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  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  . It’s a real heartbreak. But as they say, there is something good in ... the results. In reality, the results are already out. Since Boston is a ... ? right? Eh my state of mind is very much a work in progress. And as the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  formally, given a list of N numbers in random order, where N is very large ... A cornerstone of 6.046, MIT’s infamous algorithms class, is ... store 2,3,9,15… in memory. For this blogpost, I’m going to talk about a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  current 6.005 student. This is a theme in college: as you get older, your ... ’t a lot of Terry Pratchett books in the usual place, and there is no ... finals, and, in a travel mug that GRT Shaiyan lends me, some coffee. It is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  applying early is a great way to show the admissions office that you ... applications later. Besides due dates, is there a difference between the EA ... . Getting deferred is NOT a polite rejection. Many many many people are

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  Transportation Authority is here and Google Maps is here. Learn to love these ... transportation stuff Public transportation in Boston is not as great as it is in ... stops appear to be in a straight line from each other on the T map, so I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  titled Linear Algebra, is a critically acclaimed, bestselling landmark in ... nudges you to think about math in a new way, whereas Diff. Eq. is ... hemisphere like a pool of microwaved butter. Spring, wrapped in connotations of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  and have a great first semester, Class of 2011!) As I wrote in a ... . Good call, guys. We students in the class knew he wrote a well ... first novel, which fulfills his two-book contract, is done—and in many

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  well (and is volunteering to do this in their free time). It’s also a ... In light of interviews quickly approaching, I thought I’d do a post ... . Here we go!   A bit of background information before we dive in

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... get them to you in time? A: If you did not select your scores to be

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Lessons Learned from (Watching) D&D thank you brennan lee mulligan

  

  rule of cool in D&D essentially is when a player does something ... and there. And I. Am. In. Love. I've always had a fascination with ... is a fantasy TTRPG with...an incredible amount of rules and complexity

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  the perceived finality of writing. 1. Being hosed I was trapped in a ... made me prioritize my obligations in a messy and unhealthy way. I was ... year. In one of my first ever blog posts I wrote as a freshman – titled

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  There is a class here at MIT called How to Design (Almost) Anything ... balloon bowls, where you dip a balloon in melted chocolate and pop the ... , I would provide shelter or food for them, resulting in a symbiotic

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  prefrosh (Danny '12) is in town and I decided to go on a campus tour with him ... Yesterday (Tuesday) was a very eventful day. It began with me in lab building toys (for anybody who is unsure, this is a good way to start the day

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  -carpet photoshoots and limousine rides. In another universe, she is a sign-spinner on a street corner. In other universes, she’s a teppanyaki chef, a rock on a ... ’ve appeared had she made a different decision somewhere in her life. In one

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Diarios de Madrid: Semana 1 Cosas de Mi Primera Semana

  

  (cada taco cuesta uno euro)!!! Vimos también [annotation note="This is a ... "The Spanish Incubator". Para esta clase, vamos a Madrid por tres semanas ... después de mi primera semana en Madrid. (De izquiera a derecha) El Prado

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  pending patents and is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his ... learn a greater deal in lab than in classes. I think UROP has been an ... in Langer Lab on a bone tissue engineering project in November of my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  ="84377" image4="84376" /] I’m still in the lounge car; a girl is sitting across ... in a brief moment, even if that moment is some forty-two hours long ... This is part three of a series, consisting of a lightly

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  but I think she may be feel somewhat intiminated,she is a hs jr in a sci ... * Obviously a college dorm room is not ideal to demonstrate interior design ... going in as a girl,that know has changed, it if I can get her to read your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  everything i think i’m not (rush, part 2) and what it would take for me to be it

  

  , [annotation note="Dap is actually a practice rooted deeply in Black History ... was trying to prove to myself that I was capable of being in a “men ... emblazoned somewhere visible, staffed by a few brothers in shirts that betrayed

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • November 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  expected us to treat a completely unmoderated shared document with respect ... course, this did not happen. I wrote a message in the blank space to the ... with the spreadsheet, there is now a FORM you MUST fill out if you want a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008