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  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  . Well we haven’t actually left the country yet, in many ways Detroit faces ... course of the semester. I am spending the semester in Detroit; Sao Paulo ... also in the way we are learning. The IHP Cities in the 21st Century

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  nightmare that I was trying to double major in 18 and 6-3 and had mysteriously ... hard despite having little in the way of required classes. A classmate ... Thelonious Monk song for a recent 21M.340 assignment. Hopefully, we are not

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  " and it's a wee bit difficult. Difficult in that since Friday morning at ... 'm almost there. I actually think I'll be ready for Monday *crosses fingers ... , just because the dome is so visible and I'm more likely to see a hack in

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  myself outside in the snow or in the rain, waiting for the strobe lights to ... more than an obnoxious insect buzzing in MIT's face. Chris '12 probably ... started. For a period of about two weeks they were CONSTANTLY outside

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  that refreshing. For some reason, instead of giving proportionally less work in a short week, professors seem to believe that it is perfectly reasonable to assign the same amount of work in a short week and just make it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  's photos Rob's photos Ash's photos Eric's photos CPW is a crazy time for us ... 's just as we thought -- for example, Kiersten, who's as sweet as you'd imagine -- and sometimes, that picture in your head is a bit off -- like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  portlets in the next month or two based on requests that you've made for ... MyMIT is designed for you, so you should have a hand in its design. All ... week so I'm feeling horribly behind in most areas of life. Being sick

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  for up to one hour. It feels like being in limbo — everything should be ... dorm. Good thing, that, because we can't leave the dorms, save for one ... placed at exactly the distance it takes for your body to warm up, so that

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  In the past few weeks, I've been pretty busy with [annotation note="Support Communities For First-Years"]SCUFFY,[/annotation] [annotation note ... happens in the week first-years get to happens"]REX.[/annotation]Then, frosh

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  ) was rebracketing for playoffs; my team, MIT C, ended up right in the ...  quizbowl." (In fact, there may be more in the future!) If you already know what ... quizbowl is that you form teams of 4-5 people, and two teams sit in a room

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  something to strive for) wanted to release this into the world, as it has been ... what's in here and what has been strategically left out could fill a few pages of MIT Confessions, I applaud him for writing more meaningful words

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  personal health, just in time for me to start the spring semester at the tail ... January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break ... I managed to be at least as busy as I was in October or November

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  used in episode 2? Yup! Well, the first two things were for the costumes ... MIT: Brandon, who graduated from MIT in 2009 and is working on his Ph ... lived in Random Hall as an undergrad, back when Clam and Bonfire were

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  incredible but also empowering for Taylor, which is really cool. In poetry ... beauty in happiness, sometimes in the most mundane of things, for being ... It has been 13 days since Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour began so in honor

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  write on in a room. While my small whiteboard was useful for drawing ... , you’re free to just walk in and work in that classroom. Or, lounges for ... dearly. My own history with whiteboards, how I use them in my life, and

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  for two reasons; 1. I can sit in the grass and work and 2. I can get ... is perfect for reading. I really enjoy reading in general, so I spend a ... most likely assigned reading for your classes that just add to the time

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  special place it is. And for four days in the spring, we feel almost as ... ’s no shame in wearing the prefrosh nametag. It’s an invitation for a ... long showers. “Oh, I gotta remember to audition for a capella!” “I could

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  that works out for me. This time, I was six minutes late for self check-in ... really fast. Then I got the people standing in line for security to let me ... me for my boarding pass and I realized I left it in security, along

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  type too fast, which really shows in the final product. For the last ... creds to Allison for the post title <3  welcome to today ... note="and i must clarify with the pain in my heart that i now also

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  there was no place to cook in my [annotation note="It’s common for MISTI ... alone, so let that speak for itself."]I was in heaven.[/annotation]. I ... a fancy restaurant in Republic Square, Yerevan, after I and some other

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024