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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  , to an observation that the professor is wearing funny clothes, to the fact that the kid in front of me is taking notes rapidly in LaTeX and it ... during lecture. The lecturer is then able to see what percentage of people

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  values to prioritize—certainly that is better than wandering in the dark ... through action. It is good to know where the moon is, but you’ll never get ... is interesting in the moment, instead of working towards some

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  fun it is to work the registration desk at midnight. McGreggor strikes ... got to meet Colin (MIT '10) whose application I read back in the fall ... So I did pretty much everything I said I was going to do at CPW, but

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  the class, I had barely stepped foot in a proper gym. To me, the ... the most rewarding part about my PE class is that I found a form of ... , pretty much the only thing I knew how to do was fall over and gawk at the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  about ancient in terms of repairs. The first shop I went to didn’t have a ... -offs, might think to take my phone off the floor. Maybe I should invest in pants ... big crack in the bottom of my drawer, waiting for inadvertent hands to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  travel the single mile to Harvard. I guess this is standard in American ... , and the sum of parts is always greater than the whole. I gained a much ... of the Fae was used to grieve loved ones, ie a mother that died in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  are good questions, and the jury is still out. I’m committed to this ... much at all. I didn’t have enough time. That’s what this post is about ... asleep during class. Everything carries an associated cost, and the key to

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

  Flowers in your hair

  

  I'm flying to San Francisco for the long weekend -- hope you kids in ... !! "Pulse: Waves From the Motherland" is a demonstration of the extent to ... online at http://vagina.mit.edu ...and to help you get in the V-Day spirit

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  from The Nance Effect. As hard as it is to believe, even I needed to take ... blog seems to really resonate with many in cyberspace. It is hard to ... , many of you went out of your way to remind us that mutual respect is the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  I had trained myself to overcome last year. Instead, I sat in the ... touch it, my defense mechanisms kicked in, reacting to the stressful ... to shed the weight of psychological debris created, most notably, by

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  as JKim, but this is because by the time you have gone to MIT for three ... 're going to be important for the rest of the class. In 5.12: Organic ... worried that I might not end up in the most advanced section, as I was in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  went completely in the other direction and is taking on an Anthropology ... indigenous populations in countries around the world. -Applied to some exciting ... dominate the classes that I'm in now...(spent too much time on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  . i was given the chance, in april 2021, to spend the first half of 2022 in imperial college london. i spent a few days thinking about the decision, and talking to people, and declined in the end, because i "didn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  locked in to the dining hall meals. Further still, with so many events ... to go out to eat on the weekend, it is extremely rare that one eats at ... their opposition to the plan (not, of course, to suggest two thirds are in

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  , experts in their field. One area that seems to be taking off right now is ... in the MIT 100K competition in 2006. We got to the semi-finals and then ... hacks?) What is your preferred way to the get the tour: on your smartphone

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long ... 12, at 12 noon in Lobby 7 (the "main entrance" to MIT). It will last until the coin is found, usually sometime Sunday. To give you a flavor of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  repercussions turned out to bite me in the proverbial butt. Thus is the beginning ... rude awakening. 18.01 is much harder than BC Calc. Much much harder in ... know (which, admit it, is what most high school homework is), the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  science and media. But, in waiting for the summer session to start, I ... weeks ago thanks to the technical Theater Arts faculty in Rinaldi, whom I ... -length musical in only two weeks. It’s definitely the closest I’ve ever come to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  Sports Innovation, whose mission is to involve undergraduates in the ... 's national championship. ''It's good to see that being a geek works out in the ... college: Hopes to find a job in sports engineering. Most memorable wind

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  HST is in the field of bioinformatics. He uses MATLAB "to analyze data ... stores glucose in cells). Since adiponectin is used to metabolize, or break ... functionality. He also worked on software to identify the most significant

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006