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  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  't invest a lot of time or resources into the beginning stages of a product ... /rational: I've already invested far too much. It would be a waste of resources ... because one of them is a 3 unit class, meaning it really doesn't take up

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  Lab (8.13) is one of the most infamous, trial-by-fire, taxing, and yet ... units, corresponding to an expected 12 hours of work per week. By contrast ... beforehand I felt incredibly floored by these weeks and the pace of the class

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  right now I'm in Mountain View, an hour long drive from SF. The scales of ... 5 million people. Both of these are small compared to the Bay; even ... average. The delay's not due to waiting or a lack of options, but due to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  that will churn your time and energy away like the hungry ghosts of ... My high school academic life was by no means a cruise through ... , challenges I found myself learning to deal with as time fled. I was part of the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  as ‘friend-of-the-court’ —  is filed by entities not themselves parties ... diverse student body" by ensuring there is a "critical mass" of students ... issues —  of identity, of justice, of resources, and how we ought to make a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  rent a car from the local Budget office. Unfortunately, the only type of car they have is a PT Cruiser - which, although I'm not a huge fan of ... the rest of the time, and they tell me I need to check out by 5pm today

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  consumption of an immeasurable amount of calories. (OK, Dad, I know you hate when I fixate on food, but it’s all in the name of science.) We began at Truly Jorg's Patisserie in Kenmore Square, which had some of the coolest

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube

  

  to learn...it's kind of complicated? my thought process looks ... Brain by Galen Hooks—it's deep, it's powerful, it has a lot of ... 's so high-energy. Rock Your Body by Delaney Glazer—this choreographer

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  your understanding of the resources available to you as a new member of ... ankle by a piece of plastic shrapnel. 10/10 would recommend. Art (?): If ... of a process than an event; sure, the main goal is to get the frosh

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  Name: Ben Jones Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of ... . They are all so different and yet you can look at any one of them and say "now *that's* what MIT's all about." And the energy that the students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  vertebrae that give structure to your neck and can be destroyed by the hit of ... that is presented by a member of the industry. Each class has yielded a ... . His goal is for students to learn the process of engineering synthesis

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  school, your first day of the application process begins. Day 1. You might ... process of selecting an incoming class as "building" a class. Thus, why ... watching the '13 college results this year. In one of my very first blogs on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  's a creative energy that drives and develops the "universe" of a media ... as a process of matching words to a rhythm, which he uses as ... One of my favorite classes this year is CMS.100 -- Introduction to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  humming a requiem for trans fat. With deft precision honed by years of ... picture, I swear). And by nature, I of course mean Costco. pika dines in ... a national park, slept through more meetings, drove home by way of a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  comparison, the internship application process demands less of you. Instead ... . On Floor Pi, one of our traditions is this event called tea time. It ... communities do you most value being a part of?" But often, discussion strays

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  there is a ddr (dance dance revolution) machine in the basement of ... setup looks like[/caption] the basic mechanics of ddr are as follows ... direction (up/down/left/right). players choose from a variety of songs; when a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  actual market price of the energy at the time it is delivered and an agreed ... findings of the Energy Sector Inquiry, launched in June 2005 in response to ... discusses in the latest issue of Energy Regulation Insights. Mr. Gammons

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  airport, a rhapsody in grey shattered once by an outburst of sunrise over ... to support my thesis of inherent DDR-incompetence by jumping on ... the sweetness of fresh air untouched by the smog of calculus in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  as part of the department, which I like to keep close by because the ... at MIT, and by looking at them, I can remember those parts of who I am ... resources and opportunities at MIT. By far my favorite and most defining

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  discussion of shear stress. This week in 10.302: Transport Processes, I have ... tap dance break or something in the middle, and at the end of the song the Vietnamese children are so annoyed by this guy that they push him

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005