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  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  professors who do that. In contrast to high school, here is how MIT teaches, a ... an A is very hard in most classes. C people are not encouraged to drop ... ;   This is a really good question, because it forced me to think and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  remember walking up to the front desk, stomach full of butterflies and a little dread, and awkwardly asking to check-in. After [annotation note ... possible. After attempting to wipe it up a bit, I quickly deposited it at the

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  , with a focus on privacy policy. I was actually studying in Switzerland ... community. With privacy becoming increasingly more consequential in our day-to ... first class back in February, the Georgetown Law students flew up to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  to find a blogger for some life guidance? Here's where you'll find us ... , I turned into a puddle of excitement. A puddle! I tried to plan out ... is not a guide to optimizing your CPW experience... here are a few

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  to answer them now... Matt's Helper asked, "What did you major in, when ... ) and Math (Course XVIII), but ultimately I graduated with a degree in ... know that becuase u will have a vast eastern culture to discover, and the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  campaign. I was called up on a random night in October by my friend Sathya ... in between all of my other commitments. Since I was travelling a lot this summer, I had to find really creative ways - and places - to write

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  11,231 Applications

  

  factual errors, it does also correctly state that we have seen a rise in ... to find room for all of the many, many terrific applicants. But it also ... reported that we have received a record high 11,231 applications this year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  Hard to believe July is nearly gone eh? Yup in just a few short ... . Tally up how much you make in a month, subtract out anything you HAVE to ... kitchen that you can use to cook food in, and if you get a few friends

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  . In early January, a challenge is announced to the teams at the kickoff ... know when you'll be getting a call. So there's a lot to keep in mind, but ... Quite a few Fridays ago I locked myself in my room so I could get as

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  brainstorming, I’m partial to lying on the carpet in my living room floor with a ... sit at a desk in a library with a stick of gum to keep me awake but no ... formatting related issues. 8. Find a way to motivate yourself by setting goals

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  I'm back to work tomorrow, hopefully posting a new Questions Omnibus ... of offering ''universal access to human knowledge," and, in pursuit of that, in a small white wooden building that once served the base as a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  . I came along and had nothing to do, so I tried to find a rule that would allow me to rearrange the rows in a way that would give more ... sleeping." But then I had to be like "nah, I'm going to take a class that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  wanted or needed to sketch out a design in the future to better visualize ... . Everyone at MIT is required to take one "HASS-A", or "arts" class as part of ... theater to painting to game design--you name it. I even found a HASS that

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  in light [annotation note="i was fortunate to acquire both a waterproof ... longer dread"]rain.[/annotation] i'm definitely going to be a little ... again in order to not disappoint aikawa-sensei. the story goes like: i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  expectation that it will be applicable in any way. I recently had to teach a ... theory in the previous sections of the book to a physics problem (the ... long expressions with a lot of symbols in order to rigorously explain

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  electromagnetic fields. There seems to be a resurgence of differential equations in ... brought in a tank of fluorescent fish, which I thought was a great way to ... find a way to make it work! Otherwise, I plan to just spend my free hours

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... be a very good kick-off to many LUChA trips in years too come. I ... dedicate to this project. I’m also trying to work on a Youth Activism Camp in

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  ? AB --> BC Calculus in high school is designed to take about a year ... 'm in some kitchen or lounge listening to a conversation about critical ... ) that although sometimes hard to find, there always is a critical point

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  in the next 6 weeks. You can see if there is a session near you and RSVP here. On Wednesday, I will fly to Florida in preparation for my ... , FL. Amy has already flown to Texas in advance of her meeting in Dallas

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural

  

  . #1) Graduate. #2) Paint a mural for The Borderline @ MIT. I got to finish one of these last night! Borderline is a project that started in ... paint a human face on a wall. Sketch I had to flip the drawing so it

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 5, 2024