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  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  function at any point. That’s how chaotic it is. Major Evolution: Math & ... ended up taking two Political Philosophy classes this semester, one at MIT and one at Harvard. Afterwards, I wanted to take many more Philosophy

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  third anniversary. I liked looking at the dresses, which were gorgeous ... after I'd started dating my ex, Chris, who I was also together with for ... status for a truth is” and videos of ourselves upending a bucket of ice

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  [annotation note="At home, I crocheted bonnets for my cat"]functionally useless ... logistics of crocheting at MIT. How will I pack all my yarn? What project ... 've successfully woven in my crocheting with my life at MIT. But why do I spend so

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  watching Harry Potter for the nth time. On a normal day, there are at least four of us working in the kitchen at all times, with others joining now ... workouts for us. The first night I tried, we did it outside at 11 pm, and it

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  course 16 advisor for the first time and expressed my abject terror at ... sufficiently absurd, but at least they will (probably) laugh (or cry) at your pi ... commonly known here as Reg Day. Morale is at a local maximum. Provisions are

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  Yesterday, Friday, was my third day working at the Atlantic. I ... . I spent the day scanning news sources for updates, any updates, and updating the CityLab article accordingly. I was forced not to look away. At

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  , I spent three weeks at nerd camp. I was what multiple exes have ... far away from home for a bit. One afternoon that summer, while about ... listened and watched as this happened, amazed at how well a single song had

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  have to kick it into high gear for my 6.042 exam on Wednesday. I spent all of Monday night from 8pm to 2am studying. I woke up promptly at 7 ... taking the exam at 1pm. I went through all the problems, thinking hard

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  makes sense when you think about it. I arrived on campus for freshman ... need a tour for, I was "living the dream" and could find everything I ... their helpful faces at the end of my information sessions. The time had

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  can't very well talk about the ENTIRE INTERNET because you'd be here for the rest of your life, which for a lot of people, is perfectly acceptable. Don't look at me like that, I know you're one of them

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  pset, woke up for no reason at 6 AM, and finished the rest of it in under ... some repeated pumping noise somehow, and I was only just at that moment aware of all the different sounds in the laboratory at any given time

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  As some of you may know, this summer I'm working at the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which is best known for its ... . It's otherwise known as the coolest and most useful project ever, at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  this post is a little delayed, for which I plead CPW Like millions ... ="alignnone" width="768"] what if we gathered in vermont and stared directly at the sun ... pictures. But some of our cruft are better at words and cameras than me, so

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  problem you've been staring at for hours. god, you just need to graduate ... . you're a charcuterie board devotee and have at least one weird niche ... hearing about it. regardless, everyone admires you for being super

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  W.M.

  

  away for a moment, thinking it would surely take them at least a few ... few strong beliefs about [annotation note="They believed it started at 1 ... professor adored W.M. because they were adept at juggling mathematical

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  you try to find your place at MIT. It's normal for it to take a while ... approximately where you are now. A summer of waiting to start at MIT had finally ... my fall schedule. Of course, for me, all of this was happening in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  , ferries are available at 10 am, 12 pm, 2 pm, and 4 pm, although the last ferry leaves at 5, so I'm not sure why anyone would want to spend only an ... so you can get a spot on the middle deck for the best views. (I arrived

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  [GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW huh...there are some lowercase letters in the title. that's odd.

  

  Thanks Yuliya for hosting this blog! I’m not out off-campus, so I ... organized on campus. There are four main clubs: G@MIT (Gays at MT) This is ... shortened (and not at all nuanced) way of putting it is that East Campus is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  conference room at McCormick for working hard/hardly working with all my lady ... weekend baby!!! Some people may sneer at how MIT folks seem married to ... traditions. And to celebrate--and mentally prepare for this frenzied weekend

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  meant we were up against each other for a shot at the finals. My roommate ... problems at the end of this post, and if you enjoy Mike’s writing you should ... fractions is a total drag. Anyways, I waltzed in for the written portion

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016