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  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  , a professor I've heard a lot of great things about at MIT! I almost ... out of bed at 9:30 to get washed up. Morning stretching; Recently I ... 'll admit I wasn't a fan of this lecture at all. The professor opened us

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  6.115 Microcomputer Lab! literally the coolest class i've taken so far

  

  creating pulses of electricity for the right amount of time at the right ... a lot of it is learning how to learn. At one point a TA asked me ... five hours of staring at square pulses lasting fractions of a microsecond

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 16, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Do Welsh Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? teaching kids robotics through GTL Wales!

  

  at the World Cup. The Welsh are indeed proud of their Welshness. It ... talking about my “college” experience at MIT.  Preservation of the Welsh ... "] fun fact my beloved pair of red pliers got confiscated at the Heathrow

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  this year -- a number of suicides at "famous" schools made the news; thousands of other suicides at colleges went mostly unmentioned.) These deaths ... Victor Schwartz and Jerald Kay The recent suicides of college students at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  at the exam. We were tasked with memorizing a small handful of ... while I was cleaning things out for the new semester, a gentle reminder of ... .310, we were allowed to fill one 8.5” X 11 sheet of paper, front and back

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  . After that there are three planned projects of unknown length, at least ... and work, which I guess is the point).     At the top left is a view of ... succumbed to. At the top right is a cool mobile hanging from the ceiling of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  for different parts of the world, at least for the beginning of the ... MIT’s newest foreign language offered: Korean) I’ve covered most of ... . The sounds of humans are rare. Perhaps because it was my last day at

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  , having never taken advantage of the "hey kids, look at my schedule!" post ... so much) So, let's take a look at the schedule of a first ... of the instructor. I worked with Beth Coleman at WMBR for over a year

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  for the first half of the summer had only one real “deadline”, and that was towards the beginning of the project. I could work at my own speed ... learned in class to the “mini-quizzes” at the end of some lectures; Tuesday

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  before). There are plenty of events for parents at CPW, and lots of them do ... see, very concretely, the huge range of opportunities that are on offer ... all of campus puts on a bazillion fun events for them!) I wanted to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  that i was bad at taking videos of myself with my phone. 10:55. 6.UAT ... ten cm of snow for around ten meters. at least it's pretty outside ... going to keep at most one of these classes. in any case, i felt deep

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  of the piece, I offer extra thoughts. I’ve awakened a deep fascination ... We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains. We need to paint with all the colors of the wind. — Pocahontas from Pocahontas I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  really, really important part of your undergraduate education -- at MIT or ... interrelatedness of these challenges and work at their intersection: the ... of what we have at stake in common. As some of you may have read, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  stomach ache for the rest of the day. At the same time, though, it’s just ...  I survived my first semester at MIT, and it was hella dope. I can ... living my life at such a break-neck speed that I haven’t really processed

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  vague idea of how it worked. For one, yes, you can still eat at them even ... ’s has the advantage of being open 24/7, which definitely comes handy at 4 ... month at MIT, you’ll probably get sick of cycling through the same 6 or so

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  of the post offers ways to feed yourself in a non-dining community for ... and cook at least 7 meals outside of that. If your parents are worried ... variety of diets. They all offer cheaper options and discounts for first

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  -campus dining options; there's a huge cooking culture in many of the dorms, as ... it comes to quick food at minimal investment and effort to yourself, I still think MIT's the place that can't be beat; the majority of my

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  assigned to the Tuesday/Thursday 2-5 section of junior lab. I showed up at 4 ... picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to ... concentration, sitting through an hour and a half of lecture without being

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  Kazakhstan, and we thought the weather would be very pleasant at this time of ... [/caption] Day 2 - 1/4 Last day in Qatar! We ate lunch at the Museum of Islamic Art ... This winter, before arriving at my [annotation note="Global Teaching

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  been a streaking blur of energy and spontaneity: starting classes at the ... the crazy shenanigans I listed at the beginning of this post - from ... I have a theory: free food is positively correlated to quality of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014