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• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  Wednesday, because all I did was calculus; I guess that p-set happened ….at 5:00 AM the next day. THURSDAY A pset completed @ 5:00 AM leads to waking ... film that lasted 2.5 hours - and I had a physics quiz the next day. The

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  , meaning it goes from very small to 15.5' in a snap of the fingers. *snap ... happen. 21 people showed up (honestly, more than the 5 I was expecting, but ... say that I'm taking 60 units, which is 5 12 unit classes. 60 units is

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  : Exam 1: 52.5%. I may have choked. Turn on the slow-motion cameras, and ... . Pause. Repeat: I got a 52.5 out of 60, not 100. Which, most likely, was an ... overheard the password. Reason: Couches. I once sat down at 5:30 pm to start

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  someone's used copy of the 5.111 (basic freshman chem) textbook. I could not ... everything. Except like, some nuclear problem. Oh wait, that was Problem 5. Okay, the essay is done, Problem 5 is actually super easy despite being

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  month. At 5 I went to the professor's office hours for 8.09. Stayed there ... state championships my senior year (out of a total of 5 teams. But still ... integrals) in 5 hours. I started writing this at around 4:30am, feeling less

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  staying on The 5th floor of The West parallel. And, I was at The MIT. It ... actual 5th Westers to play Capture the Flag. Becca and Megan went back to ... only happens at CPW. I submitted this to the 5th Westers that had gotten

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  neither of these categories, I put off of grading 5.112 problem sets (which ... , which I definitely get. 5.12 (Organic Chemistry I) and 5.13 (Organic

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  mattress 3. Dresser (usually with three or four drawers) 4. Bookcase 5. Trash ... isn't crucial, but having some sort of computer is. 5. A good alarm ... packs of 5 for $3) and they're great to store in the bathroom. Wash them

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  and water. (Did you know that, thanks to 5.60, I can now model the ... undergrad and masters' degrees in 5 years. Actually, MIT is the top graduate school destination for students who graduate from MIT (see page 5 of this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  bands come through. Within 2 miles of MIT (and within 5 subway stops), you ... ), Lenny Kravitz & (Boston's own) Aerosmith (November 12), U2 (December 4-5 ... Leave Iraq." The event will be held from 4:00-5:30 on Thursday, October 27

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  : Undergrad (Fall, Spring) Calculus II Prereq: 18.01 Units: 5-0-7 Dissecting that entry, let's look at the units. Units: 5 - 0 - 7 The units break ... opinions as well - current students reading this, please chime in) The 5

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  list: closed-notes: everything in course 5 except 5.60, course 18 classes, 8.022, humanities classes limited number of self-made review sheets: 5

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  -hour tests and a final exam. (Actually, I guess they're 2.5-hour tests, since ... than you're used to in high school, both in number and in letter. The 5 ... 5.60 formula sheet, which I made using MathType. It's beautiful, isn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  have 5.60 on Fridays (although my Tuesdays and Thursdays, um, suck). That ... with my head cut off for an hour, I went to 5.60 lecture, where we ... my 5.60 problem set for the week. At this point (since I had skipped

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  .02 (Physics 2), 18.01 (Single-Variable Calc), 18.02 (Multi-Variable Calc), 5.11x ... 156 from before, and you get 240 units beyond the GIRs, which is 2.5 ... extra units (about 2.5 classes) to graduate. And that plus your GIRs will

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  restaurants, the WORLD CHAMPION BOSTON RED SOX (WOOOOOT!), The $5 Large Cheese ... first 5 Steven Seagal movies (everything after the first 5 sucked

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  -mail I was receiving came from Mitra. The remaining 5 were actually all ... Mitra and I talk about to the tune of 5.8 e-mails on an average day? Well, looking through my archives, I can see that we were in fact having 5

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  : Physics C- Mech: 5 Physics C- E/M: 5 I...am at a loss for words. I have ... to download Kerberos for Win 2.6.5 (R2), which includes a program

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  I did 5 sets of 4 of a 100 pound deadlift which honestly is not much ... . 6.0001 Office Hours (4-5) Once again very uneventful since no one really has questions this early in the year! After Classes Gym (5

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  day, Dynamics and Controls II. During the 1.5 hour lecture, I ate part ... break, after which I have Corporate Finance for 1.5 hours. Then I usually have a quick nap. I lift from 4-5 pm, have practice from 5-7 pm, and then

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023