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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  fast pace I had always hoped for in high school, where we weren ... I'm back in Boston now with five Central Meetings under my belt: Long ... to go to 3.091 (Intro Chemistry, solid state version) today, to see for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  relationship; in fact, I think it was incredibly good for me to be in it. I ... considered me a friend taking time to check in on me. Another common thing I seem to hear alongside these check-ins are "I don't know a Cami without

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  my fall schedule. Of course, for me, all of this was happening in ... academics, because for the first time in my life I wasn't a top student. I had ... redefine my values and stand up firmly for what I believe in. I had to learn

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  Photo Contest, in which I objectively judged photos sent to me by CPW attendees based on their representation of MIT's revelry in unjaded vitality, sleeplessness, and profound superiority over Harvard in every regard*. Other

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  pick up in high school, but for the rest of us who stared out the windows ... her shirt inside out), in life as well - one will experience very bad weeks. I find that it really comes and goes in cycles, and this year it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  room in the halls/dorms generally? 2.are there different halls for boys and girls /they live in a single hall but different rooms.are they ... It's Q&A time! Ajit asked: "who is the person in the 5th picture

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  admiration for origami as a field of study. In fact, I mentioned his research ... [annotation note="very helpful class planning website for MIT students that's updated for each semester"]Hydrant[/annotation] and[annotation note

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  watching out for me here in getting me this job. Although I really wanted to ... . In short, I'm really excited for where this semester will take me. Stay ... . That being said, this is definitely the semester in which I think I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Embarrassing One Minute everything that can go wrong...will find a worse way to manifest itself

  

  for the team and was filling in preliminary info (introduction slide ... cooking—and thus we could create an app for cooking enthusiasts in MIT to ... in the morning. I sent her a link to our slide for tomorrow

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  their final dorms (sometime Wednesday), it’s time for In-House/Floor Rush ... there are tens of other resources out there for the general process ... each individual dorm in an attempt to showcase their culture. You get to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  College allows for a lot of freedom in gameplay, but that can also be the ... mod in your tutorial stage for the first semester, making all your own ... others. In my playthrough, I have optimized for skills and exp and

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  I’ve been stuck in the same dungeon in Metaphor: Refantazio for the ... , here I am. Blogging for the first time in three years. A lot has changed ... the dungeon and fight the final boss in his airship. Then, the credits

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  been stagnant in that position since that blog. Things settled for quite ... understanding-wise, it did in 2.001. I had roughhh times on psets for sure and ... compensation, newfound freedom in class selection Last April, I declared my

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  's, and C's do."] ABC/NR. [/annotation] For me, it came in the fall of my ... my time in coffee shops studying for the [annotation note="18 ... some point. For many, it comes first semester. This is why MIT provides

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products. From the website: In ... may look weird because they were cut for a 40' wide screen in Kresge ... Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  , and Joonho should be doing that in a few days (he got a press pass for ... 2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  Hi! I'm Qiaochu Yuan. That's "chow-chew," as in ... write a math blog, Annoying Precision. I'm interested in a lot of ... they're interested in something, it seems to imply that they know a

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  in some simple way (for instance, linearly). Say that the car is ... FPOP, interviewed Matt and I yesterday for it, and the article is pretty ... about my bike accident. In it, I talked about how my internal dialogue

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  was the most difficult and awkward sentence I've typed in a long time. I think the problem stems from not having a good word for "friend of a friend". In the interest of furthering the human language, I propose we

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Cultured C-Show 2011

  

  .03 (diff eq) professor sing in class, to general applause and awe. (3) I ate ... in the future. (4) I learned that the ratio of Dunkin' Donuts to Starbucks locations in Watertown, MA is like 200:1. Seriously. Soo many

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2011