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  Cool Classes

  

  . Even if none of these things were true, I would recommend that everyone ... grade in the class, or my bitching about all-nighters, that I thought this ... 6 people. I have friends in Courses 2 (MechE), 3 (Materials), 6 (EECS

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  Course 3 (Materials Science and Engineering). I grew up in New Jersey and ... year I am in the other Cambridge (the OC for short :) ) in the UK. Along ... coverage of study abroad at MIT in the blogs, so I asked if I could write

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  anything that felt off. Every once in a while, I would begin to feel hopeful ... do. And I was so afraid that we would forget him. And, in some ways, we ... ," at least in the way that phrase is typically meant. I think it is very

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  whole more overwhelming, at least I know it would in the beginning for me ... drawing I must preface that I never thought of myself as a drawer. In fact ... my mind—so clear, they felt real—but they would get lost in translation

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  've been here for more than a month, I wanted to check in and find out how ... … Xian: I used to worry about being the oldest intern in our cohort, since ... 's people who've been in the industry for decades now. I can't imagine that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  a viable option for myself. What would I even do in a gap year during ... student with some close friends at Harvard! In Part 1, I discussed how cross ... we met. In this post, I describe how we've stayed in contact (and even

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  MIT so far. I know the future only has a lot more of these in store, but ... to fit in with. Coming to MIT, though, proved me completely wrong. I ... sleeping when Pitch Perfect finished (around 2), I stayed up until 6 in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  , you can't write that down You know I tool, it's there in black and white ... grade is comprised of 4 exams. I've been getting A-'s in the exams in that ... " entry - I just got confirmed to be in San Francisco this summer from the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  there’s a level of raw truth in that statement. A kind of truth that I ... environment, not the flower.” And while I’ve always found value in those words, I don’t entirely agree anymore. Our environments and experiences in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  take classes in course one, I realized I would definitely get the ... office in Ghana   When I came to MIT I knew I wanted to major in ... traveling to Ghana, I got more excited about planning. Many people in Ghana

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  Florence!   So I don't know if you could tell, but I was teaching in Italy over IAP. In October, I applied to MIT's Global Teaching Labs ... 't blame the polar vortex, this time it was all me. In the JFK layover, I

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  thought of where I would be if I had chosen the fork in the road marked ... . I feel like it was used in some previous i3 publication (the handbook ... obvious, I would think, is that I'm not even actually serious about becoming

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Cómo Elegir Una Computadora Portátil Para la Universidad

  

  . Algunas tiendas, como Best Buy, incluso le devuelven dinero en forma de crédito de ... procesador Intel Core i5 o i7. Si puede conseguir el i7 mejor, es más rápido pero más caro, éste será bueno para futuras actualizaciones aunque el i5

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  I suspect I would have liked it. If you're potentially interested in ... for students in grades 9–12.     On Wednesday, May 13th, I ... a 'lay explanation', i.e. to describe it to us as you would to an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  It Be—but I didn't consider myself well-versed in the Beatles ... 't interested in them enough to take an entire class on them. In May, I watched ... their music in the Beatles' earlier albums. With this, I was able to gain

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  feeling totally shaken, but having learned more in that hour than I would ... more depth. I decided way back in freshman year that my concentration would be Literature; I love the department here. Sure, it's "small

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  course, I did nothing of the sort. (That's in the true MIT spirit as well ... is now.) Anyway, I know I got some quality naptime in on Friday, which ... to get in for another few months. I guess I just got lucky. (*How did I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  fare. So here I am, riding along through Central Square. I’m in the ... and started riding again. Otherwise I would’ve been late. Turns out ... 16 or younger, so I would’ve gotten off with just a scolding. But I won

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  /social sciences person in high school (thought that I would go on to study some ... it more together than me). Worry #2: I became less sure I would fit in ... engineering department, but it’s just not something I would like to major in, so

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  I was in lab on June 9. Welcome to graduate school! (I actually chose ... tissue engineering applications. Aside from my time in lab, I've been ... -- SAILING! I officially start graduate school in a week pursuing my PhD in

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007