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  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  down. He could also move it in a straight line from left to right, or ... 's overkill for you, don't torture yourself; just skim, or skip to the end ... : light from a source (the sun, or the lamp in your room) travels through

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  ’re forced to dip your spoon in and search for the right letter (or combination ... in a future entry.) I’m ashamed to say that I had received an email ... everyone ends up switching majors or minors at some point. Why I chose to be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Friends, Part 1 a cross-registration love story

  

  . I somehow found myself somehow talking to her in Lobby 7 for nearly an ... fraternities in Back Bay to Haymarket, an outdoor produce market in the North End ... , we spent time with the other summer residents at PKT or in Paige's dorm

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  ? or was it taught to them, and if so, when and how and by whom? i ... do in the world and there are a lot of problems to solve, and we win ... , and i hope they grow in the ways they want to grow in and become the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  to say, i was in survival mode every single day until i finished my ... 't reel it in i might end up somewhere i don't want to be. it's just really ... 're due, long lapses in my responses to friends, having to miss events i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  port of call - namely, the offices or dorm rooms of anyone willing to ... LGBQT student's life. There's more that goes on in day-to-day conversation, according to Piper, a junior majoring in course 6-2. "In my experience

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exhibitions@MIT [by Leah Brunetto '12] Something different amidst displays of scientific progress.

  

  involvement in the arts, MIT has a lot to offer. Aside from the numerous student ... am a freshman (soon to be sophomore!) very much engaged in both the ... ’ve been able to pursue at MIT one way or the other. I especially am

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  Fiction Workshop ______ Prerequites: A subject in writing short fiction or ... Admissions blogger is its Editor-in-Chief? [answer at the end of the entry ... 's Writing and Humanistic Studies department. Dr. Boiko wanted to tell me about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  starts (in my case, when I was packing to come to Orientation!) I've gone ... blogs (of course) and coming to blogger check-ins. We're expected to write ... 's thoughts on if a topic would make a good blog or how to structure a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  In high school I always wanted to know what you learned in college ... something to look forward to after high school, either at MIT or the college ... -Boson particle, and whether or not the universe will eventually cave in on itself

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i made a dress out of target bags i also edited a video about it

  

  I was planning on dropping an effortpost "in the next week or so ... . Thank you to Ceri for believing in me always. Thank you to Trader Joe ... on my Google Calendar has been blocked out to finish my Target blog and

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  while they were in school, and so they tend to continue doing really cool ... opportunity to win a pen, with chances to win normal pens, or raffle tickets as ... , don't discuss odds with MIT kids. I estimated them to be about 1 in 10

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  guide to preparing (or at least a guide to how I prepare) in the hope that ... actually follow it or not, at least allows me to calm down and start doing ... to gal for SAT tests, they are my forte in the world of arbitrary

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  Controls or Structures seemed like the most utterly romantic thing to do in ... swimming in the back of my mind as I scootered across the bridge to my test ... learned in the previous units. After I finished the test, I wandered to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  . I did really well in the class, and even enjoyed it to a point ... definitely reinforced what I learned in 3.012. I am excited, however, to get away from 4-hour lab blocks for a month or two. Also, I got an A in the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  /labmates from when I was in my master's program have gone on to build careers in ... gender and race in urban computation? This course introduces students to ... working to challenge bias in AI and to use data and computation to work

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  campus for the summer. In August, I'll move back to French House, but this ... unfinished p-set, in my room. Finally, I have time: to do the things I always ... that this was in fact the case - and we limped on our merry way back to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  NSUW Coffee Chat Casual conversations with professors

  

  among "Outstanding Faculty" in the Business Week Guide to the Best ... -foundations of institutional change. In order to change practices that comprise ... coming to MIT, Kate spent six years in consulting at Bain & Company and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  Massachusetts to Malaysia) will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2011. If there's one in your area, you should check ... (or "The OC," if you prefer), in the home of Dr. Joanna Tan '74. Monday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  thing that's happened to me in the last few days is that Adam and I went ... in high school... although objectively I suppose there was nowhere to ... -inflated. Undergrads here take grad classes to raise their GPAs, okay (my GPA in MIT grad

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006