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  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  moved in there was only a hexagonal frame in the courtyard, and by the ...  three storeys high. Imagine that: three storeys. And the deadline was in a couple ... . I mean, you put on a hard hat and wear glasses. To use a power saw

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  . Sounds pretty fun! Feel free to email Tiffany at tifa(at)mit.edu or get in ... Sorry I haven't blogged in a while -- I've been hosed with the deluge ... classroom to real-time projects that have a significant impact on communities

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  able to get above a C in this class. Normally I'd just tell myself that C ... else, I want to make it clear that in my opinion, the class itself was a ... ."]MEng[/annotation] later, so things got a bit trickier there. Unfortunately, you have to get

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  next to a 360-degree student-built gyroscope ride in the middle of one of ... ] which basically allow students to move in a week before orientation to ... a trip to the Boston Haymarket where we learned about food in a local

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of ... frame, with only the deck left to complete.   A team effort to get

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  . You're in spot A-12." Okay, I thought. A midsize instead of a compact? Great, whatever. Then I reached spot A-12. Sitting in said spot was a ... landed in Philly around 10PM. After getting my luggage, I took the shuttle

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  . Similar to Spain last year, I'll be living with a host family in Japan while ... ago when I was a freshman in high school, and I decided randomly to try ... 's already the Class of 2013! In honor of what I'm going to do during IAP

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  purpose of the list is to provide admitted students with a basic roadmap to ... : Anthropology 21A.00 Introduction to Anthropology: Comparing Human Cultures; HASS ... . Greene GSL offers language instruction courses at a variety of levels to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  stood in the middle. *boom boom boom* Ahhhhh sh**, get your towels ready ... 's how it works. Every year our dorm pays for us to go on a really nice ... of us humming "I'm on a boat," eagerly awaiting our opportunity to be

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  it into the saw in order to make a cut. To use a bandsaw, after ... classes. How to use a bandsaw A bandsaw is this machine with a thin metal ... a knob to raise the handguard, turn the machine on, and push

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  throw a wild party, where she will be able to embarrass him in front of ... [by Ashley Nash '11] Before I got to MIT, in all of my classes, there has been one and only one answer to every question. The reason to do a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  Gruder gets it. Satire is supposed to leave a mark. Advice about applying to ... being said about you. Your essays are the only time that you get to speak ... school I participated in a program called Youth in Government and (to my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  ’s law in this case) and proposes/discusses a path forward to address that ... writers and orators. A large part of that comes from exposing us to new ... two classes. Assignment 1 – A White Paper (3.010) In true MIT fashion

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a ... calls) getting to know staff members who work at MIT in different roles ... the first person in their families to go to college, their university

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  Better So People Listen More We gave a lot of talks to get better at ... , this class was so fun! 2.008 How to Make A Thing Many Many Times In How ... all how you want it to. In this class, we learned a lot about when it

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  already strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round ... , you'll be getting ready to take a holiday break from some really amazing ... any news in your life. This is not required nor is it expected, but if

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round. Let your ... your particular situation. They're more than welcome to give our office a ... over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  then wind yourself through a bit of awkward hallway to get to the library ... tap your ID to reserve a room for hours. Although I like to work with ... have to pay a small membership fee. But in return for $20, I secured the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  crazy party weekend from 2019 to now

  

  when i attended cpw as a senior in high school, my favorite events ... events i attended four years ago cpwacc cpwacc, short for cpw a ... concerts and i’ve become a much better vocalist in the process, but… i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  for being able to do a full performance in a lecture hall without ... 11/9/2013: At the time of this writing: > I'm sitting in a cozy ... . This marks the end of a very good start to what will be a very good

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013