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  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  started looking into the course catalogs because I wanted to find out how ... accuracy for any of these things. Also, I'll be really bad when it comes to ... Technology". The school was explicitly for people who wanted to be mechanical

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  population because: 1) I've never learned to code* at MIT (requirement for all ... Circuit, it's basically a loop for you to get the feel of your cart/bike and ... loops on a highway of rainbows. There is no way to uniformly describe how

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  alarms pre-set on my phone. I may need to awaken for lecture at 11:20, but ... to wear jeans. Nice things are for the early birds.   The easiest thing ... uninitiated? How many hours can you commit? Experts suggest 6 to 10 per week

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  would be, i felt sick to my stomach. a college's admission decision, for ... decision. remind yourself to breathe and ground yourself, even if just for a ... [annotation note="i debated with myself for such a long time on whether or not i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  choreographed a dance of my own, and how it felt to grow up in New Zealand. My dad ... countdown to EA Decision Day. December 15, 2008 was the scheduled date for ... to add something useful or intriguing to the team, from a wonderful

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  strategy. For the first week of classes, you're allowed to add classes as ... system, for a while, but after querying the 2015s, I discovered, to my ... archives to produce a strew of incisively insightful oldies for your perusal

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  want to work on satellite and spacecraft controls for NASA, and I ... useful to society.   I think I would be happy as a controls engineer for ... the questions that this blog post attempts to answer, for mostly selfish

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  how it felt for these to be hammered home. 5. If you don't succeed, the ... know how to do, instead of focusing on the ones you know you can’t do ... be ascribed to not studying for long enough, but at some point “I just

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  '22, were teaching How to Stay Awake in a Classical Music Concert. For ... rocket, How to be very smart (like us), and Gayness Is Defiance. In the ... February to April. For Spring HSSP, I was in charge of dealing with class

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class

  

  have the audacity to sign up for classes like this, how I always seem ... ’ll learn how to, I dunno, become a person. And it’s like religion, it’s like ... that I could afford to fuck up in math, I could relax for a whole year of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  young for TMNT?), I decided to profile my endlessly put-upon boyfriend ... any fancy research internships or go to any summer camps; he worked for ... NASA shuttle launch) was presented to him by one of the aero

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  family of MIT to be famous for how we treat people: famous for sympathy ... are tentatively up to for the next five years, what they are excited for ... program. This program teaches middle- and high-school students how to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  ’s shelters, and how this inspired her to start her organization. As a result ... “youngest Asian American to run for public office” and “Forbes 30 Under 30 in ... to strive for. And if I’m not going to accomplish anything or be

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it ... to be present in the now. You won't get the most out of college if you ... . Try to remember how lucky you are every day. 7. At least a few times

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  applying to MIT. I thought I'd post it again (recycling is good for the ... as the others. For example, almost all the people I've talked to have ... get decent enough grades to apply for graduate school) or find research

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  the final projects. Thanks again to everyone who stuck with me for the ... VEDA (Vlog Every Day in April) is a thing in some parts of the YouTube ... /less well-known) vloggers all try to post a new video every day. It's less

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  , making me feel terrible about how much I have to face with no energy or ... stress and fear about if I’m going to graduate and how I (can’t) afford ... 't there anymore. If you observed me coming home to my apartment and how I

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  restaurants in Boston; decisions about when to turn off the heating for spring ... in version of the left side, to facilitate viewing the rarer, more fun ... days) for an email. In my case, the collection happened from 11:15 am to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  reject modern web design return to 2006

  

  and closing the same 4 social media apps until 3am i’m that kid you’re friends with for the first few days of school before you meet an actually decent person the last time i went to urgent care i checked off “excessive

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  together to do matching for the 2023-2024 pen pal program. We essentially ... One of my goals for my sophomore year was to do all the things I was ... Sloan Business Club! I didn't go to any recruitment events for SBC

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020