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  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  I did… kind of poorly on an exam recently. This exam (which was for 6.s966, Symmetry for ML) means nothing, in the end. I’ve finished my major requirements; I’m taking classes for my MEng early, so, in theory, I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  -motivated undergrads; overall, a win-win situation for everyone involved. Additionally ... doing a UROP (at least for me) is the prospect of applying the skills I ... current lab for the past two semesters. In the fall, I fabricated magnetic

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  a few lasers for dinner today, things will be better? No? [annotation ... , partially because I had given up on trying to dodge his small children for ... know if you ever want a job," he told me, "I've been looking for a Super

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  experience," so i was willing to sacrifice some personal agency for the sake of ... was a challenge of its own, though. Burton Conner was cook-for ... . cooking for myself, on the other hand, is easy, fun, and just better for my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  IAP thoughts two weeks late, but with an illustration!

  

  anyway. Also, read to the end for a really special surprise :) Things I ... Classical Mechanics Study for the biology and chemistry ASE’s Go out into ... sell all my extra clothing Things I actually had time for during IAP

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 15, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  /no record, ie I can afford to take the time away from studying for my physics final."]PNR,[/annotation] so why not? The essay was for 21H.130, History ... aware of the world. Ancient Greece is the fodder for many a modern

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  requested for financial assistance. both were approved. it was a relief to ... from dining for at least the next two months. there was this book giveaway that the undergrad association did, where we wrote a blurb for one

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  really just sit in front of a computer for 8 hours a day? Do you work on ... process for new data centers. Some days flew by packed, and others dragged ... : Rush out of the ridiculously muggy apartment. For reasons unknown to me

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  discovered a new application for Newton’s Law of Conservation of Energy, which is loosely stated as such: “For every student sitting in a library ... . Below is a list of ten of the best spaces for both of these activities

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  room, shut the door, and stood behind it for a couple of seconds. A ... finally come to an end, and with it, my first year at MIT. For me, the end ... in New York for a couple of days. We’ll spend some time participating

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  , they trade 8 hour-days of working on rush projects in exchange for free rent for the few weeks we are here. Yes, I am one of them—I got to campus last Saturday and for the past week I’ve been working nonstop on EC rush

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  fraternity in Boston where I'm living for the summer - so I apologize if this ... than an hour), for a variety of reasons (maybe someday when you're older ... train in Kenmore and go basically anywhere short of Rhode Island for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  arrangements for vegetarians??" mudfud again comes to my rescue: "There are ... can get quite a wide variety of vegetarian food (and nonveg for that ... Campus) have really nice kitchens, so you can cook for yourself as well

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  for Battlecode with two of my friends. In junior year, I worked on a ... knowledge, since the class goes at a rapid pace that doesn’t allow for much ... floating in a fluid (which is what we’ve been talking about for two weeks

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  pictures, which speak for themselves. The Big Rocks have a lot to say, just ... of course, more green living things than my heart could ever wish for ... rental and gas fees for undergrads :)"]group of people[/annotation] who

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  glassblowing and psycholinguistics to creative computation. There are clubs for ... . Through the Council for the Arts at MIT, you can get free or discounted ... attendance to professional or academic conferences for undergraduate students

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  ="not that there's anything wrong with that; i absolutely live for vincent ... City to stay for the summer about a week prior. Most of my stuff was ... . I sat on the edge of my bed for a while, admiring the midday sunshine

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  . for instance, i remember when i was in elementary school, my parents ... every time an adult passed me i’d tense up and brace for the possibility ... you to great outcomes that you otherwise would never experience. for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  field. For so long, I had put off taking any initiative outside of class ... around with it for 10 minutes and finding it horribly disgusting. But with ... of myself for doing these things, and even though it seems kind of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  Coming back to campus has been unsettling for many reasons. My ... with my sister for the blue[annotation note="This was followed by my ... is for girls and girls are weak and i Am nOt LIkE oThEr Gi

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019