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  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  away, I really want to make sure I get an internship with a company I ... to me. But overall, the class is okay, and I’m getting through. ... It’s hard to believe that I am now in the latter half of my college

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  How are you planning to spend the day? Jeffrey Warren, a Media Arts ... local activist groups and residents, he hopes to empower people to monitor ... the impacts of the oil spill to dissipate, he said. "If we do it now

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  begin with an M, MIT is the fourth-most popular one to get into (third if ... nonzero energy trying to get on Myspace at school. Second, the terrifying popularity of “how to get into medical school with a low gpa” makes me want to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  auditioning, and get interviewed.  If you are selected to be on Jeopardy!, you ... earlier this week: Computer Program to Take On 'Jeopardy!' YORKTOWN HEIGHTS ... . I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Inherent Asymmetry Around.

  

  I'm not going to grad school next year, but I am taking the GRE's in physics this saturday. Few things I'm doing to prepare for it: sleeping < 3 hours last night to drastically shift my sleep schedule into

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  countdown clock gets closer to zero, our thoughts are all with you. ... shall provide. This list is not intended to be comprehensive by any means ... video game nerds. Order of the Stick D&D comes to life, basically

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  building. Which is pretty much what I was hoping to get out of this UROP ... , getting stuck in the elevator due to aforementioned obesity, plummeting to ... Graduate - spend a summer in Boston. I don't think you'll ever really get to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  crowded to get to see everyone!) included professors Les Norford, Esther ... long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the SafeRide shuttle to attend the Alpha Chi Omega (usually abbreviated as AXO, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  d'etres. (Oh god, don't know French, don't know where to add the ... class to make all eight plays and musicals held during my four years in ... as a sophomore, and was the only girl in my class to make our school

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  ? Check. And a serenade? Check! Thanks to our secret admirers, the ... on. Right: Mari and Gisele watch the serenade. Also related to ... Confectionery Company), right next to MIT's Random Hall dormitory? Ah, many of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  get an 18C degree as compared to a physics degree. This semester, I am ... graduate school and get a PhD. There is simply too much that I want to learn ... ’t live in a vacuum, and it’s stressful to waste energy and time on

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  large events, get funding, and how to get involved in student activities ... through leadership. So get involved. Challenge yourself to experience ... “MIT engineers go to work for Harvard graduates.” This phrase is no

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  this desperation I can't even describe, this need to understand and get ... closer. It feels like something I should get. I whisper to myself, "You ... I become when I get like this. And what it all comes down to are

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  /not sleep deprived we were to run the 10-minute-walk to our bus stop to get ... up to only a small sample of MIT experiences, painted a beautifully ... after they happened to try to remember if we said everything we wanted to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  ’s journey with Henk Rogers to get the game out of Soviet Russia. One of the ... would’ve been like 7 or 8 back then. But then we get to classic Tetris ... I could never get anywhere close to his scores. He eventually quit the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  we were not really getting to know each other. I spent my freshman ... me to get things done--by making commitments with other people. It ... I'm on the train home to Philadelphia. Currently: four women run my

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  ” education I originally thought I would get. I’m very lucky to be able to ... about to leave MIT in less than a month. I want to thank Connie for ... and friend. When I came to MIT, I was looking for an education that

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  the best: (1) Examkrackers - I didn't get to use their "1001 Questions ... straightforward and similar to practice tests I'd taken. The bio section, however ... know that this entry won't be helpful to everyone out there, but

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  with the Musical Theatre Guild. Should really get around to watching ... may take a while to get used to ("Look! A real life MIT student! And it ... An hour-to-hour (kinda sorta somewhat close to one) description of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  that some others seem to be taking few lectures and still not getting it ... he was sometimes struggling to get some medieval poem in arcane english ... was nothing we hadn't heard before, it was still interesting to hear it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005