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  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  paid for a new computer with comparable specs. Also it ran Windows 7 ... compiler, and designed a poster for my first conference on that laptop. I ... software (the Heroku CLI, if you're curious) working on Windows for a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  IAP thoughts two weeks late, but with an illustration!

  

  anyway. Also, read to the end for a really special surprise :) Things I ... bit of a stretch, because I’m still catching up on the lectures for 8 ... ’s cold. And we’re in a pandemic. As for cleaning my room… the class and

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  importantly, the least amount of employers willing to accommodate a paid vacation day. I'm always one to shoot for the underdog, the least privileged ... obscure occasions of note. Created by a leading young visionary in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  's good for your productivity. Eat your meals in the dining hall. A day ... "Afeefah, do you still write for the blogs?" I've gotten this question a lot over the last few weeks. And rightfully so, it's really been a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN! Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, to go celebrate and be happy with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN! Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, to go celebrate with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  summary: I am taking 6 classes for a total of 69 units of credit (courses ... SCIENCE LABORATORY Class Info and Benefits: 17.803, a required class for Political Science majors, truly prepares you for future research. It is also a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  ,[/annotation] but struggled for a month or two to find out why. Apparently this issue ... a line of code and forgetting about it. I felt bad for dragging my mentors through this for a month but props to them for putting up with this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  's like trying to pop a pimple, where you'd poke and prod at the pimple for ... (at least for me) OX'ing a class at the end of a semester exists as a ... attempting to take a class asynchronously is a recipe for disaster. Every

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  good GPA, and (most importantly) have a lot of research experience ... be possible for me to have four free hours per day. This is a pretty ... I'm going to have to make this quick today, since I have to study for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  efficiently, by the time I woke up for the second time at 11am there was not ... not unduly harsh. The past week or so a dull thudding began at 8am sharp and continued for some hours into the day. Down the other end of the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  Almost exactly a week ago, after a blissfully underbooked flight back to Boston from a family vacation in Toronto, I took the T back to MIT for free like I always do. When I first came to MIT I was terrified of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  to give a colloquium at MIT. Kip, for the biology students reading this ... obligingly gave autographs and stood for pictures. Erons '12, a longtime fan ... I'm the type of person who never wins the lottery. Were this a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions process, we are looking for students who enjoy a challenge and love learning ... -- sometimes a fifth, sixth, or seventh AP course for the year (!) -- and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  long I had been dying my hair, and I faltered for a moment, realizing ... put it in a ponytail. I’ll stare in the mirror for a moment, realize how ... -worth. I was somewhat successful, but losing my hair was a huge sore spot for

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  before I move away from the East Coast for a while. I saw two Broadway ... useful for people even if they never make a video again. And after the ... video production or something else, is a good path for me right now

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  could! I also put a decent amount of time aside for having a lot of fun ... - it's a scenic drive up in northern New Hampshire and perfect for a day ... my hallmates is an officer for the MIT Radio Society, and a lot of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  , right?! Of course, there is A LOT more, but for the sake of space, I won ... programs, I discovered many fields of interest (for example, a rigorous ... have a system of getting financial aid if you ask for it - regardless

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  grade like back in high school? for example, were you a straight a student ... 'm a little too ADD for straight up productivity. I have a hundred ... mention that at MIT, GPAs are on a 5.0 scale. *grin* Let me sidetrack for a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Not Admitted A forum

  

  There were a record number of applications for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a great number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009