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• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  hand, is getting slapped around by the fire gods as if it was nothing ... knows more about this than I do, but the gist of it is that Simmons has ... look taller than it actually is. Students have realized that the windows

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  recitation is not the person lecturing. For instance, I have 5.60 lecture three ... 're not herded into giant classes like so many moo cows. According to the ... are.) Anyway, the point of all this is that I had a really good meeting

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  application. Supplemental items are not listed on the tracking site, but we ... You may track the progress of your application in the application portal. Materials submitted through sources other than the application
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  scenes. Just like those 4D movies where the chairs move and wind is blown ... came from someone in the audience. I'm not sure of the details but I knew ... , which is about this class and discusses the notion that science fiction is

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  (and that person was 4th) 💀 Music is also not my preferred medium of ... . And before you ask, no! This blog is not sponsored by Audible. In fact ... this is not one of those occasions. You know who I do bow down to? MY

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  Caffeine is in the air my friends, pencils are writing, printers are ... ....grumble grumble), and all this can only mean one thing. The MIT machine is back in ... spectacular finale not seen since the likes of 4th of July. Days left vs

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  be mad blog coverage of CPW over the next few days, so fear not. And ... to MIT? I think the way that I see it is if you've ever read one of ... kind. If you believe that the only education you will receive at MIT is

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Biking the bridge I biked across the Golden Gate bridge to Sausalito

  

  have rented by the hour from Bike and Roll? I think not. The hardest part on the whole route was once we had crossed the bridge. We had ... and bike across the Golden Gate bridge. Now granted, full-time residents

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  of campus, you see this: which is the side of the Haus. This used to ... . (Senior Haus is right across the street from MIT Medical. We're also the ... allowed to put murals on the walls. Every mural is from 1996 on, since the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  the story goes, our floor is English House. Why? Oh ho. Many years ago ... to name the dragon "Angelina," because it is both hot and kind of scary ... , Kate, I'm not exactly sure when you live, so the answer really depends on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The State of Things Deflated, that about sums it up.

  

  BOOM! CPW is now over and dear sweet gummy bear in the sky was it ... out today and the sky is full of clouds, it's dreary, all of the ... permeating everything, the dread of what is due next week. I met all sorts of

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  You may have heard of the MIT Flying Club, which I'm not actually ... they had a second simulator off in the corner - not full-bodied and ... fly until post-MIT - in the meanwhile, I'm mostly spending my time

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  (highkey) bad. The structure of the class really is made to give students as ... the info on the slides (but not all of it?). Already, I don't know if I ... which is put onto the slides/notes handout. You would think this would

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  's a good question! The answer is that, for 6.004, you have to write your ... in this together" feel - this is one of the least cutthroat places I ... anything so i feel kinda bad that i'm the only one who could. i'm not sure

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  as it sounds, but dissection is actually really important. In the Amon ... Professor Angelika Amon of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research ... , meant waking up at 6:30 in the morning. Let me repeat that. Six-thirty in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  -WITS is the brainchild of a MIT course 2 alumnus, and it's basically an ... solving puzzles to return the pharoah to his tomb. Not quite as challenging ... -155 Talk is in English. Belgium is the country with the highest

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  money is going to the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund. I've been working on this ... not acknowledge how stressful, overwhelming, and difficult the world has been recently. Also, a full text description of the images is at the

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  class? Somewhat. The material is interesting, but I'm not sure I enjoy it ... . Enter WashLava. WashLava is the app we use to pay for loads of laundry. I ... cycle is 60 minutes. I repeat the process. The timer goes off, and I get

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  One of the great things about MIT is PNR, a feature implemented that ... simultaneously is a blessing and a curse -- it takes the pressure off of work much ... start watching a movie every night for the rest of PNR. This is a very

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  Undecided HS Senior once again persuades herself that MIT is the best place ... with MIT, deeply? After all, it's not about the events, but what they ... welcomes the prefrosh? The students and staff are not doing it for tangible

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015