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  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  working on stuff for the MIT 100K Competition. I started helping out with the 100K back in February, when the team was mainly grad students with ... are getting involved). In my time with the team, I've learned so much

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  crossing rejected one for some reason; I had a folder with documents proving ... live fully independently with friends for the first time in my life ... -crossing passenger bridge with all my possessions on a hand cart. *cliche mid-00s kids

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  happy. And IAP has come with a fair amount of work, but not nearly enough ... something about snow. Now, I saw snow for the first time in November 2013. Those fluffy dandruff-like powdery demons were cute for the first three

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  ” Translation: “I wish there were more people with personalities as large/fun ... There exists a nontrivial subset of the MIT population for whom the ... other words, MIT is overrun with math people who cannot help but speak in

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  this year. Although our application does not go live for another few ... are required of you. Tell us about something you do simply for the ... -250 words) Describe the world you come from; for example, your family, clubs

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have classes

  

  'm hoping for this one to be better. I'm happy that I seem to remember more of 5.112, the intro chemistry for masochists class that I took as a first ... in it with me, which is nice since it means I'll always have someone to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  For most people, sprinting a mile in under 5 minutes is physically ... aerobic capacity, which allows them to run at blazing speeds for long, sustained periods. What's sprinting for us, is a comfortable pace for them. A

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  't been audited for accuracy. Here's the catch: with some initial tests to ... $50000 grand prize in the search for hidden figures contest. i've been a ... now she's at the center for civic media, working on projects that

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  Despite the fact that I've lived in the Boston area for the past four ... winding through the city which connects many of the historical sites for ... was in college, but I had just never done it. Mostly I use the city for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  deliberation, all the conversations and requests for advice and frustration and ... temporary decision, for a couple of reasons: 1. More resources. You ... ), all you need to do is fill out a form and get it signed. Basically

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  ordinary ash3 About the Hanover Street celebrations, the Boston Globe ... greater excitement in the streets of Palermo. For France, though, all they ... overconfident fans take victory for granted. "If you ask most supporters, they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  , even with the 20% plugged in for the first test I had missed while in 8 ... , and take action to fix it. Nobody will fault you for coming forward with ... , nothing that could prepare me for MIT physics. There should have been

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  I would like to start off by thanking you all for deciding to read ... reason for being late was unfortunately not excused by my teacher). Rapid ... any sneeze-related injury. I personally have a scar on the top right of

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  for every day that I have neglected my blog. The short story is that I have been traveling around for MD-PhD program interviews, which is one of ... numerical response (or even a string of numbers.) For example, --Laura might

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  hypothesis for why landing on your heel helps is that, when you step with your ... can optimize walking significantly when armed with basic knowledge of ... applied to their walking. with that in mind, this post contains some

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  concentrations. For the minor, students will take four required courses ... accepting and friendly place for gay and lesbian students (this is my outsider ... diversity, with purple-haired barefoot goths being on "equal" status with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  the right thing by sticking with physics for so long, and these days, I ... 's comforting. There's no way I could possibly compete with someone scoring a 90 on 006. But I don't need to. I'm satisfied with how much I'm learning

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  New ZigZag video podcast & behind the scenes An inside look at the new video.

  

  below or at the ZigZag comments box. The idea for this episode actually ... the Stata Center. I was chatting with the folks at Academic Media Production Services (AMPS): the people behind ZigZag. Asking me for ideas for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  -- the acceptance rate for MIT kids at the top several medical schools is ... threshhold for pain. I, for instance, had (1) against me -- I came in with ... the pre med office for more info. For my part, I'll say first that MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  with a grad student tp talk about the problems you worked on for the past ... Cambridge University students swap places for a year (or in my case, a ... homework once every two weeks for each class), ate fancy three-course meals

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014