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• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  the most part, I had to be at work from 10AM-6PM, Monday through Friday ... _hidden]A weekly schedule is shown, showing Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 6:30 PM ... 10 AM, Breakfast at 10:30 AM, and Lunch from 1 to 2 PM. On Monday, Read

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  made up of three adjacent “towers” smushed together. There are 10 floors ... assignments came out, we were all together in 5A. In fact, 5A, for the first

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  The first speech I ever gave in my life was to the 1000 of you who attended the CPW Welcome event Thursday night. It was a 5 minute, 5 step ... , Cara L. and I woke up at 6:30 am on a Saturday to get in line for 10 am

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  typical pset might only contain 5 problems, every one of those problems is ... sign might take 10 minutes to figure out. I might be using the same ... 's nothing quite like that intellectual high I get when I've been working 5

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  creativity and ridiculousness emerge in pumpkin form. Reason 5 of 1 bajillion ... . At 10:30pm, I was psetting in the lounge near my room (yes, on my ... girl, since I kind of gave that away) wins. 5: At the pumpkin drop, a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  June 5th. For some reason I always pictured that I'd have more time ... . I am in the office from 1:30 to 5:15 so drop it off sometime between ... #1 and #3 together, we've put at least 10 hours into #2 so far just to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Events

  How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?! Mystery Hunt Part 3.5

  

  Star Trek Characters?! (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10 ... blog too! I'm going on 42 hours with 1.5 hours of sleep, a lot of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. Though their plot was ... celebrates "Guy Fawkes Night" on November 5 by building bonfires, lighting ... wild. It's B for Vendetta! A rather impressive sight in Lobby 10

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  , with accumulations of 5 to 8 inches of snow expected. Meanwhile crude oil ... approximately 5,000 gallons of used vegetable oil (UVO) annually. Currently, MIT must pay $1.10 a gallon to get rid of this oil, which is used to deep

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  our community. Over the past 5-10 years, we have seen a surge in ... recommendations (but don't submit more than 5 total recommendations) from those who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  an MIT alum. I also made a surprise visit to my 5th grade teacher along ... to read Nature and I swear there were at least 10 MIT references. In fact, my 5.12 (Organic Chemistry) professor, Dr. Drennan, wrote a short

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  that it turns from day to night within about 5 seconds when Magneto lifts ... mutant army to Alcatraz. 5. I am in love with Ian McKellen, and my favorite ... taking the movie seriously. 10. You should probably stay after the closing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  comparisons, where k is a small constant (could be 5, 10, 15, etc). The number ... the running sum to 2 + 3 = 5. Then you see 9, so you update the running sum to 5 + 9 = 14, and so on. In this way, you don’t need to actually

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  are 4 papers that are each 9-10 questions long. You have 3 hours for each paper and choose 5 questions to answer on each one. What this means ... 16 have been covered already. Compsci exams are June 2nd-5th. Luckily

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  , Cami, personally, I need 7.5+. Anything less and I'm dead inside). Have ... this: 7:30am wake up 7:30-8:10am getting ready (putting on my outfit, skincare routine, makeup, jewelry, packing my stuff) 8:10am-8:25am quick

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  planned 10 specific pieces when I set this goal, and I completed 5 of them ... ’t complete to the ones I did.    10% Completion Complete a sketchbook ... 12 months.      80% Completion  10 makeup looks: I bought a couple

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  due, since classes end tomorrow). 10.15 - 10.58 am: normally there ... 't really know what to do with myself; i only woke up for 10 am because i was ... 😮 10.58 am - 12.25 pm: i walk over to my linguistics class, 24

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  busy semester for me. I suppose I will usually spend 8-10 hours on my 5.60 problem set each week, plus another 5-6 hours per paper due that week. I ... , course 4 (architecture)*: Two hours. Scott '09, course 5 (chemistry)*: Six

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  "Running Store" category for the past 5 years. I'm not sure how much ... (which, thanks to 5.12: Organic Chemistry, I mistakenly pronounced ... gives MIT students a 10% discount =) Check out my beautiful new shoes

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  before, because 5th East was going to Six Flags New England, courtesy of ... groups. When I say that "5th East went to Six Flags", I don't mean "the current residents of the hall went to Six Flags". I mean, "the 5th East

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005