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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  ) paper. This 13-page masterpiece (cough) for 21A.260, on cross-cultural medicine and issues of embodiment in post-traumatic stress disorder, is ... all the chairs in the microscope room are too short for me to see the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  issues. What should you pack for the four fun-filled days? How do you pick ... out to their prefrosh asap, so look for an email in your inbox, and ... !). Your host will know how much time to allot for you to check in and meet

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

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  Harvard it is societally easier to major in a humanities field. For example ... As they said in the old, more hardkore days of MIT, you all might ... -stem classes — there’s an entire department of folklore, for example, and another

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snacks on a Plane And other minor horrors of leaving MIT for the first time in a year.

  

  preparing for this. Guy in Seat 17A: What are you snacking on? Me (eating ... ? Interestingly*, I haven't gotten out of MIT recently. (In nearly one year, to be astrophysically precise.) *In fact, this fact is not factually interesting at all

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 20, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  anyone in my life for granted. Similarly, my brain is swimming in all the ... for in Catalan. My host family, with the two mandarins oranges they pack ... ; otherwise, we’d be in for quite a bit of down time. But, not ten minutes upon

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  seen my work ethic in action was very helpful for letters of ... in the year. See this list. 7) Apply to MIT's programs for ... intention of nabbing as many free t-shirts as possible (33, in case you were

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  earrings, and suddenly, we were in the Simmons Crafts Lounge, searching for ... for my two midterms. I also ordered a pink Among Us pinata on Amazon for ... Infinite Reuse, and so now, we had everything we needed for Blood Moon Fest

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does the Office of the First Year do?

  general academic information. In addition, staff can assist you with the ... advising on academic issues and undergraduate research involvement.
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  out. Based on these findings and priors, our goals for this redesign include: making it really easy to find what you are looking for ... , trying for a "single source of truth" wherever possible helping people

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  that I am beyond grateful for. But in some of these lows, I grappled with ... ’s their thing for the people in these classes! I met some cool writers, and ... blogs for 2025. topology 18.901 18.821 Project lab in mathematics

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  short for me to see into the eyepiece. And all the coats in the mouse room ... to. For many of us, our gender doesn't go very far in defining who we ... , and I think really relevant, poem relating to this issue in my Athena

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  in science and engineering fields being a big priority for MIT, and ... At the end of my last entry, I was sitting in the Tampa airport ... landed in Philly around 10PM. After getting my luggage, I took the shuttle

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Classes of Semesters Past, Present, and Future since you asked.

  

  In the comments section of my last post, Confused Frosh asked: "Can ... thing now, but it's 12:07am and I was supposed to be in bed 7 minutes ago ... Catalog. Summary: I will graduate with a major in physics and a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  in my head. I was experimenting with large format for the first time ... I was in for--originally thinking the project would take the rest of ... hoping to make an update for my work in April at the end of the week

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  matter is what is thought to account for approximately 22% of all matter in ... we use it to account for the speeds of gas and stars in spiral galaxies ... , subject for a few of Monet's paintings. [] Houses (not ducks) all in a row

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  factors noted for suicide2. Also note in the article below: We also know ... issues in perspective. While universities are seeing larger numbers of ... possible, it is best for troubled students to remain in school among their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goal setting and organization how i organize my life!

  

  juxtaposition in my use for MyFitnessPal from this year to this year is quite ... while I'm not the most organized person in the world, I thought it'd be ... progress in my life. Progress tracking is a huge part of my life. I really

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Energy Forum Come drink from the solar-paneled firehose. ("Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren…

  

  other events that address these issues. For example, next week's $125K ... global needs and produce a plan for a cohesive initiative to tackle the ... agenda for today is as follows: -------------------- 9:00-9:20am OPENING

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  , for an 11:15am flight. I made it in plenty of time. Got on the plane ... issues, but that we would land in 7-8 minutes. He didn't actually tell us ... …and woke up an hour later, to find us in the air. Realized that I slept

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  much though, because of copyright issues. For my part, I was working in ... course, being in Beijing, there was plenty for Kat and I to explore in our ... you guys think? What do/would you look for in an internship? Your

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008