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• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  something that was meant for all of you to read. I've been getting a lot of ... friendships for a degree, but I think you have to understand there's much more ... , it was really hard for me to start asking for help and be "okay" when I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  ’re going to have a bad time.” I thank her for the advice and ask if she has ... scope out the lounge for fellow passengers to chat with, but it is mostly ... fluent in. I head back to coach with my exorbitantly priced instant ramen

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  rare for me since I am an EXTREMELY shy person. He also pushed me to be ... more to talk about since I've only been here for like 4 weeks, but I ... So, in Massachusetts, there is a law called “An Act Relative to

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Diabolo, Pandora, and Bad TV Shows You figure out what they have in common, 'cause I sure as heck don't know.

  

  bunch of people have gone through and assigned traits to tons of songs, so ... more time to do some blogging! Here is a random smattering of things I've been wanting to blog about. THE SHARPE BROTHERS A while back, on the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • June 22, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  to an MIT Quizbowl team practice at CPW and had a ton of fun, so I was super excited to start practice for real this year. Once or twice a week ... all over again how much I like these things. For lunch, we went to, wait

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  since starting college. I've made a ton of art for my clubs at MIT and for ... for a circle of artists to sketch. Life drawing is essential to a traditional art education, for many good reasons that I've come to realize

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  bin to collect balls. Each robot is responsible for different bins ... to do) we would win. Realizing all of this was a very happy day for us ... of my roughest days. Try to imagine breathing lead for 9 hours. I had

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  . After coming to MIT I stopped studying languages for three semesters ... language skills. So for instance, if I want to practice Spanish, and since I ... 't taken a Spanish class for a year and was trying to stay fluent by

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  excuse for me to revel in the fact that I miss my little brother a ton ... to think I’m mature for my 17 years. I like to think these things, but ... us it’s time to go inside. For a moment, my mind dwells on all the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  festivals for students in rural, underserved communities along the way! to ... the blog, and the rest was history. a HUGEE shoutout to angie for ... semester, explore boston, get ready to UROP, and train for track season

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  I wanted to have a bike for when I came to campus in the fall. I didn ... snazzy, something that I would still enjoy. I didn't want to spend a ton of ... snagged one of the bikes for me. That afternoon, I came by to check it out

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  , played with her for a bit, and went back to sleep for a few hours. At 9am ... , where I had a line of duties waiting for me. My first duty was to take ... session at 11am on Narcan administration for EMTs. I went straight to see

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  each category by how much you want to take them. My ranked list for this ... limit) - MVS units. For me, this comes out to min(∞, 48 to 60) - 36 = 12 ... factors to consider: staying on track with HASS classes, completing major

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  lot of torque due to its size. The Nerf Gun In order for this to work ... the 4 mounting hole for the lazy susan in addition to 3 holes arranged in a triangle. The three holes were supposed to be for a slip ring

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  -of-sort-of know how to run a gel, shorthand in this case for gel electrophoresis. To ... terrain makes it harder for larger molecules to travel, so they'll move ... map for a plasmid, because it's pretty easy to figure out for circular

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to build digital circuits for all ... and waiting for Vivado to finish synthesis, we were finally done. So ... appending extra bits of (junk) information to their output for no apparent

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  I go to college. Yay! Here's the thing about college, every single ... , or Bookstore. Which of these three am I going to talk about? Well, I can't very well talk about the ENTIRE INTERNET because you'd be here for

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  ("Marvin the Cupcake Man") is making a ton of cupcakes for you all! Come to ... event you want to attend or star each event for every day on your phone so ... for if you fit in well with the culture there. Talk to different

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  to focus on the door murals in particular for this post. When you ... people can testify to that. East Campus culture is very heavy on ... of New York, credit to Yuliya for the idea and inspiration) “Door

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Listing It All Out you get a list and you get list and you get a list

  

  talking to people bc what else is there to do now Eat a crap ton of ice ... Places To Take A Nap On Campus, Ranked Barker Library - The pin drop silence of the reading room is honestly better suited for taking

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 29, 2021