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  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  successful MIT semester I've had to date. I've gone through a series of ups and ... really want to take the time to reflect on everything I've learned ... .034 Artificial Intelligence, 21G.704 Spanish IV, CMS.300 Intro to Videogame Theory

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  graduate students from the local university to our house for a Thanksgiving ... of their relatives in China, a way to share the holiday with other ... on our refrigerator, listing all the dishes that had to be made. It

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  has been A Week™. Freshmen aren't invited back to campus this semester ... —shoutout to Selena and Sarah—mostly so I can spend some time away from my parents and get to know other people within a pandemic pod. It’s really

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  online-submission platforms I've used. It comes down to the grading system ... Regrade" button and a little text box appears where they can write a note to ... hypothesize that the discrepancies were just due to different graders. To sort

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  confusing if I didn’t tell you that I made the last-minute decision to move back to my hometown for the summer. For those who’ve been following my blogs, I actually moved to Maine with some friends when we first got

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part four) senior trinkets

  

  the first, second, and third installments, in case you want to read them ... time to do so before we left campus in what was the craziest week of our ... way to much stuff, re: our hoarding tendencies, re:re: this post

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  camps - at every single camp I went to, I was housed in a dorm room that ... subconsciously expecting this from my dorm as well. I didn’t go to CPW, and even ... beautiful, detailed paintings of landscapes, while others are abstract to the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  surprised by how quickly my students caught on to code. These were students ... -paced curriculum. If I had to learn computer science in Spanish, I would probably ... host teacher requested that I provide grades, so in addition to grading

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  remembered for her big heart, bright mind, and beautiful smile. According to ... , confusing everyone, making weird sounds, and refusing to be consoled until it ... sometime before the New Year’s countdown. Thinking it was just to wish me a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  Last week, high school counselors from across the country came to a conference at MIT. One of the events was a student panel, and I got to ... , Ukraine, and moved to Central Ohio during my freshman year of high school. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  like to share it with you. I'd also like to connect my experience to MIT ... best place to study social science. 24.03 and 24.191 illustrate how classes can be directly applicable to important current issues. WGS.151 and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  Shout out to the MIT VPN for helping me climb the Great Firewall ... summer--researching at the Media Lab and going to Ethiopia for the water ... choice in going back to China. But I felt a pang of both regret and longing

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  startups to make returns. As an entrepreneur, being in their good graces and ... for one's company. I wanted to meet as many as I could and learn as much ... sleeping from 6am to noon for the past month so I wasn't sure how my body

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  when I ran REX events (still not). This year I get to experience R ... of giant cards). Today while my code is running I am continuing to observe and absorb my and your experiences and fun to compile a project that

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... only need to send in your February Updates and Notes report, which will ... you'd like to provide (new awards, changes to your activities, etc

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• 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

  

  It occurs to me that I haven't told you much about what I'm doing ... to it. So, here's a snapshot of what I'm doing RIGHT NOW, at 11:52am on ... walked out of the room to talk with his supervisor), Stephen sitting across

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

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  from Boston to New York City and another bus from New York to Pennsylvania to visit my family. After we got off the first bus we wandered ... up to the driver, asking to pay in cash for a seat. The driver reached

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  . That's about all the backstory you need. Also, nice to meet you!) You would be hard-pressed to find a piece of technology as varied in usability ... unfortunately, at my work place, to the highest of high-end seat-warming bidets

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  scheduling app. OK, BBQ at Burton Connor. Walk out of Kresge. Have to pass through the Kresge BBQ pits on my way to Burton Connor. Grab a hamburger to ... an Arnold Palmer and some chips on a plate. Muscle to the front of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  the following sign: You have arrived at New House: home to all of MIT ... Desmond. Enter the arcade. Walk to the very end. Do a couple of stretches for your hamstrings and calves, and then climb to the top of the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011