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  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  : what am I doing this semester? MIT has many urban horror stories about ... bound is your sanity.) Here's the anticlimax: I am not one of those ... .851: (Grad) Advanced Data Structures, taught by Erik Demaine, who became an MIT

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  . The German emperors. Actually, their awesomeness is debatable. So ... about this town is that it’s 1.5 hours away from mine. So nevermind ... . This man taught the first ten lectures of 7.03 (Genetics) and is the head

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  MIT is an acronym, or as I like to say "L.E.A.M.I.T.I.A.A"(did you catch ... stroking for the day, the real reason is because today was so cool, so ... rank it up there with the Black-Scholes model. (don't know what that is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  's entry -- this is a challenging time for the MIT admissions office, and hearing your thoughts, whether supportive or critical, is always ... haven't often feel this way at MIT, so I was enjoying it. Ulysses is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  on Tuesday until after I've taken a nap. This may sound nice, but is in ... chemicals and worth-more-than-your-life machines.) A grad school interview is a pretty good sign -- it means the department is excited about your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  . But instead of the first 10 (decimal is so ordinary!), I decided to provide the first 10 base 16, since hex is the way to go. 0x0. Lonestar, My Front Porch Looking In. Yes, the first one is country! Country isn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  Carin '13. Better late than never, though, right? Here it is at last ... a poverty action project sponsored by the Public Service Center (http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/) and the Global Poverty Initiative (http://gpi.mit.edu/). MIT hadn’t had

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  Being a blogger is a bit of a weird job. Your only task is to write about your life, which seems easy as pie, but everything you write is ... what blogging is like, how the job works, and how it feels to be famous

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  ). I'm not sure if this is something I picked up from others or if it's something that I've simply convinced myself to be true, but MIT in fact does ... if there's anything I've realized it's that MIT really truly does not

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  Engineering major (which is new to MIT), Brain and Cognitive Science research ... songs that they learn from their fathers. She loves her UROP because it is ... is replicable because bird song could be more easily studied if a bird

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  I can`t wait to start writing more about life at MIT, but since I ... it! So I`ll share what`s on my mind. I guess this is a book report ... ideas) are some of MIT`s tenets, so I bought the book. And now I`m buying

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  one. in mit, and undergrad in general i guess, you spend your time ... area is big and all my friends are far away. on weeknights, we get off ... calendar event! why is it different, then? is it just the culture that makes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  an anime fan’s dilemma am I a weeb? please GOD say yes

  

  considering how little time I devote to weeb pursuits while at MIT is pretty ... man[/caption] Yeah, uh...all I can say is that everyone at MIT met the ... "]Haikyuu!!.[/annotation] Hell, I'm listening to anime openings as I write this... Anime is such a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 15, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  planning my classes, so the firehosing that MIT is well known for hasn ... helpfulness that is prevalent in the MIT community makes this transition so much ... MIT is starting to feel like home already.

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-India student interns at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  

  , actors/actresses, and more. By chance I bumped into a former MIT grad ... ) is also providing a fresh challenge. If you want I can write up some ... . Thank you again, MIT-India, for this wonderful opportunity. I look forward

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn’t accept them all. We have placed a small number of students ... . Some of you may have complicated feelings; that’s okay too, and this is

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2028, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. The comments on ... you, as that is the spirit of these blogs and our whole process

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, our Early Action application pool is very competitive, and unfortunately, we can’t admit everyone. If your decision was ... without prejudice in Regular Action. A lot of MIT students, past and present

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  blogs is to help our students communicate what MIT is actually like. We do ... are people's spirits. So: my banana plant is almost too large to fit ... colorful new new MIT welcome center will soon be ready for you to see! more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  is by no means the end. Many MIT students have been deferred; you can

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020