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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  . You're about to walk, drive, pogo stick, fly or boat to Cambridge, MA ... interest you. You're no longer trying to impress anybody. Cleaning the banks of the Charles River versus a trip to New Hampshire to try indoor

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  took a week of going to bed at 8PM and getting up at 4AM to shock me back ... . I've basically been trying to edge in enough structure this month to ... to be up to finish homework and go to class at 10AM seems to get me out

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Satisfaction New year= New opportunities/classes = Happy Kirsten

  

  work in robotics! The labs are pretty neat, since we get to build things ... to calculate internal forces and deformations. It's a neat class because I've been able to learn more about the force distributions in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 13, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  began promoting Adam to me in the most unsubtle way possible, and being a ... I are engaged, and we're planning to be married in September or ... in admissions -- legacy kids aren't at an advantage compared to the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choose my Halloween Costume!

  

  waiting for Prince Charming's white horse to get in gear) - a witch (even ... have no idea what to dress up as. In fact, I haven't actually dressed up as anything in the past few years, and this is truly sad. So, I need

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lewis Music Library Tra la la

  

  things you'd like to know more about (or see photos of, if you're unable to visit MIT), leave a comment at the end of the entry, k? According to the film Meet the Parents, geniuses choose the color green. In addition to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2004
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  the cannon, leaving a cute toy one in its place. We weren't supposed to ... sculpture that lives in the East Campus courtyard. We tried really hard to get ... Yeah, I've been a slacker about writing this up. So in my last entry

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Note To Prefrosh With Time Machines and/or Good Ideas Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this saturday at 10PM EST.

  

  which enables women in poor communities to "get back the eight hours a ... are being transported to clinics in remote locations  ...and a ... Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  dolphins. After a tumultuous journey home due to bad weather in Philadelphia ... a hotel, add two practices a day, access to a hot tub and a television, and you get rowers who row, sleep, eat and watch tv. Repeat. It was a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn in New England The trees explode with color.

  

  I've been lucky enough to be able to enjoy autumn in New England recently. For those of you in regions that do not have four seasons: autumn is a wonderful time of year; the air is crisp, the foliage is exploding

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  engineering. 2. A shift in perspective. In my desperation to find my path ... grow on me. I began to imagine a world in which I graduated from MIT as a mechanical engineer. I began to imagine a world in which I chose classes and my

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  -oriented school. Ohohoho, boy was I in for a surprise! The first night was ... ...the wonders of Youtube. Here's a photo of them in concert later on in the ... in Lobby 7 on Saturday and watched a co-ed group: It was just really

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  auditions. I was a musician in high school, so I’m accustomed to performance ... , and one a post-doc in the biology department), I am eager to spend IAP ... about being a cast member: the actual show. The reason I’m only getting to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  to trigger vomiting. but i haven't had a cold in years, let alone one ... 't have to work too hard on this project; i just had to get a decent score in the last exam and i'd get a B in the class. but i wanted an A, so i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  time to get stuff done. I'm just glad I'm a freshman- I feel no pressure ... to get in for another few months. I guess I just got lucky. (*How did I ... contemplated walking back to the shop in the snow for about half a second. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  coming to a close, but I’m happy to say that the term is taking shape quite ... public policy class (in my major), an accounting class (in Sloan), and a ... Kissick, who conduct the course in a discussion format. As moderators, they

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  in 2.008, a meche class known for its final project: to manufacture 50 ... it to break a tool and wreck your piece.  But I was too sleep ... basement makerspace with lotsa big machines"]LMP[/annotation] in a typical

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  friend :) Course 8 was next in line to Course 9, so I managed to get a ... the class. I was startled when my row was asked to stand up and get in ... in French House!) to join us. We also got a picture with Prof. Peter

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Froshmore oh to exist in a state of ~liminality~

  

  get to overshare my life on the internet :D.  This year feels like a year of calibration for me in many ways, beyond just adjusting to a ... on average), thanks to in person 9am classes/meetings. I eat a decent

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 2, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  In the spring, I bought a polaroid, walked around campus, and took pictures of the places that were memorable to me in some way. Eighteen months ... posters for events from more than a year ago hanging in the infinite. Worse

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021