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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Secret Lives of Machines 🤖 In which the machines in my life get the spotlight they deserve.

  

  a person and not an inanimate object, I think I probably would’ve been ... ."]MISTI[/annotation] internship, I participated in Vardavar, a festival where everybody–men and ... blessing. I got soaked–and so did Marla! In one last act of rebellion, she

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 22, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  ="alignnone" width="1510"] i want to take >=2 grad classes in the next year ... now i can rank in fun order![/caption] Figure out how many units you ... a number of different course planning websites (and apps!) to choose

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  “Choose Your Own Adventure” MISTI edition

  

  discussed our most memorable experiences in Beijing so far.  I talked about ... make eye-contact, she starts advertising in Chinese, "Buy some lotus seeds!". Every time I see her, i want to stop by and buy some, but I haven

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Travel

  spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen

  

  of the covid restrictions at the time (not that I would've wanted to ... it in New Orleans, so I told myself I needed to finish the paper by the ... landed in Louisiana, I was ready to not think about work for a week

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  (notably the housing website) I’ll summarize the experience briefly. After ... . Phew. Okay. Now to launch into specifics. I live in MacGregor (I think ... perspectives (OHMYGOSH how am I gonna represent myself well in 30 seconds and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Noam Chomsky and the humanities at MIT Chomsky gives a talk on Iraq on May 23

  

  good fit for them. But, if they would like to take classes in Major ... an MIT professor and an expert in both linguistics and politics. I ... MIT knowing about math and science and nothing else? Would attending a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  places. I would be stuck in a traffic jam, and my mind would imagine a ... or buy new paper sheets, to upgrade my iPad’s internet plan and most ... funny teachers and weird classes. I would have made all the right absent

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  How else would I know about all the awesome hacking that happens at MIT ... present. I hate physics, so of course my family buys me a book about physics ... they talk about in the book because I see it every day! Little Red book

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  surprisre: he bought an app, on the spot, that would use the iPod's built-in ... would suggest, or in other fields -- perhaps algorithms? -- but I do know ... I wanted to have a bike for when I came to campus in the fall. I didn

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 2

  

  Report box has not been checked off in the MyMit website. I have confirmed ... , would you guys retract your acceptance letter if I get in?" I'd say that ... his reading applications in the four years I've worked in the office

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  their website, but I'm not good at this kind of thing anyway. Anyhoo, four hours of karaoke country music later, I was in New York's Chinatown. There ... had hoped that both of us would win (Mitra first), and then I would have

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  UROPs in the lab to meet with Professor Langer for a pizza dinner! I immediately confirmed that I would come. After that, waiting for that day to ... Last week, I blogged a little about how MIT's student body really

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  I would have been in Random Hall, on BMF, at my desk with the door ... me an excellent view of anyone coming or going. In January 2015 I would ... your occupation or field that you work in? I am a computational

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  buy lunch, and work on my problem set in the lounge at our floor. Head ... one of these events. Or I’m going to one of my discovery classes in the ... rolled in: I joined a LARP, watched a play, played some board games. Sunday

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  , "will," without much of a change in meaning. "I will buy that book" means ... gonna- "I'm gonna buy that book." But what about another example- "I'm going to the baseball game." Would you ever say "I'm gonna the baseball

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  ,000 views in four days. It's funny, I had thought that to garner views, my ... where I photoshopped things in creative ways, i.e. "My Two Cents". However ... when semester classes aren't in session, and I agree. IAP is a much more

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  comments I read in other blogs. But I saw one I just couldn't resist over in ... walk in anytime and find some friends to sit down with, and I feel like I ... one of these dorms, you're required to buy a dining hall meal plan, in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Proposed: MITAdmissions Labs a wonderful, terrible, awful idea

  

  blog. But there's one in particular I've kept turning over in my ... designed the new SoS website and forthcoming new mit.edu. I like working with Upstatement, and I think their new website for us will be very good. Indeed, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  Shuli J. '22 (2018): I knew I would be nervous when the time came, because ... kind of situation) is to make lots of plans, so I had ’em ready in spades: I imagined, as realistically as I could, how it would feel to be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  's programs in those areas and would MIT not be the right place for me if I ... @MIT website. During CPW, I had the opportunity to check out the brand new ... to answer in time, but i'm STILL struggling to decide between Yale and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005