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• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  of my shoulders. I didn’t buy dorm decor and didn’t spend much time in ... of a pink shag rug, and every piece of laundry that I still need to do ... slams against it, and the beginning notes to The Middle by Jimmy Eat World

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  , I go to many classes and drop them quickly. If I buy junk food and I ... my reservations—I thought it was bad form for them to ask me how much I ... know if a better time works.") to no avail. Eventually, I left, and one

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  to pretty much anything, so if you’re still doing some last ... (this job is so convenient!). I decided to create this post as a practical ... actually follow it or not, at least allows me to calm down and start doing

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  creates perfect little dams. And then the rain is free to collect everywhere ... electricity. It has no right being this cold out if it's not going to snow." And ... . But it snowed. And then is started to hail. And then it started to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  This semester I'm taking a class called "Sustainable Energy," and so ... problem that requires you to use the heat equation and see if you finish ... year I actually went back to my high school and successfully taught the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  dilemma right now is choosing between 18.100B (Introduction to Analysis) and ... to be hosed trying to prove that 1+1 does not equal the set of ... various living groups grapple to outsplurge each other on steak and lobster

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  gradually become clear and solid to me. The argument Firstly: What does the ... under a "veil of ignorance" as to who they are and then asked to create a ... ,” which I ended up taking this past spring, and (to put it simply) thought

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  made a pact to share the fruits of their research and resources in a ... to a liberal arts college to study history, politics, and international relations, but couldn’t really pass up going to a school like MIT and still

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  beautiful, and (some) mathematicians do use calculus in their day-to-day life ... trying to figure out a) what maths after calculus looks like, and b) if I ... or Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension (to name a few

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  previous semester, I checked the “Other” box and moved on to the rest of the ... learned in classes to create a tangible product. Did you know that Collier ... school! And not to mention those professors with scientific results named

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• 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!

  

  calculations to derivate the coefficient of friction on complex surfaces and sum ... , Halo, Mario Kart Wii etc. until shouts and laughter gave way to silence ... , maybe now you know what to expect better than I did. that does look

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

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  A cat ran on my keyboard So here is a link to MIT's list of summer programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well ... MIT MRSEC - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  've heretofore encountered, even if it does require you to go out and find bread ... Salvation Army, and they didn't ask us to leave or anything, so I figure we ... to buy christmas presents was not such a great idea for me this year

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  like. Once we finished our drinks, Denisse and I began to say our ... there and is now at the top of my list of places to visit once I'm able to ... much happened, too quickly. Some feelings and details have slipped

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  to new scenarios — to create. On the other hand, trivia is much more ... to learn about and it feels very much like not-school :P (Definitely does harken back to my science bowl days where I memorized so much random

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  : I spent as much on textbooks this semester as I spent on food*. And ... to a trickle after first semester, so with much grief I anticipate ... only went bowling once during the semester. It just happened to be

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  neighborhood, and the sun is starting to set, casting a golden glow over the well ... , pulling out my phone to try and find the picture i took. it turns out it ... is from california, and as someone who went to high school in minnesota

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  call the other and put the phone on loudspeaker to spread the joy ... . The entire ensemble created such a groove, it was impossible to sit ... long file and used Audacity to split it into tracks. I used their My

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Are We Dating? Till blogging do us part

  

  Soooo someone asked on Sam's blog: Are you and Mitra dating? I wish! You ask a fair question, though. After all, Sam does lean uncomfortably close to me in pictures. Plus we do a lot of fun things together Sam

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  council so much and I wish we were in person so I could get to know them ... low self-esteem and little to no experience in the content covered by ... going to countless recruitment events and throwing my hat into a whole

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020