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  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  hanging for Friday Problem Solving. I think for now I'm motivated. But of ... 6.009 - Fundamentals of Programming 8.02 - Physics II (E&M) CMS ... 6.042 - Mathematics for Computer Science For all of IAP, I've been

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  -intentionally resolving to “nap” a bunch of times, creating a period of essentially no schedule at all, and then trying to fix that by listening to the advice of ... yourself of society and Vitamin D and disrupting your circadian rhythms, not

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The Tick was created as a mascot for the newsletter of a comics shop in Boston. In my daily perusal of Wikipedia I came ... want to fabricate really bad, fake narratives loosely based on the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  dream. And sometimes, even in spite of the photos, I’ll still wonder if it ... memories, as you normally do in the hubbub of real college life, you ... faded into the background of my college experience. A Monday night when my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  second degree on time. A pretty good understanding of E&M and cellular ... how my second degree affects my chances of admission. Would I do it ... experiences with untold numbers of people. Maybe I can even give them some

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  statistical thinking. From Kahneman's Nobel biography: The standard example of a ... will save 200 lives, the other has a 1/3 chance of saving all 600 lives and a 2/3 chance of saving none. In this version, people prefer the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  semester, although I might've hit a lot of the low-hanging fruit last ... classes. My friends going to university closer to home had all signed up in July and were comparing schedules; we, even with the combined power of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  I'm going through my in-box today, taking care of some long ... , and I decided to wait until now instead of posting it in June - this ... their MIT experiences. I'm sure some of you will be able to relate to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  design”, the advice of someone who just happened to be hanging out in the ... and of varying degrees of tired or not, walking forward at a welcomingly ... . I had expected something worse, or at the very least, some degree of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  succumbed to. At the top right is a cool mobile hanging from the ceiling of ... to that question, no matter the time of year. This winter I have ... , but just kind of maybe her). The fact that I am here is mindblowing

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  course 20 degree, so I am technically a 19 but kind of a 20…….” Seems like ... , my degree will say 2020, and for the most parts my day to day ... senior events that are planned for the class of 2019. My main concerns

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Truth About Science comic-style.

  

  So the good news is that the series of scientific mishaps I blogged ... spend a significant portion of the next 72 hours taking full advantage of my current streak of lab luck. After my blog last week, both Chris and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  're walking through forty degrees of nitrogen, oxygen, and ice cubes, but that's about it. This concept of leaves falling off trees? Yeah. Completely ... said, I present to you three pictures of the view from my window. Early

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  and is a member of Northeastern University's Class of 2024. Since I left ... my dorm in a rented Penske truck. We piled all of my boxes and bags ... , some kitchen equipment, and a new pack of paper towel rolls from Costco

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  (clubs). One aspect of University that is often over looked is the fact that ... University Digital Gaming Society (CUDGS) A group of gamers who come together ... off to a land of free healthcare, fizzy lemonade and double decker buses

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  Hello everyone! The following was written by a couple friends of ... friend and as a friend of other ROTC members. Something interesting I realized at the end of fall semester was that actually, all the ROTC members

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  the forefront of it! This year, we will be building an autonomous boat ... ! Audrey: Yeah! So this will be Arcturus’ second year of competition. Last ... competition this year or the next will depend on the amount of manpower we get

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  to possess some degree of moral aptitude, and in so far as moral ... , paradoxically, become a rather depressing pastime of mine. Sometimes, it's fun to ... version of a powerpoint literary presentation I gave at Alpha Delta Phi a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  Before we get to scenes from the MIT Class of 2012 Movie Night, I'll share a few of my thoughts and observations after having seen 21 this weekend (now the #1 movie in the country): Lots of folks have been

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  HS Juniors/Sophomores: Upcoming MIT Events MIT will have events with Yale and Brown Universities in Southern California and the Mid-Atlantic…

  

  road with Brown & Yale Universities for meetings in Southern ... sophomores and juniors to hear from three great universities all in one place ... counselor about the state of admissions. Counselors can RSVP at brownmityale

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2009