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  Senior Fall Classes Better late than never

  

  and keep track of all the forces on each sphere. To simulate the cloth ... discrete bands of shading on a model, like you see in 2D animated cartoons ... , although that was a factor lol. The class focused on different forms of “fun

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  Associate Head of House apartment installed somewhere on their floor, which is ... -based, so they have varying levels of hallway and room culture. On some floors ... , so putting traditions on a scale of 'what is important and what is not

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Boston, through the lens of my children Visiting Boston at 37 years of age was ...

  

  hours of driving, four nights in hotels (the cost of hotels in Cambridge is outrageous and is borderline criminal), and a whole new outlook on ... session. Here I am with 3 hours of sleep and 50+ hours of stitching. By

  • by Snively '11
  • October 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  question singular bold of you to assume I would ever go on a campus tour ... forty on my list, including this one obscure school in Antarctica but it ... ... Whatever’s in the top ten of the U.S. News & World Report rankings

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Bay Area wrap-up The scoop from MIT meetings in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette, CA.

  

  already talk about on their website. Google is also a Gold Sponsor of the upcoming Career Fair, and will be one of hundreds of companies on campus ... a meeting in San Jose on Sunday. It was an exciting meeting, with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  It finally happened. I got Covid. Right at the last week of [annotation note="Independent Activities Period, which runs throughout most of ... in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  States, and how it related to the promotion of unity and understanding on ... . There's a pretty big stack of folders on my dining room table. Just how ... can really focus on your application. Most of the people in our office

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Enjoying the Little Things In which I ramble about happiness and taking breaks

  

  In lieu of posting about any huge on-campus events or grandiose life-changing moments (of which I've had none in the past two weeks, to my knowledge), I ... can do! For anyone curious about the hike Rachel R. '16 and I went on

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  found out that 2 MIT alums created this set of video games based on different books. They're actually part of an exhibit  on campus called Games by the Book, which can be found on the second floor of Hayden library

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music, Photography, and Two.js i am proficient at two (2) of these things.

  

  working on, with some sort of jazz-type influence.   Other than ... evening we went out on to the Mass Ave. bridge and shot a bunch of photos of ... lights off in the room, open the shutter on your camera, release a drop of

  • by Joe B. '18
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  on exams simply by studying and putting in the minimum amount of work ... Let's face it: none of us are getting younger. In fact, I'm getting older at the astonishing rate of one (1) year per annum, which means that

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  !  Presently, I’m sitting here on Saturday night (well I guess it’s Sunday morning now, daylight savings time is weird) on the 6th floor of the ... ; I had tests in three of my classes: 9.65 (Cognitive Processes), 20

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  dressed for tropical weather all goes a long way. On top of that, the rooms ... neuropsychology of music). I had three that I planned on attending tomorrow, but ... updates on the Nor'easter! Pictures will be included to give you an idea of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  and can't take focused photos on my phone... Word of advice: always ... member of the Personal Robots Group as a participant in a research study on ... .110 midterm on Wednesday, OH is cancelled and I only have 1 hour of class today

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break A week in Iceland.

  

  I spent spring break in Iceland, mostly in the backseat of a white car on the asphalt roads of Route 1 but also behind a waterfall and atop a glacier and in a cabin on the black sand beaches of Vík.  Here's a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  experience of emotions hinges on two things: (1) the physiological arousal ... The more I try to push it I realize gonna let go of control In my AP psychology class, we learned about the different theories of emotion

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  on making yummy food, and making a lot of it. Cooking is a social event ... ’re interested, Joel has a really great post on the pros and cons of a dining plan ... week, on the weekends. Here’s a rough sketch of how I’ve been organizing

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  and formulas on their limited sheet of paper that they have condensed ... them and to think on my feet. One of the biggest differences between ... while I was cleaning things out for the new semester, a gentle reminder of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  reflect on things. If you do any sort of leadership training program, much ... semester and for the rest of IAP. But, especially after reflecting on things ... Fun fact about me, on days when I don’t have much to do, especially

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  easier to notice the little bursts of green appearing on the blank canvas ... put up on classroom walls? They always summer, fall, winter, and spring with the colors of a tree: from green, to orange, to white, to pink, and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024