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• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  For our very last semester at MIT, and our very last course 6 class ... the list we made in this post. Come up with an idea for a project ... grad student said, and see the professor is not there For the next two

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  spend birthday 21. Personally, senior fall has gone by too fast for me to ... terrible inside joke for people who went to MIT at the time of Spring ... ASLEEP FOR HALF AN HOUR. THE SUN IS SHINING

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  This is a blog post for those of you who are struggling with the ... that it isn't that easy for everyone, and even for me, it still kinda ... goes for tons and tons of kids they didn't admit, too.) I wanted to be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  position the Institute for decades to come as a world hub of education ... structure for collaborative education, research and innovation, the MIT ... be not only a center of advances in computing, but also a place for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  mulled over the problem for a while, keeping an open ear to the projects of other MIT community members. He was partly inspired by Bruke K. ‘19, for ... different skills needed for effective research. There were even some projects

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  dropped a pillow onto the floor and left four hairs on the bed. For the next ... , or at least they were smooth enough for human eyes and neat enough for ... , correcting for smaller damages. “—and a perfectly good reason. Well, did you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  entirely trustworthy employee as long as you don't ask me for the time in a ... concept that you've struggled with for a long time. B. You remember the ... elusive. (South for me in both cases.) C. A friend/family member threatens

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  literature classes and insists that spring is a time for regeneration and renewal and other synonyms for “change” that I don't have time to look up in ... college-ruled!) method for anyone else who suffers from Handwriting Deficit

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  Adelaide '09 for the diagonal idea. I decided that painting the bottom half ... with this sad excuse for a palm tree: Well, I wasn't convinced that I ... discussing with the new freshmen if they wanted to loft their beds for more

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  election year. It's business as usual for most seasoned Americans but, for me ... voting for the first time. In 2004, I'd worked as an election official, on ... the night, by flashlight, for some reason, after the stragglers have

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  're not trapped in a Vogon airlock (or are you?), but I do have advice for ... upperclassmen or the Admissions Office hear, for this is top-secret information ... few other things you should know. #1: Get to know your host. For the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  " was not a good name for a train. Yo, I'm in grad school. How's that ... 4 years at MIT, if you ever ask yourself, "Do I have time for a ... control you!", which I've been trying unsuccessfully to write for the past

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  pending patents and is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his ... Prize” for engineers) and author of over 900 papers, Professor ... until the end to see his really great advice for prefrosh! Melis: Can you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  Unfortunately for me, I've been hit with what's hopefully some sort ... for the all-you-can-eat lunch buffet. On the upside, we've been ... classes you take can be applied toward the degree requirements for both

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  , and one-time workshops, I threw on the wheel for an average of eight ... , aiming for the center. [caption id="attachment_110860" align ... ’re looking for a slightly tapered triangle, thickest at the base. Make sure you

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  psetted a couple times a week, for two of my classes, with someone who ... physics capstone, which pairs you with one lab partner for the entire class ... always felt near-impossible for me to put forth. This goes beyond

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  There exists a nontrivial subset of the MIT population for whom the ... quirks before. For example, many know that MIT’s buildings aren’t named ... circle for only a moment before diverging). 9/10 [caption id

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  architecture of MIT's campus, lies a pub. it opened in 2004 and was used for at least a decade, but has since been abandoned for wayfaring students to stumble across. in my time, I've heard it being used for parties, scavenger

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  strategies for repositioning the debate. Instruction and practice in written ... requirement for MIT. All students must take 4 CI's during their time at MIT. Two ... hate debating. I think it's stressful and nervewracking. I signed up for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  first day of class, we talk about the goals for the class, safety, and ... , and the air pistol is pretty much made for that. The trigger is light ... it was a general rule for precision shooting events that weapons be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020