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  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  a first term freshman at MIT? What you'll generally see is something ... version of chemistry A humanities, arts and social science (HASS) elective A freshman seminar That's a general framework, but because MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  A few entries back, I was asked by amino21 how I got hooked up with ... ... apparently I'm not very good at applying for stuff, a deficiency I am trying to ... was too scared to ask any MIT profs for favors (I am a huge chicken

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  . Rhythms were broken, routine thrown for a loop (or many loops), and I spent ... security craziness and what would inevitably be a very emotionally difficult ... government) asking if we wanted to host a community barbecue in our dormitory

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  About 6.5 years ago, I graduated with a Philosophy degree and a minor in Political Science. Two and a half years ago, after graduating again ... time due to mental health issues, but I’m thriving, and I’m a health

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  spring here at MIT and spend a ton of time practicing, cross training and ... playing a sport (or two) here and what type of adjustments being a ... commitment wasn't worth it. So it's a personal choice. Let's take a look at the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  example, or painting a mural on the wall of their room, or writing short ... . Given a chance, students often will combine two or more of these hobbies ... and knowledge of electronics came together several years ago to create a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  Newbury Streets; both are streets with a high concentration of shops, restaurants, and salons (read: girly girl paradise). I bought a cute skirt at ... -shirts to the crowd. It was a great game -- the last one I'll ever cheer for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  : All of this is just a way of leading up to the gut reaction I had all ... vulnerable or the reasons they are here. A planet that harbors intelligent and ... ungainly Erector set. So intrigued was Ebert by the concept of a three

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  ?"   I'm glad you asked!  As a lifelong Californian before I went to MIT, this is a problem I wrestled for a while.  And I've learned that it ... winter clothes are relatively expensive, but with a few basic purchases you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  that. Every week, I’d mentally dread the labs, given that they were on a Friday afternoon, but I’d always come out of it with a cool device, feeling a sense that I’d really learned a lot in those three hours. My

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  !']If you weren't able to secure a ticket—worry not:[/annotation] there's a ... fall, I suffered a brain injury and stepped back from my role for the ... , supporting my team the way I had hoped, and taking a backseat overall. But, it

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  hadestown is a tragedy. the narrator, hermes, tells you this in the ... railroad line It's a sad song (It's a sad song!) It's a sad tale, it's a tragedy It's a sad song (It's a sad song!) We're gonna sing it anyway — Road

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  , please watch this calming .gif of a cat: Take a deep breath. Mmm ... date; it can be helpful to add them to a calendar app or spreadsheet ... the clock is ticking down. Anything might happen—there could be a power

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Recap: wearables, games, and other SUPER products

  

  .009 (Product Engineering Processes), a capstone product design course in Course 2 (MechE). As promised, I wanted to follow up with a recap blog post this ... watch a particular team demo a particular product, you can use these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Solar Eclipses and Bloggers bloggers around the country all watching the eclipse

  

  A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth. To someone standing on Earth, the Moon would cover the Sun. In a ... roosters crowing. On Monday, August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse was

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 22, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  that time of year… ...when every day feels like 48 hours instead of 24. When's summer?

  

  cannot get here fast enough. My brain is very fried. There's only a couple things that have kept me going. And a big one is listening to this video on a loop:   You are in the front yard of your aunt's house

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  was an mit student again. i took four and a half classes and worked a ... for the aero/astro degree. here is a part of that airplane (i worked on the software/communications/avionics subteam):   i learned a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  soldiers, barroom regulars—to be a part of a scene, anonymous, listening, recording—all is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always in ... is often misconstrued as a desire to seduce them, or as an invitation

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  old. (Sidenote: a fun consequence of having a Halloween birthday is ... , the nurse/doctor/receptionist says WOW!!! YOU'RE A HALLOWEEN BABY?? SO ... notifications up the wazoo. 7:13pm - My Floor I went out to lunch at a Japanese

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  spent a lot of my time in MacGregor, which is where Cory was living for ... half-floor suites. B entry has a common entry lounge on the eleventh floor, with colossal windows on two of the walls, and we also had a suite

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013