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• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  As the final hours of my first semester at MIT come to a close, I ... meant to me. I have truly met some of the greatest and most incredible ... and emotional at the mere idea of even having the privilege to write

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / IAP

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

  

  This is the fourth and last part of a series, consisting of a lightly ... aforementioned mud flats[/caption] I did a little bit of reading for the first ... both at the ideas I have for revisions and the original quality of the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  is stored, accessed, and shared across a network of servers on the ... , drastically boosting productivity and solving one of the largest computer bottleneck issues of the time. MIT's Multics (Multiplexed Information and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  though everything was online and the motivation loss was real. In light of ... the types of classes that speak to me and my work style, and I'm glad ... really came into my own as a MIT student. And I did, I think. I enjoyed the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  brilliant people, some of whom you know from the blogs and others you don ... story, and tell the world about the wonders of MIT. That's a hell of a job ... , flailing at a never-ending torrent of projects like Lucy and Ethel at the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  : weekly schedule The first page of my calendar is devoted to my recurring ... schedule Next in my planner you'll find a page for each month of the semester ... [/caption] running todo list The very final page of my planner is the most frequently

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  2.009: the product engineering process the best class at mit

  

  , though, nothing beats the energy and celebration of the 2.009 Prototype ... the social and personal aspect of the class would be just as important ... opportunity (which turned out to be somewhere in the middle of broad and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  enjoy and I hope you learn something new. One of the strangest, most ... beads on the floor and filled the aquarium with tap water and a bag of ... regenerating entire limbs, even when they include parts of the spinal cord and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Re-halloween Reuse, reduce, recycle, remember not to leave junk outside your door.

  

  Corridor, and through the moonlit lawns of East Campus to assert my dominance ... , and so I was several inches short of prepared on the eve of the MIT ... of tall people like Snively and Chris S., by the way, but this has

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  there and tried to take the first page, thinking it was a stack of ... Once I was at a fancy banquet-type event, one of the ones where they have multiple courses. Well, the soup was yummy and the fish was good

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For great justice…

  

  Orientation 2006 and the status and future of Orientation. It's finally in its ... through surveys of the freshmen and the upperclassmen. We went to different ... at the end of the report, but I'll mention them, at least by first name

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  't take the MIT admissions decision as any indication of your potential. You are all superstars, truly. And each of you is going to make the ... I've been thinking about something since I left work today, and felt

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  Two of my friends from UCLA are visiting, and we have had a busy first day. They both flew in early this morning, and we spent the whole day walking around the area in the glorious warmth and sunlight that

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  that we made up less than 1% of the population (supposedly) and I really ... and problems and can sometimes really strongly feel the weight of their ... because I want to stick to the main idea and not get too ahead of ourselves

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  reminded me of SAD just last Thursday. I was at the Massachusetts Science and ... participate in to take their mind off of the academic aspect of college and focus on the other parts of it! I think a lot of people, and sometimes

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT ... two years at MIT, and drawing upon suggestions and ideas of the entire ... committee decided to adorn the bezel of the ring with the beaver and have a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  heard me making loud and sometimes sarcastic comments the whole time. Hey ... of the Great Dome and Killian Court, and our design is no different. My ... '09) and the T token (on the left of the inscription, included to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  part of my first semester at the institute: 7 classes passed Somehow ... Management), and 14.009 (Intro to Economics in Society). At the beginning of ... fortunate to get past the rough start and still take most of the classes I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  top of the page, there's a high-rise (16 floors total) and a low-rise (4 ... day-to-day life than the culture of the dorm as a whole. MacGregor's i3 ... . The dorm as a whole shares several facilities, such as the laundry room

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  of right now, the corners of my lips are raw, and I still look like a ... The CollegeBoard's Website for information about the exams, and all of ... get a copy of the detailed syllabus for the GIRs so I can start

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007