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  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  semester was a total blur. In some ways, I did it wrong. 5 classes and a UROP ... demanding. I think I might have found myself running on the MIT treadmill a ... /Cambridge! During the school year, I don't have a lot of time to go out and explore

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  Orchestra or Concert Band or other music groups. It’s a way to keep in ... thought I might want to play the piano. But I saw a lot of my parents ... time to learn a new skill. It’s okay to be a n00b at age eighteen

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  turns out, it's not a good idea to accidentally push down on your laptop ... hall when you happen to have a bajillion questions about the exam isn ... EECS) with a bunch of sophomores/freshmen is great, particularly since

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  a telling laugh my first introduction to psets, and realized that I ... a Thursday night. Generally speaking, there aren't many questions on a pset, but you shouldn't think that a lack of questions implies it won

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  'd offer a bit of unsolicited advice (but puh-leeze, you know you want it ... offer a statistic for those of you obsessing over the "chance me" threads ... - instead, check out Chris S.'s awesome entry. The essays are a chance for

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  this post): 1. I have not blogged in quite a while. 2. I finally have a ... countdowns. 4. I've been meaning to write a post like this since the big TV ... most shows are taking holiday breaks, I've been able to catch up a bit on

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  recent events I've been meaning to blog about for a while - and well, I ... - it's a chance to adjust to MIT and learn the study habits you'll need ... . Caffeine is not a substitute for sleep. Try and get 8 hours a night - your

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] It was 5:30 a.m. on a Wednesday morning in ... '11, and I had at least another hour of work ahead of us. A row of ... tell you how you can solve your plots. A few of those sheets had not yet

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  one of these entries takes up a good deal of time, so I'm sorry that my ... nationally-recognized stand-up comic Margaret Cho. Anyway, on to the Q & A ... realized that the regular shipping takes 3-5 weeks while or a rush shipping

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  innovative thinking are taking a hit. "Because students are so busy all the ... into their imagination enough," Jones says. Her remedy: "Let's free up a ... application?" -- W.L. "Isn't taking several APs in the sciences and math a way

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  are, because first semester freshman year is a ball. My awesome pre ... the obvious fact that MIT is a tough place- the reputation exists for a ... probably take you a while to get used to college life and on P/NR you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  "hard coreness," so to 5p3a|<. We've seen it time and time again. Two ... stay up all tonight to start and finish a stupid HASS paper." Evoking ... 'd rather take a HASS test than read a hundred pages on something completely

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  This entry is a double cheat -- I was trying to think of something to ... hurt and I was tired and my mind was drifting a little. There are a lot of sports at MIT, and a lot of ways to get involved with physical

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  rapidly cool hot metal?". Well, that's what I've been asking for a while now ... decided to take matters into my own hands and e-mail Professor Christoper A ... :06:10 -0400 [08/02/05 17:06:10 EDT] From: Sam Maurer To: Professor Christopher A

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  day of Spring Term! I'm a little behind on the questions, so here goes ... ) is a four day event which is only for admitted students and their ... weekend on their MIT portal; in fewer than two weeks, we will send out a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  .30; 21A.453 In alphabetical order, this term, I am taking: Anthropology ... classes. I'm a genius, I know.) Okay, here go some descriptions: (Note ... saying, “I'm married to a lactose-intolerant person. She's otherwise very

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  Before coming to MIT, I consumed a lot of Content™ about college ... all added up to a lot of expectations—both conscious and subconscious—about what college would be like. Picnics on a sunny quad, aesthetic library

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!

  

  -5 classes"]72 units,[/annotation] since one class was a 3-unit and one was a 9 ... some that I didn’t and wouldn’t. Then there is a section of what I wanna do next semester! This blog is a sine wave of academic and personal

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  've been here for more than a month, I wanted to check in and find out how ... : That's good. CJ: But I've also been thinking about a lot of questions ... after I graduate too. I mean, I can do a master's, or if I'm given a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  actually worked, or why it mattered; or I felt that taking a certain class ... ). [annotation note = "The 'k' is a joke, albeit not a funny one. I was inspired by ... Cartesian vectors, except in polar coordinates, so there's a vector pointing

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020