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  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) [MIT Sophomore walks around in a circle.] MIT Sophomore: I am doing no work… :( MIT Freshman: Woah…you actually AREN’T doing work, because the total…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  Part 1 here. *     *     * Rush Holt is in the room, but most people haven’t noticed. To be fair, he’s a name rather than a face for most of us: the PhD physicist-turned-politician, one of two physicists in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  . That’s part of why you were able to get this precious meeting time. So ... 6am and dream about sleeping through meetings. - Part 2 to follow -

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  Last year, my class sizes were on the order of 100, 50, 60, and 20. This year, my class sizes are roughly 5, 6, 8, 6, and 25. I’m learning…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  Wow, most exciting/eventful two days ever. I’m very sad to say that 2.007 has come to a close. If you’re saying, “2.007, huh?” click here and read about the contest…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  /plastic/anything that needs to be shaped into a part. A lathe is for radially symmetric features and spins your part really fast, letting you touch it with sharp ... you can move your part around on a table (like an etch-a-sketch) and

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy

  

  [annotation note="there are 2 PE quarters per semester, plus one during IAP and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  I hate Bevi. It’s frustratingly slow, the user interface makes me want to pound my head against a wall, and it costs hundreds of dollars per month to operate on top of that. Overall, a terrible product

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  swipes per semester. for many people, this number is too large. and so this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  , and my car back home guzzles gas to the tune of 20 miles per gallon, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  day - I've been following Chloe Ting's workout routine per Kidist

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  lips crack and my skin turns lizard-y in the Boston cold. Workout per

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Another FAPtatsic Start we're juniors?!

  

  events, per tradition, are kept as surprises during the week, so we cannot

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  ,000 nominations per year to choose from. That's a 4% acceptance rate, less than MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  of territorial expansion.  But today, we're in a world of 2% per year

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  equations or concepts per unit and then tested on our ability to use them in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• 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!

  

  call per week. Even during Orientation. A personal suggestion: try snail

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

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  . The event was exactly what you are imagining. A wild cow (one per team

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  unit corresponds to approximately 14 hours of work per term) while the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  average of one serious leg/foot/ankle injury per academic year at MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013