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• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  , and so we proceeded at a crawling pace for a number of miles. Eventually ... both at the ideas I have for revisions and the original quality of the ... the scenery, such that you will be looking at trees for quite some time

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  permanent or constant in my time here at MIT except for blogging. Even my ... 've really learned at MIT, or if I've only learned how to ask for help. I walk ... left: a UROP at the Institute of Soldier Nanotechnologies various

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

  travels. But what if you throw a ball up into the air and catch it at the ... about 15-20 minutes. Every day, at least one hour out of the many that I ... sleep at night. And I don't get much out of it. One hour spent and very

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  , full of promise and mystery and challenges that I'm not prepared for but ... deceptively bland name for what is in my opinion MIT's greatest invention. It is ... despaired at the possibility that I lacked the intrinsic motivation that

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  where all my closest friends were at an arms length. going out to dinner ... exciting and terrifying since I'll be so far from everyone I know. for most ... don't have anything left at the end of the year. it sucks. it also

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  resolutions for this semester is to blog more so I figure it’s as good an ... this post, I was sitting in my room in New Vassar, waiting for the sushi ... "]serotonin[/annotation] is absolutely unmatched. I went outside for a walk today, which was

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  -home labs (2.678: Electronics for Mechanical Systems and 16.851: Satellite ... the equipment in this photo is for 2.678, including the soldering iron ... oscilloscope"][/annotation] At the end of 2.678, I have to return the Analog

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  . Freshmen...I know things are sucky for you right now, but embrace it. At the ... 'll experience at MIT. This summer, a few of my upperclassmen friends warned me ... constantly. I wake up at 9 am and work until around 11 pm, and then I go to bed

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  hours, too. Also, thank you for your lovely responses to my last post. I ... make custom cardpacks with this website for good inside jokes Settlers ... 've been watching movies every night at 9pm because of Discord's screenshare

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  ’d be a perfect fit for MIT and lots of other build-y culture nerd schools ... failing. Eventually, he got a lot better at putting things back together. So good, actually, that at 21, he has his own small business fixing other

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  these classes is 6 units (compared to 12 units for a typical one-semester class) and runs for half a semester. i'm especially looking forward to 14 ... suppose this is my one Foundational Class With Unspectacular Ratings for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  , it came to an abrupt end, and I’ve been left staring dejected at my ... up a breakfast burrito at Qdoba and camped out in a little park just ... topic for more than ten or fifteen minutes without starting to wander or

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  A Typical Friday Afternoon on a Thursday Honoring the decades old (?) tradition of the East Campus Friday Afternoon Club (FAC)

  

  East Campus is unique for a wide variety of reasons. We build roller ... food item for the denizens of East Campus. Tetazoo takes FACs extremely ... Much FAC," where we made personalized cakes for each of the ten halls of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  at MIT. Of those who responded, 78% said MIT's reputation for making ... : Kickstarter, which is today launching a new funding category specifically for ... the great folks over at Slideroom), to the academic enterprise (with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  gifts for a randomly-assigned other resident. At the dinner, we make two ... (DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise specified, photo credit for this post ... dorm for all ~four years, communities are tight-knit and develop

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  trouble, and cheer a lot at races. I don’t even know how I became captain. I ... for the MIT Cross Country and Track teams, it’s a whole different ... team events, prepare supplies for meets, oh and, of course, cheer. A lot

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  skills at the MIT Daycare, practicing for my future career in stand ... ?? Crap.) here to tell you about life at this "quirky and special" place. I ... school, hit deer, etc. I couldn't fall asleep my first night at MIT because

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  at MIT happens more often than some people do laundry. Best to get it over with, soak up the life lessons, and hope for a brighter future. At ... Hawaii sell Spam.” I, however, sorely lack his flair for distinguishing

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  've got some answers (updated for this year's very competitive EA pool). Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection ... regular action. You are at no advantage or disadvantage versus the regular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  Yeah, I know. It's a weird title for a first blog entry. But bear ... points for anyone who can tell me where I got the phrase). We all see the ... , looking at the display on the microwave, while my mother holds me and gives

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007