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  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  So another school year came to a close, and so begins the season of ... at the Institute. The pomp and circumstance of an MIT graduation was a ... supposed to be a lot of fun. I'll be testing that hypothesis. Aside from

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

  Refactored

  

  was a huge mail day. The records staff is currently working through 14 ... MIT portal, be patient. We still have a lot of application pieces to enter and ... morning we had our weekly staff meeting, a good chance for all admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  , paradoxically, become a rather depressing pastime of mine. Sometimes, it's fun to vanish into a world somewhat tangential to reality, somewhat well-defined, somewhat abstract, and entirely distracting. This is a more fleshed out

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  This blog post was written by a winner my entry for #BlogstonCommons

  

  Author's note: I wrote this for a challenge that I participated in ... promise that my other posts are a lot better. FUBN USELESS FACT:     Did you know that there was a great molasses flood in boston

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  Today I'm hosting a guest post by Jade Durham '25, who — alongside Cami '23 and Shayna '23 —  spent the last few years working on a UROP ... went into the making of an article like this, and what it's like to do a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  students acclimate to MIT. It was a fun, high-energy job. Every OL was ... of a flower, the people of my orientation group seemed to blossom.  As ... , but it’s largely written with first years in mind. This is in no way a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  When I started senior fall, I was taking a course load of 6 [annotation note='I am writing this down in class-equivalents; MIT has a ... of a "normal" class. perhaps that deserves another blog post later

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 that's .0093 more than 18.S097!

  

  For the second year in a row, I am teaching a class at MIT. A real ... math. Let's back up a moment. The (Loose) History/Background In ... analysis: 18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, and 18.100Q. A few things of note: i

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  spending the night frantically studying in a Green building lounge, fueled by energy drinks and naps on a very cozy couch. The exam still went rather poorly, which by that point wasn't really a surprise. I could go into

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  tuesday another blog about an ordinary day

  

  actually wake up. i take a shower, stop being naked, and am ready to head out the door by 9:45. 10:00 AM arrive at work. my 'commute' is a foggy, yet ... 've used a lot of software-engineering-specific terms in this blog post

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • August 7, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  Square a lot more than usual this past semester. Despite not dual-enrolling in a class, I did have the chance to take a class (D-Lab: Development!) with several Harvard University students this fall semester, learning a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  First, a semantic distinction. When does a "day” truly begin? Does it ... moment I finally decide to roll out of bed? As a college student with a ... me rolling out of bed on a particularly warm Thursday morning in the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  a snazzy graphic.     21W.758, normally a genre fiction class with a variable focus, would become a comic script workshop for this ... wrote a post about the class earlier this semester with a very similar

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  Late in February, my friend Ashley '12 forwarded me a notice titled ... with her. Scrolling through the original message, I saw a comment that "Dudamel is cool." So, even though I had no idea whether Dudamel was a music

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... 'd see a B next to 8.02 (Electricity and Magnetism), and a B next to 5.13 (Organic Chemistry II). And you might conclude a few things about my

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  pioneering the latest advances in party technology, I'm slowly becoming a ... 'm stuck on a deserted island of pre-afternoon hours with nary a soul to ... horizon. Dim Sum! If you're ever mind-numbingly bored enough to pop open a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  entry has a bit of an identity crisis, since it didn't really have a ... me a bit of time to finish answering all your questions (one all the ... shinier, more manageable hair. But I spent a little more time with it, on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test tomorrow. I already had a test today, in 7.28 (Molecular Biology), so I'm not ... blah.) Since I know a lot of people will be needing to make a college

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  "I think that I could make a black hole," Carl says. I raise an eyebrow. "Really? How?" He rubs his hands together and squints. A lightbulb ... need...........hydrogen." "Hydrogen?" "Yeah, hydrogen. And soda. And a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and ... ? Internships as a 6-9 (Anything you want!) Example internships I've had ... ). Course 6-9 (Computation and Cognition) is a joint major between the two

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020