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  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  is doing its job. If you get to a class and find yourself extremely ... indicators, MIT does its best to make sure you end up in a physics class that ... 90s. I thought that this meant I just had to work a little harder, but

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  . I know it's easier to talk about liking a class when it's over, but ... that you only really understand something if you can explain it to a five ... Better So People Listen More We gave a lot of talks to get better at

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  , but I had to include it separately as a fun "warning." You will find ... Admissions and commute to campus every weekday. But it’s a summer arrangement ... (you kinda have to be a nerd here). Now is probably the best time to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  ?'” (DFW went on to deliver a timeless and celebrated address that is well ... people, including those who apply to MIT, have a difficult time thinking ... salient, and most likely to swing an admission decision in a highly

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  immature'?" It's possible to be "too honest," yes. :-) I've seen this in a ... either. I know this is a vague answer; I just can't think of a way to ... of sat and descided to take a chance for this year as these may lead to

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  just kinda gotten along, and we all managed to find each other about an ... a dorm has a ball pit, I need to stay in it, because it is ... various couches in the lobby. Jon had to separate from the group and go to a

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  'll find students making time to rise up to that challenge. That's what ... power that community service contains to bring a community together in an ... to a lack of space or preexisting commitments. Eric believes that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  many people like about it is that you don't have to go far to find your ... personally did not choose RBA because I wanted to get to know a lot of people ... was a really good experience because I got to learn about a topic I was

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  another 3 hours to write everything up and find enough citations. Yup - that ... 's 15 and she didn't go to high school. She worked in a lab instead, and ... I got back to Boston from summer vacation September 2, and it's like

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  , what information to include and focus on, and how to write for a comic ... assignments grew in length (from a 1-page comic to a 20-page full issue with a ... , we read and discussed a new webcomic or graphic novel to see all the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  to a two-year break from school, I'm finding that my passions ... thinking a bit about age and about what it means to be eighteen, anyway, and ... to be a worthy contender for most intriguing class this term. We meet

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  memory phenomena emerges. We want to find how simple may a system be so ... To give you a flavor (well, many flavors) for what MIT students do ... as you reply to this email? I am currently replying to you as I eat a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  : Where did all the glorious IAP time go? This seems to be a popular ... find that near the Boston University bridge, there are a couple of mulberry trees in a little park-like setting right next to an industrial

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  time to find myself. I've felt a certain kind of pressure to do something ... state, wandering through life like a ghost and trying to find different ... that are happening to you, but how are you?" I didn't have a good answer

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  thing I currently have to a job, and expecting me to have any deep insights about Career Fair right now is kind of like expecting a gorilla to analyze Hamlet, or a Harvard student to solve a math problem. So I'll leave

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  . Every minute that passes by feels crucial, like not a second is even to be ... . Originally I was supposed to take a lamp making class (EM.21) because I ... be a wholesome farewell to MIT. Last semester felt like a lot of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  I appreciated having a non-judgemental environment to experiment with ... part of me still fears not being able to hold down a Real Job in the ... everything is so beautiful  from a height where to stay grounded is to float

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  on any given day. I find this quite stressful as it requires you to ... of material to cover, and this is a CI-M; but it seems convoluted and ... II This class is a 6-unit follow-up to 2.678, a core class in MechE. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  windows ;), find a scenic route to class. Create things, collect things ... exactly the way we are is not what brings us to MIT. Pushing to find your ... I just had the busiest, craziest summer of my life. I remember a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  would be better for other people to just write a blog for me (although ... with the team That new gorillaz album Taking a 2 hour nap Going to ... Getting a bad grade, but still realizing how much I’ve learned to get to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017