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  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  It’s been a whirlwind of a week. I initially planned for this post to have some sort of structure, but it's become a bit of a brain dump of ... horizon, but the past few days have been when a lot of project classes begin

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  My second year of college just ended. I’ve been trying to think of a ... to have things sort of figured out in my mind, so I can say something ... pretty tough. I went through a rough breakup. I felt like my circle of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  . While much of this advice is universal, YMMV with other schools for the ... At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... and running away. I recommend giving them all of the recommendation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Unwinding how i destress

  

  Recently on @mitadmissions I asked what kind of blogs people wanted to see and one of them suggested that I talk about how I personally ... little bit of high school, I was an avid YouTube and Twitch enthusiast. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  in 2024 and wrote most of it then; but then i had to work on a bunch of ... day"] the end of every year. [/annotation] I write one to my future self ... photo of us being shopping-carted to our 5.111 final. [caption id

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  After a short burst of productivity in January, I proceeded to not ... ’ drought look good out here. The lack of writing was complicated… it was not out of not wanting to, but nothing manifested even if I got a few lines

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  A brief happy post amidst the chaos and confusion of existence: Hi ... going on with me and my life. For those of you who don't know, I just ... with all of my family members and spend time with them, as this summer

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  in shaping their impact? The arc of the universe may bend towards ...  https://www.facebook.com/data4blacklives * * * i'm sad i won't be able to attend most of the ... talked about the the power of technology and data science to bring change

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  going to the end of this block." MAN: "It's actually free!" ME: "No ... with strangers. But as the man sped off in search of another victim, I noticed that the taxi was actually offering free rides to anybody who joined

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  [annotation note="courtesy of the valiant desk guardian Ekanem O."]the front ... stacks of packages are reaching NBA-player height, so if you've received an email from BC Desk (that isn't this one) notifying you of a package

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  checkboxes this semester in a list

  

  lot more time there, working, or not, and made a lot of fond memories ... reasons"]consonant,[/annotation] [annotation note="P and NP are classes of ... letters of the [annotation note="in case you are wondering, the best letter

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  I originally registered for 60 units of classes this semester: 18.701: Algebra I 18.404: Theory of Computation 18.905: Algebraic Topology I ... of the four technical classes I had picked out or put one of them on

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  advantage of the free resources that the GECD offers beyond résumés, like mock ... It totally hit me today when I stumbled upon a copy of the Tech and ... schedule, and you never really are able to stay on top of everything. The

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  unexplored intersection of science research and public outreach. Before the ... aren't the most important part of your application. Letters of ... doing research. Gradually, the blurry outlines of A Competitive Applicant

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  a 360 degree view of the sunset. Someone was playing the violin nearby ... host of factors—but its time has finally come. Originally, Gosha was going to write the bulk of this blog, but he’s no longer blogging

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  of gaming on the culture of today as well as the culture that surrounds ... lecture. Classes 6.034 lecture (10am-11am) This is our third lecture of the ... . It was cool to view the different representations of searching in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  mildly. I’m overwhelmingly obsessed with the internet. I think a lot of it ... internet. Things changed when I got to MIT. Instead of being plugged into the ... . The Internet became my playground, providing me with an endless array of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  past few weeks have been like, so some of these answers are super late ... Kuwait, is there any possibility of receiving the Admissions decision ... ." ------------------------------------- Shikhar wrote: "Should I put down that I have been member for four years of

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  I’ve kept an extensive weekly journal since early February as part of ... spring, I went through my journal and picked out some of the memories and experiences that stand out to me. I present to you a brief highlight of the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  yeah, I haven't written a blog in too long anyways, so I owe all of you ... kidding. My research deals with the characterization of a novel gene in the aging pathway of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (a roundworm that is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010