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• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  ) and arrived on campus around 5:30. I checked in at the front desk of my ... front desk of the Z-Center, and you're done in about 30 seconds ... in the morning and that was the worst of the day. It feels so good to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  realization is a blurred, murky grey. i first heard the term “fear of mis ... this meme, keep my limits in mind, and maintain (some semblance of) the ... a brief respite finds me on the second floor of [annotation note

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  At the end of last year, I transferred from Burton 2 to Burton 1, and ... of IAP, and the floor held re-rooming for her room specifically. And ... and this dinosaur. I was initially leaning towards the latter because of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the first year with the help of their first-year advisor. Our application asks students to list their "course of interest" only, and the choice
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  pull the pizza out of the microwave, and i walk back into my room to eat ... for co-authoring the legendary structure and interpretation of computer ... shame as i scurried out the back door of 35-225, and made my way through

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  remarkably) and shrugging off the feeling of missing my friends so much that it ... where so many of us hang out and work all the time. i miss walking into ... always be someone there at all hours of the night and that when i was in my

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  . The weather was absolutely gorgeous (as it is today) and one of the first things I noticed in the hotel was that there is a view of the MIT ... openings acts were Matt Pond PA and Josh Cole & The Household. I wasn't a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  , so basically, applying technology to the analysis and optimization of ... trains and the sorts of performance aspects one would be concerned with in ... of things. I suppose the best part is that it's all making sense so far

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  in my two truths and a lie was: 1. The first day of high school, I rode ... , I'll give you three statements and at the end of this entry, I'll tell ... ----------------------------- 1. The first day of high school, I rode a unicycle to school. 2. I can

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  deprived thousands of  people of power and property across the American ... America, tropical cyclones (and military conflicts) in the Middle East, and ... than their application to MIT. These kinds of events [annotation note="And

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  would adapt and adjust to the rigor and intensity of the course load, if I ... constantly am reminded by the opportunity cost of training and competing full ... . And then there's the expense of it all. Nothing in the sport is cheap

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"... Favorite commercial: Intel and its support of ... first and last challenge of each episode is basically a trivia competition

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Fig. 5: Zimmer- und Wohnungsvermittlung Universität/ETH Zürich aka ETH Zürich dorm tour!

  

  first weekend of August. In the meantime, I've somehow taken over 138 GB ... videos. I put together a short tour of my dorm and room in Zürich with the ... of the five other MIT exchangers, Wings Y. '19 and Riley D. '19, were

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  , though, I’ll spare everyone the pain of Schrodinger’s equation and just ... 2 result I built a thing! AND I'm baking 0.56% of the time, dessert ... out of cake. And boba straws. And then I forgot to tell the people

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  regrouped and managed to defeat impressive teams from the difficult end of the ... winter break. So I booked the ticket and that was the end of it. Or at ... *written by Rukia H. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  the state of Ohio, and we went to the Macy's Parade my senior year. So I came to MIT and joined the cheerleading squad, of course. I came ... 've done probably 98% of the technical work on it, and am largely free to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the two cups of coffee ... picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar ... professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  and my favorite aspect of Cambridge. The club consists of learning and ... lessons and practices spread out over four days of the week, most of my ... with my two left feet. Going home and watching hours of Dancing With the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  bass and the correct preparation and downward resolution of the sevenths ... appeared sometime between the hours of 9 PM and 12 AM last night. Should I ... . Actually, I figure that between 10.28 and my UROP, it would be one of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  " over and over. If necessary to lighten the mood, finish with one play of ... mind of the speaker and the listener, and miscommunication arises when ... when the end of the semester came I forgot I'd done that, and blithely

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019