, and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  good kind of exhaustion I haven't felt in so long, that of a day well ... , which is a real classic MIT experience). Here's what we got up to: I promised myself that no matter what, I wouldn't do any work until the Monday

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  write down in your application. This is okay. Just be sure that when you ... such documents (there is a time for this later). Do not worry about ... . On the last section of both Parts One and Two, there is a link that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  than that. What I do know is that I never really intended for it to be ... book, followed by an in-depth review by a professor. And I do mean in ... me. But I’ll get to that in just a bit. In Closing, A Few Things From

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Intense Procrastination There's a difference between procrastination and INTENSE PROCRASTINATION!

  

  Today I had a ton of work to do. To be fair, I did accomplish some of ... ? Instead I listened to the new Muse album (go buy it now) and found a solo in ... in a nice piece of sheet music. I looked around on YouTube to see if

  • by Snively '11
  • September 19, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  is that I haven't really found a solid pset group for this class, but I ... that this is bad. I have never been known to make good decisions, though ... , and I really enjoy just getting up on a Saturday morning and doing as

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  Now I get to mention something cool that I do with my life here! It may have casually come up in the times that I’ve written here that I am a News Editor for our campus newspaper, The Tech. For me, that means

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  that Viagra aids jetlag recovery in hamsters. Do you still think you ... I'll assume that we've all heard of the Nobel Prizes, yes? Perfect ... yourself "I'm ridiculous! I can do really absurd research! I should win an Ig

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  an anime fan’s dilemma am I a weeb? please GOD say yes

  

  Abyss, for example, is a show that will subsume you in a fantastical world ... "]Haikyuu!!.[/annotation] Hell, I'm listening to anime openings as I write this... Anime is such a ... people. And anime is barely a part of my life now. I was curious about

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  in school? That last question came from a student at a high school that was a 15-minute drive from the house I grew up in (where I was ... I’ve been a little M.I.A. from campus and the blogs lately, and that’s

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  lounging in the grass: I need to do that way more often.   Plans ... ! :) Anyway, that's a quick update. I'm currently sitting in a big lounge chair ... back where I started - at the check-in counters. Turns out that my gate

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  in front of a crowd. To my surprise, I received a fair amount of ... . They recommended that I make it more of a personal story rather than a ... about my speech the entire time. I decided I wanted a little more humor in

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  ). I tried to go vegetarian once before, in February, when I stayed on a ... horror, but this’ll be the first Thanksgiving in many years that I don ... a few times in my life. The one time I ate it on purpose, I was at a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  and don't like it, it only costs a fraction of what I make in an hour; back then, if I bought a boba and didn't like it, well, that was an ... that is a net negative and leaving something because the grass might be

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  MIT, but this is one small part and I hope that it's a part you'll enjoy ... in my life a true passion. Do I know what the rest of my life will look ... it is, in short: Nothing to do on a Wednesday night? Call Shane, go out

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  calling with questions. In an effort to answer these questions, here is a testing requirements FAQ. I hope it is helpful! Q. Do you prefer the SAT or ... an international student, do I have to take the TOEFL? A. No, we do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  MIT is really cool. MIT has a glassblowing class. I took the ... deal with the glass getting cold?” Rest assured, there is a solution that ... ). Here is a photo of Arlene S’20 making necklines in her glass. (sorry its

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  understand the world, and now i'm doing a senior project in that field. or the ... 't really know what that meant when i was in high school. now i think i do. my ... share a few thoughts. of course, i won't pretend that my experience

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017