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• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  reason. First semester is on pass/no record (P/NR) in order to give ... LSC (MIT's student-run 'movie theater' in one of the big lecture halls ... both classes in my senior year of high school and let's just say that my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Laverde's Market, nestled in the MIT student center ... sullen students recognize each other in line at La Verde's. Tiredly, the ... weird transition out of high school, actually. In my high school, among

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  mood has done a total 180 since then, so I feel I'm justified in talking ... school interviewing in biology gives some insight into the admissions ... ?) So if you come to MIT next year or in the next few years, your TA might

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  ! How cool is that? However, not every single UROP in the history of MIT ... had one in the summer of 2004 I had a UROP with a professor in the ... ." To summarize: one day in June 2004 I was knocked off my bike by a car

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  activities and especially in-house rush (when Macgregor freshmen pick entries ... , April, I had to hunt elsewhere (we're moving to a new building in October ... Prize in 1987 for his discoveries regarding how the body generates its

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  ,”[/annotation] etc. in every sentence, there are two other types of common phrases I ... on me and my fellow frosh. In the aftermath of our last [annotation ... writing UROP applications or playing Tetris in a lounge and someone would

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  of my extended family lives in India, so being raised in Nashua, New ... . however, in the past few weeks, I've been confronted with more and more ... sleep. I met my host grandfather in my freshman year of high school, when

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  Railroad was hardly a ride at all, at least in the traditional amusement park ... in the tunnels as you chugged along, like a dinosaur diorama showcasing ... waited to make my transfer to the red line on Park Street. Being back in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  world around me and see things in a perspective I've never really considered before. Introduction CMS.621 hasn't been taught in seven years, with ... I first saw the class in the course catalog during my freshman year. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  and I told him that for once in my time at MIT, I want to be good at something, to have my niche. I've been struggling a lot in finding my place ... in the mirror and I see my accomplishments. I think of how far I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  In 2019, MIT swapped out all of their coin-operated laundry machines ... . In this blog you'll find two things: (1) my introduction to Washlava ... on anonymous MIT Confessions. 1. A summer discovery In my freshman year

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

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

  

  my dorm in a rented Penske truck. We piled all of my boxes and bags ... 'll be given a spot in the dorms"]never see again.[/annotation] I've mostly ... leave anything in [annotation note="my dorm"]MacGregor House

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

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  . That being said, this is definitely the semester in which I think I ... 've taken before. Joon's in it with me too! 6.902 + 6.911 + 6.912 (GEL) - GEL ... different UI modalities we'll be learning about in the class. CMS.362 (Civic

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  And psych! Happy April Fool’s Day! I didn’t celebrate it in ... ’t seen her in nearly nine months, so I was shaking with all the excitement ... melodramatically shrieks, “Avada Kedavra!” at Harry Potter in the penultimate forest

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  , maybe try and improve at one of the many sports you know how to play in a ... pretty informally, the last time I did a sport formally was in 8th grade ... sports to be canceled, and in the weeks before the start of the fall

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  Pi Day is a big deal at MIT. Not only does it go hand-in-hand with ... . JOHN: We’re both heading over there in a few minutes. Gonna be dope. A ... costumes? The flyers didn’t really elaborate on— FRANK AND JOHN: (in unison

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  now open! Accessible to all those who participate in a varsity sport at ... putting in the work[/caption] [caption id="attachment_106057" align ... vwr[/caption] It was super cool to get to lift in the new VWR. In the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  ! Not with paint (as students used to do in East Campus and Burton Conner ... chalk murals in Simmons last year, but [annotation note="For unsavory ... [/annotation]. It was a sad day when we moved back in and saw they were gone, but now

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  I started writing a blog about freshman fall four months ago, in ... entrance to Baker. I couldn’t stop smiling as I waited in line for food. I ... seminar, or while knitting in a library study space, or just in my room

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  things i have done since leaving school but only in the ten hundred most used words

  

  friends drank at bars decided that black is my best color played outside in the sun and in the cold played lots of games got back into hitting ... to be a doctor in games computers and learning didn't get into the big

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 19, 2024