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• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  family. Then I flew back to campus for three weeks of IAP, which I filled ... enough!): Stayed in bed staring at the ceiling, thinking about life, for ... Actually read books! Ones I hadn't read before! Coded for fun, in languages

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  to science education and best known for its eponymous robotics ... have ever known. For many of our readers, I suspect Woodie needs no ... , ethically, and emotionally. As a cofounder of FIRST, he was known for bringing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Notes on Cancer rate my handwriting

  

  I'm taking 7.45 Hallmarks of Cancer this semester with [annotation note="director of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, one ... after class. Here's attempt number one, for [annotation note="it's the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  your core values. For example, picking a restaurant is probably not the ... on this one. I have really bad travel luck, and I need to plan for ... from a tour bus, locked myself in a bus bathroom for 10 minutes…The list

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pixar Pi

  

  Waiting for decisions sometimes made us feel like kids, scared of the monsters in our closet ready to jump out at us. If you’re feeling like ... . You are very brave for doing so!   But if you get sad, let yourself

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 12, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  I first set foot on campus about five years ago for my MIT Admissions ... of college, I searched for opportunities at nonprofit organizations ... students, reading their applications and interviewing them for the

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  hall before it closed kind of a day. My alarm was set for 7:30 am this ... ). So basically I averaged about six and a half hours of sleep. And for ... Barker Library to write some field notes for my Global Health &

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  about how I wanted more of the proof and verification for all these ... than I asked for. However, looking back, I could not be happier that I ... various techniques we used. By the end, when I was reviewing for the final

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of ... education is perfect for the modern word. With the ability to outsource ... . Now, machines can perform calculus operations for us, but it takes a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  school i've been back on campus for about two weeks now, but it ... much time with my friends as possible before 1) we get too busy for each ... for this semester, lots of research and coursework that i'm genuinely

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  yourself" means 3:47 The "what do you do for fun?" essay 4:37 The "what do ... Advice for last year's prompts (which are the same as this year's) from our

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  food; order more Wait for more food to come; browse memes They forgot the breadsticks; call back Eat food Wait for breadsticks; try to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  morning room sounds get your headphones

  

  use headphones for maximum sense of transported-ness   The ear ... everywhere, without ever having to focus. Marshall McLuhan * * * * * for more

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 14, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch Ceri on SciShow! teenage mutant YOUTUBE NERDFIGHTERS

  

  /CMS and now writes for SciShow. Mostly Ceri works behind the scenes, writing and editing science content for the show, but a few days ago she

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  filled with too many midterms for me and too many college applications for ... throwback to childhood for some positive vibes) If you ever feel like you ... , readings for HASS writing classes that don’t get done, more coffee, more

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  fireside chat, I asked him what advice he has for MIT students in my position ... consider in future semesters. Thanks again, John, for sharing your thoughts

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  question!   When I got an email last week from Chris asking for ... sort of fascinating when something you’ve been taking for granted turns ... that goes into making a mascot! For one: there’s a process behind

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  while I was cleaning things out for the new semester, a gentle reminder of ... ) and 20.310 Biomechanics (the other three pages). For each exam in 20 ... , with whatever information we thought might be useful. For 7.05, we were

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  postponing for another 47 days of drawn-out anguish at the accumulating height ... the other. Therefore, I apologize in advance for the scattered nature of ... graduate school applications amidst the back to school drill. For my survival

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  did get myself involved in things (hooray!). Today I went shopping for a ... CPW Midway for Chinese Students Club, and our Noodle Extravaganza event afterward. Then, I’m going to Chocolate City for Ill Vibes, an open mic sort

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015