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  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  job at TSR^2 (Talented Scholars Resource Room.) I mentioned this at the ... ’t think I’ll ever escape drawing at least one Gaussian surface a week ... at this point to try new places for dinner every friday night and

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The final stretch ...of 2017

  

  -up was due at 21:00 sharp. At 20:50, I was putting last-minute touches to my write-up and cleaning up my code. At 20:55, I uploaded my work and ... , and at 20:57, the code was still uploading. I panicked some more. For

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 21, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Beaver Nation An intro to athletics at MIT

  

  to hear that 20 percent of the undergraduate population at MIT plays a ... hold practice at the same time everyday, without worrying about academic ... at 5 and starting at 7. Still, I can’t complain. I know how lucky we

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • November 12, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  . At a school like MIT, people are from around the globe, so I know I am ... landed at Logan. The whole week prior was us saying prayers that flights ... every night to update her on what major I now am looking at (It literally

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  initiative. Because I was involved a bit at the beginning, and because I think ... ) immediately below.   Last September, at the height of election fervor, I received an email about civic engagement at MIT. Passions were high on both

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  complete - gym registration usually opens at 8 AM, and when I logged in at 8 ... ’m preparing to double my collection at the Career Fair, which is apparently the ... and being Good At Stuff. But all it took was one step onto campus, and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  ...a realization that is at the same time frightening, humbling, and empowering ... . This year, ring delivery was held at the State Room on the 33rd floor of ... . The year's design is debuted at Ring Premier, a festive celebration

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leslie Jones Was Here and I Saw Her can't believe I haven't posted about this yet

  

  A couple of months ago I got an email saying that Leslie Jones (from SNL and Ghostbusters and others) was doing a show at MIT and that ... pics for proof At the end of her show (which was great, as expected

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  consequences of international trade? universal grammar? Last April, at our ... new admits at a reception to discuss classes and undergraduate research opportunities. The goal of the event was to help survey the kind of work done at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  weekend baby!!! Some people may sneer at how MIT folks seem married to ... (activities include hanging by the pool at the Cosmpolitan, Red Rock Canyon ... ... What I miss about MIT: Making two packs of Shin ramen at midnight and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One Day in the Life of Dora as told by the one and only Dora

  

  . Dora: So I went to sleep at 2am last night because I was trying to finish ... at 10. We got out like half an hour early so I just sat on a random bench in building 4 until my next class which was 6.005 at 11. Um. We

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  I like writing. I like writing about issues at school, like mental ... , called a concentration. After my third semester at MIT, I had no idea what ... at MIT. Hopefully. Too good to be true? That's what I thought. There

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 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.

  

  problems at the end of this post, and if you enjoy Mike’s writing you should ... lame. U-subs all the way. I showed up at the event. I recognized a few ... people can’t do integrals. At this point, I ask myself a very fundamental

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  at MIT. Don’t ogle at the amenities. Talk! REX Life ≠ Real Life. A ... . Visit museums at a free or discounted rate. Get a card from the Boston Public ... like the Blue Man Group at 1/2 the price through Student Rush or MITAC

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  at this hour a fly's footfall would be distinctly heard. As you walk ... personals nearby. His head is bowed in concentration at the floor in front of ... name, Smyly the Juggler. And you wouldn't know it looking at him, but he

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Study Break on the Roof! We had an EMT study break on the roof of the tallest building in Cambridge!

  

  tallest building in Cambridge - 19 stories tall and on stilts at 277 feet!  She brought up her giant telescope and we looked at the moon, Mars

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 8, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  ’m Elizabeth ‘14, one of Anna’s many friends). I’m here to talk about teaching at MIT – and specifically, you teaching at MIT. What? There are many ... browser of choice >:] CPW just happened at MIT, which for all involved

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  problems that involve infinitely stacked carts, people running at 80% of the ... linearly at relativistic speeds.) (Again, the problem was to prove

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  brutal Ultimate Frisbee injury, you spent the first two weeks at MIT ... average of one serious leg/foot/ankle injury per academic year at MIT ... -ray facility at Mount Auburn Hospital. Junior year: the incident on the New

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  twerking, MIT style need more be said?

  

  Welcome to another edition of MIT Students Can Be Artsy™, aka We Do More Than Psets! Really!™, aka Things to Do On Saturday Nights at MIT™! Aside from a cappella, dance is another big thing at MIT.  And the largest

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 8, 2013