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  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  Physics Students) in your major are a fantastic way of getting to know ... photo of your dog wearing a Jedi costume.) Photos judged to best represent ... disappointment, nary a single spambot showed up to the CPW Meet the Bloggers night

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  decide to look them up; they will not leave your head for a long time. Duh ... friends for a while (THANK YOU TO XIAOYUE '15 FOR MAKING US ALL BREAKFAST ... up to get my act together. Showered, dressed, brushed teeth - booked it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interphase This entry has nothing to do with cell division

  

  people in every class get to experience. Very useful connections, if you’re ... . AND you also get to take the swim test early and take a PE (there was ... the X number of units you need in order to graduate. The grades you get

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  observe and absorb my and your experiences and fun to compile a project that ... better in jello"? Now's your chance to prove yourself on the field of ... WATER WAR! Pick a dorm. Pledge your loyalty to it. Construct weapons

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome People of 2016 part 1 of an incomplete list of the greatest and coolest

  

  mentors gathered in the conference room for a final learning session and de ... things to say about everyone else. Really, we all loved being in that room ... ) and February of this year. Last semester, on a whim, I decided to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  or not, it's a privilege not to be treated like this in the workplace ... In a call with my boyfriend a couple months ago, I asked him the ... courage to ask the question in the first place, I was already predicting

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  exams. In a word, sophomore standing isn't very difficult to get, if that ... Sometime in the last month, I was forwarded a request to blog about ... Intensive). A side note: you're actually required to take a CI class during

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  The first quarter comes to a close at MIT. I am crocheting winter ... feel like I grew a lot in a few weeks. I came into MIT with a basic ... existing in this spot. Sometimes, I got to help others. Sometimes, I got help

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There are always moments when you’re presented with a decision, and naturally

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  managed to get in some fun (mostly while feeling guilty about doing so ... Kickstarter. In addition to being a gorgeous piece of art, this puzzle also has ... can rely on and friends to keep us going. This year had a lot of bad in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  pistol team is on its way to West Point in New York for a shooting ... records your shot, displays it on a monitor sitting next to you, and then ... evening against West Point, but first we had to get there. What we

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  How to Survive a Tough Semester you {grieve, choke, laugh, choose, pray, ask, live} you learn

  

  weekday for crew practice, and I've been getting to bed by 9:30 or 10 every ... to cook breakfast or lunch each day unless i bring a sack breakfast and ... → getting confused → going to office hours to ask for help → finishing the

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  picture, and I managed to run over a chicken wing and almost wipe out in ... Florida anymore! I went out today in part to get the photos of the places ... most likely assigned reading for your classes that just add to the time

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  in all your pictures, and to know what a Roth IRA is and how to ... There is a car alarm going off somewhere in my neighborhood. The ... 's where they get you. (Tricked me again, life!) According to my mom, you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  repeatedly in your lives is how to use the talent and the education that you ... weird, and I'm not sure if I'm going to believe it for a while. Thanks so much to those of you who watched the webcast and saw me get my diplomas

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  figure out which IFAFs to do due to a delay in getting the budget finalized ... . Game 2: Spin! Rules: Spin really fast in a circle and try to hold on ... opportunity to spell a little something that we hope gets put on the http

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  really good time to get in touch with your EC to set up an interview. The ... application. So...consider this my gentle nudge to get in touch with your EC and ... that MIT was a place they'd like to be. Some students keep in touch with

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  . He went a step further, to suggest that I grade for 8.04 (Quantum I) in ... It took me a while to internalize that a grade is fixed but one's reaction to it is not. Like I mentioned, 8.05 (Quantum II) was a rough time

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  beneficial to send in a new essay that I feel better explains who I am? Should ... that the earliest I can start is in August? (I like to get things done ... would try to get your SATI Math over 700 as well if you can. There is no

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  to get a question in edgewise. TAs also look to avoid these OH and they ... your psets and tests and it's much easier to fail a faceless name. Office ... students in course 18! Life becomes a lot easier when you learn to ask for

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013