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• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  I had writers block, I enlisted the help of my good friend Katherine ... a ton of MIT internal email lists that I am on. I proceeded to get ... I would never really be set on a college until May, because MIT was to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  !!). Photo credit: MIT News Office. Professor Mankiw is on the far left and ... "helpful handouts." Although I've since forgotten what most of the papers ... my poster and have to rely on the copy that my friend Anna has hanging

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  promised to get back to her on that. Class plans are mostly useful for ... one major, it's not as difficult -- you can pretty much plan on taking ... you want to soldier on, though, you can just look at the degree

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... good. I look back on my fall classes and sometimes shudder at how little ... changes are often imperceptible. I discover them on trips back home, when I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  my approach to MIT (more on that later), I've finally figured out my ... , passion for problem solving, mathematical exploration, and experimentative ... lecture with today. Behold:   Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed in

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  better. I got some good advice from a friend and they helped me understand that I had already spent the right amount of time working on it. Since I ... . There is already a bunch of great advice on this blog, but with the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  grow, but enough familiarity to help me stand on my own two feet while I ... on the blogs’ 10th birthday festivities. And while I hardly have any ... ’ve graduated, guys… Elizabeth, Course 20 class of 2013, lived in Simmons Hall

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  A year ago today, I was anxiously crouched over my laptop on the living room floor, rapidly typing up my last MIT essay twenty minutes ... note="If you look hard enough on the Internet, you can actually find my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  helloooooooo blogosphere! so i wasn't planning on posting this week ... reading everyone's blogs has brought me so much joy, and i'm sitting here on ... incredible[/caption] i'm here in Southampton on grad studenting business. it

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updating my blogger bio because its no longer accurate

  

  someone read aloud: My name is Cami. I'm a lil bi filipina girl from LA county, from a city about 30 minutes outside of LA called Norwalk. I ... to document my journey and I’m glad I could take you on this trip with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 24, 2021
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have some very mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I am excited to get ... classes come psets so...that's a wash. On other hand, I am trading Spanish

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  -sent materials. Any help/advice you can give me on this one?" Sarah asked: "My EC ... this entry. I'd like to be helpful as you prepare to submit your ... really look for the answer here on the site -- there's no need to ask basic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i stole a vhs player! and other old things i’ve acquired over the last 2 and a half weeks

  

  played for a little while and just chatted and had fun.  The girls, on the ... ’s disapproving voice in my head as I spent what little money I had on this obsolete ... ="100306" /] You know on tv when old people make fun of young people for not being

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  Today is the eighth day of fall and the first day of winter in my ... . Evaluate on these three measures: i) how much fun you had ii) how much ... dream that you will live while you are alive, and die only when you are

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide (10pm et/pt on CBS). The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the Esplanade, a nice park along the Charles River, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fabulous Festivities & Fireworks for the Fourth The annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks show.

  

  , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide (10pm et/pt on CBS). The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the Esplanade, a nice park along the Charles River, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  any class token--it's one of the most recognizable rings out there. It ... . This year, ring delivery was held at the State Room on the 33rd floor of ... 's the real ring  And the designs on both sides Some of the unique

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  were...... Finals. On the other hand I was about to be able to go home ... pictures on my phone for nostalgia purposes and I came across this: For ... kids, where does the illuminati stay on campus, can someone major in a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  TAIWAN host on the Living and Traveling channel on Taiwan...anyways, you ... about what's going on Taiwanese TV shows than I do (jk, Matt =p). But ... ...etc. etc.). Back in May, they invited MIT to appear on the show, and they

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  home, whether it lives on one day in sub-communities in other dorms, or ... that I couldn’t even fathom how I’d be any help. Meetings carried on ...   On April 20th, the news finally broke. Sarah, J. and I were pulled

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017