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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  different way to look at it. One of my friends in Denmark and I had a chat ... particularly illuminating - and it's very true. One can say "I can do better" in ... gave me real science-y skills. Specifically, I can now say that I kind-of-sort-of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  . For the Class of 2011, these are their very first MIT classes. I only vaguely remember my first day of classes at MIT back in the Fall of 1996. I ... felt a sense of accomplishment like never before, and I knew I was ready

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  can't teach well!! They're brilliant, of course, in research ... , for the record, I don't believe that 80% of Caltech's professors can ... can't check on it myself since I don't know which of the several

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  in my junior year of high school, hated it, and swore I'd never return ... 've talked about this in past blogposts, but I'm definitely growing out of this mindset. But as I've been home in quarantine, I've had a lot of time to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Take Me Back to Tech (Guest Entry) So hurrah for technology, 'ology, 'ology oh.

  

  entrants: I was, at times, in the chat group with Omar (in the picture of ... culture of the former-Ashdown house. That said, I’m not sure if I can ... . You can hear part of a Random Hall tour in the background As even these

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  generally feel out of my depth in that class, and every pset is a struggle of ... figure that out. That class requires a different mode of thinking that I ... remember how insane MIT actually is. In a lot of ways, though, it

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  reminds me of my old high school habits. In high school, I pushed myself to ... happy with who I am and look in the mirror and be proud of what I see. But ... Hi, hello. How are you doing? I haven't been in the writing mood as

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  Experimental Study Group (ESG) offers instruction in the core first-year subjects of biology, chemistry, math, and physics through small, discussion-based classes designed for students who are interested in taking an active role in
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  marching band Thursday: Same as Tuesday, but instead of psetting I go in to ... ), and being social (because I can’t live with being a shut-in) So that ... activities of mine that I’m starting to lose interest in were actually things

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  finishes in January. It's the realest class of all the classes I'm in, which ... when I visited in October, and I want go to take out a whole stack of ... 's what I've been up to. In between all of this, or perhaps vice versa, I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  often very good quality. I think there are a lot of people who can do very ... know what I thought was my shining glory, my thing to be proud of, the ... classmates. In fact, the only thing in school I have ever been “naturally” good

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  meaning of life in order to be considered an eligible applicant. I know I ... wrote my application, and I got in :). As far as solving the meaning of ... , but ironically I sing too, you can find my proficiencies in the homepage

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  parties I've typically blogged about in the middle of October? And the exams ... coolness - not all of which I completely understand - to render images in ... like someone in the real world! Well, kind of. But I'm getting there.

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  months immersing myself in as many books as I can cram in the windows of free time that I have. Here’s a picture of my bookshelf that has grown ... semester was kind of in a lull period in terms of work, I vowed to finish a

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  think I just will never be able to fully let go of my inhibitions in the ... 've always dreamed of having. There's nothing else I can really say here aside ... Peace Corps. Instead, I had the same simple thought in my head: Of course

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  of 2007, I'm getting a little tired of being in school right now. Not ... Shankar. So I've got a photographic record of picturesque Barcelona, but I figure that can wait a few days. Because I got to thinking this afternoon

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  lot of topics in math which I hadn't encountered before. I also made ... straightforward. In most of these cases, I was asking for my response to be ... . Towards the end of the semester, I started doing really well in 6.042 as we

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  particular reason. In case you can't tell, I'm geeking out here, and loving ... this summer, which is sort of embarrassing since I keep making reference to it. So, here's a snapshot of what I'm doing RIGHT NOW, at 11:52am on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  culture[/caption] I'm scared to act as weirdly as I normally do in fear of ... somewhat okay, but you can never be too careful. In public, Jebby and I both ... than I can count on my hands in Boston, and have been absolutely

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  the five stages of grief: i. denial in which I wake up, horrified ... a notoriously difficult exam in a fraction of the time ii. anger I ... withdraw from MIT entirely and become a hermit in the woods -- surely I can

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022