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  What can you do in four years?

  

  resources MIT has to offer for a student?" In a word, no. No matter how much ... Mystery Hunt again. Competed in MASLab, an advanced robotics class ... multiple UROPs. Did an engineering-related UROP (in a joint Brain &

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Being First is Important There can be many firsts

  

  in an entry. We work hard to find pictures for you guys, and then we have to resize, upload, and link them in. I know I would appreciate it a lot if you would write the names of what's in these pictures down and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  because they'll probably win an Academy Award for Best Inanimate Object in ... 's Universe (although he's been asking for it back. Not that I wanted it in the ... of the housing system. For the past week, I've been sleeping in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  finalist for four years, while simultaneously landing in the top four in 6 ... IAP, particularly in the context of its coding/robotics competitions ... .k.a. Write Your Own A.I. For A Game Of Heavily Bytecode-Limited Starcraft 6

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  app culture at MIT for the class Petey taught last semester, and did an in-depth analysis of a TV Tropes page for T.L. Taylor's Games and ... grad student for a while. At minimum two years, even more if I get in to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  sentimental; inspired by my dad, I’ve set off to intern in Germany for the ... . Recently, I tried to tap back into how I felt when I was in her shoes. For ... tighter, as if enough pressure would coax the misery out, but, for all she

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  So like Mitra pointed out in her blog this week, this week MIT ... musical is not for the weak stomached. It involves mild acts of cannibalism and bad haircuts. Wednesday night, I braved the long lines to wait for

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  packaged in a suitcase-sized continuous bioreactor for cells.   ... One of the most mindblowingly awesome people I've met in my six years at MIT is my friend Julie Legault. Julie is an artist, designer, and

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

  Where have I been for so long?

  

  Sorry I haven't posted in such a long time. You see, I've been very ... with what's going on in the UA. And I'm in the Assassins' Guild's ten ... competition. I am on an all-5th East team, "All Circuits Groovy">. I came up

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With Pizza, Constipation and Hell-Sucked Villains Written in the style of TWoP’s recappers, to mourn the website’s closing. Weird things may…

  

  with infinite wisdom, I realize that it’s nearly five p.m. I mumble an ... lose a life for each such word. I’m supposed to meet up with my advisor ... things where MIT tries to compensate for beating the crap out of everyone

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... helpful for your application, especially if you intend to remain in the

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  hit me in the face. Not a light caress, not a brief reminder of the autumnal equinox, but an actual BAM! Leaf in face. It was new, and weird, and ... place in the Top 200 in Math/Chem olympiads in high school? Thanks for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  it is an algorithms class, I would enjoy it more than 6.009.  In the ... for first time teaching assistants in ESG(the Experimental Study Group ... one of the first classes in algebra so it is a prerequisite for a lot of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  from Random Hall at around noon for an impromptu study session in the ... Boston, drowning in an exhilarating expresso of sunlight and sharp cold air ... square completely, and so clearly this would be not an error on my part. In

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  that much to get in the pool at Hurricane Harbor for five minutes. On ... would be MUCH appreciated. For an inside look into (a draft of) what we ... Station in time for a cheese croissant from Au Bon Pain and a cup of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  called it — and I thought, why not? We met on Sundays at 10 pm for me in ... scribble a new poem in my notebook. The process took about an hour on good ... books, from a tiny copy of The Rubaiyat bound in leather, to a weathered e

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  ; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018 ... asked friends for suggestions for an August motivation playlist. This got ... /songs, feel free to drop them in the comments below for other folks reading the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is the Sloan School of Management for undergrads, too?

  perspective that harnesses their technical expertise. An education at MIT Sloan prepares you for your next step, equipping you with the tools you need to ... . Fueled by the groundbreaking work of our faculty in such critical areas as
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things in My MIT Household that just make sense

  

  suggested I get an ergonomic keyboard since I code for long periods of time ... that my friends and I are in a sitcom. We refer to every school term as ... summer season 3."]Season 3[/annotation] house in Virginia to the Season 4

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  Back in the fall, I wasn't really sure if I made the right choice ... ="MacGregor House has 312 singles (and 3 doubles assigned by request only). In other dorms, it can be hard for freshmen to get singles, since upperclassmen get

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019