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• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  managed to get in some fun (mostly while feeling guilty about doing so ... move out). In the days leading up to our unprecedentedly luxurious break ... ,[/annotation]and I was t i r e d. I was ready to sleep in! To relax! To have fun! Well

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  selections, so that you can introduce yourself, get acquainted, and check in ... starts, everyone who opted in is assigned to a seminar and an advisor ... to have an adult checking in with me every week, and to know I had

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  from near my home about 7 miles to campus. I get a nice view, I get to stay almost entirely off the main road for safety, and I get to bike to ... to get from one side of the road to the other. Because there aren't any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  heart going to the poetry store in harvard square with alan and getting ... more things in my emotional toolbox to pull from when i'm faced with ... than get stuck in a self-destructive loop. i think younger mel would be

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  you want to "keep it real" get an "A" in Calculus. That's hot! Never ... , you want to know the skinny on how to get into MIT. The more I try to ... :       Don't refer to yourself in the 3rd person. It

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  ’t struggling to hold my water pitcher when it was full. The thought of getting up ... transportation by myself was to get to a local university for my summer internship ... subway in…  NYC   Before this summer, I went to NYC once with a friend

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  out there, in the Real World™️, getting to use all of this cool ... Cookie to top it off. Yum. College is when they stuff you in a chef ... biology, you can sprinkle in some more bio. If you want to be an engineer

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  easiest way to get a UROP, most people will be more willing to hire you and ... , preservation and restoration of early films, and (c) produce a website to draw in ... goals of trying to achieve a better understanding of human learning in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  not enough time to do it,” since getting an MIT education is like ... in time to start warming up. The funny thing is that a “weekend off ... Genetics test. In my book, that’s a win. This was turning out to be the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  that most people never get to the good stuff! Most of what gets taught in ... in high school, but good luck trying to take math classes in college ... numeracy. It's important to distinguish mathematics from numeracy in the

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  mathematician, he means that he took 2 years to get a Ph.D. in pure theoretical ... handwriting. In sixth grade, Megan P. sat next to me in science class and had ... penmanship now bear little resemblance to Megan's. And I can write much more

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  wasn't possible for me to get an A in this class, so I left it on PNR to ... stressful weeks. He often checks in on all of us and reminds us to stay ... whiteboards with casual chit chatter about his day to day life and life in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  in 3 months? The answer is to shorten your cycle time by aiming for ... companies, Sam says, is that they can aim to get 10% better every week. Short iteration cycles allow them to get feedback from customers and improve their

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  anchored to the sky. In West Africa, it shoots volcanoes down on us. I get ... of them before I get to the apartment. I wash my hands in the bathroom ... ’t pretend, in spite of the last year, to not be excited about 2017. In fact, I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  trickled in, and sat down. Ashley welcomed us to the course, and explained ... get used to it after a couple of sessions. She asked whether anyone had ... continuing to move her hips, began tapping her feet in a rhythm that magically

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  people in one room without it getting too hot. My brass rat was about to ... Hey hey! Welcome to the liveblog! At this very moment I'm sitting in ... schools, but make sure you like ALL OF THEM. You don't want to get into a

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  was "I went to the mall and bought a pretty shirt." So, in my fifth ... me that every scientist should know German in order to be able to read ... told me to hand in my resume, cover letters, and faculty recommendations

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  that when i get sick now, it's up to me to manage my symptoms and judge ... very nice. who doesn't like getting little treats? like, i love going to [annotation note="it's a bakery in hmart, so every time i go get groceries it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  .189 Intro to Python to get up to speed for 6.01 in the fall. Even if you ... navigate through a maze, and I started to get the hang of Python. I started ... to building an app. I made huge progress, designing the layout in XML

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  semester, so I doubled up this semester in order to get on track to complete ... to slow down here in order to nudge them back into place.  When I get ... help, in addition to regular traditional office hours that are meant for

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025