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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  .00 teaches you to think like a computer scientist. Here is a sampling of topics ... different number. 6.00 is the sum of 6.0001 (Introduction to Computer Science ... class best taken at MIT, as the Institute is on the forefront of

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

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  better, I don't need to know MATLAB, which is fantastic since I don't know ... I can't believe winter break is over. My time spent on vacation flew ... mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  . This is an image of somewhere on Mars, which is blows my mind to think ... cat, who I love to pet, which is the most perfect aesthetic ... ; it was the residence of the Russian emperors and is now the home to the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday A day in the life.

  

  on their way to 3.091, professor of which is reportedly "The Man". The ... decided to go to 5.112, the next level of chemistry, to see if better suited ... as to whether or not to add 5.112, seeing as the first half of 5

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  connect to my laptop, which is much easier on my eyes. However, running ... , better to be thorough. 12. A bathroom caddy. Depending on you live, you ... , though it may vary slightly depending on your dorm. This list is based on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  school are swahili and english, neither of which is considered foreign in ... apply online that is), or will you still see and read the full of an essay ... province being published in the local newspapers. There is no other way of

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  on virtualizing our program, which is taking a lot of thought, as ... unit is supposed to be approximately equivalent to one hour of work per ... Requirements, which are classes everyone is required to take

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  committed sense of belonging to a non-U.S. country, sometimes more or less so ... common factor is a very strong sense of obligation to home countries and ... Pelkins to Cameroon this summer to work on the project, with the support of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  Campus is a “cook-for-yourself” environment, which better translates to ... archaic: it is, to say the least, in need of repair. i am not sure which i ... decide on a handful of grapes, and first grab is good. But upon my second

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  , offering advice on how to get tickets, which games would be best, and other ... DID YOU KNOW? Liechtenstein is less than 5 percent the size or Rhode ... . It actually looks beautiful, and I might have to check out Vaduz or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  's more of it at the original post, which is a really worthwhile read. The fact of the matter is, though, while the competition is always going to ... , but constantly fixating on stats is the wrong approach to the admissions

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  . It’s a processing of feelings, conscious or not. On the bus, in bed ... to the last of our days; for it is only our heartbreak that finally ... was a slobbery, deflated mess on the floor. For the sake of writing a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  team to learn “Wargaming,” which is like a more complex game of Risk but ... Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) each semester, which is required to stay in ... Training, which is 2 weeks of boot-camp style training. You get yelled at a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  —like an internship, or research, or going home to see family? In that case—which ... ’s possible to do so on a college student budget. But what if you’re pursuing a ... Spanish got exponentially better, and it inspired me to start taking

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  'm going to school in Boston remark on how cold it is, but the most jarring ... better than hot, and it’s fun to put together outfits with layers or ... myself an introvert, sticking to the corners of rooms or outskirts of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  nothing wrong with dropping a class. Or two. Or three. It is important to ... .     The assignment was to innovate on the current design of a ... was waiting for my plane back to California.   Average amount of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine

  

  snow is about 1/5th that of water (which we conjectured based solely on a ... ideas for how to approximate better. Now that the math is out of the way ... Brothers of MIT Sigma Chi retreat to Maine from Thursday -> Sunday

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • March 6, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  This goes out to all of you waiting on tenterhooks for decisions to ... nerdiness on your chest for the viewing pleasure of small children and ... causes tons of stress for everyone.) ---On that "DON'T PANIC" note, read

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  yet know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT ... together to better the lives of others. MIT students work to improve their ... , or feel like we need to read the most unique piece of writing we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  him up on Apple Music, there were dozens of results. "Which one are you ... out of Arizona/the only one who can save me is Rona," I riffed ... up with that on the spot? Well, you do get to rhyme things with your

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023