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  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  alumni club living in the Charles River in an effort to convert MIT students to the "Way of the Beaver," a doctrine created by MIT students in the mid-1900s. Its members are sometimes found in the depths of the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  essentially whatever they want: take classes, participate in random activities ... whirlwind for me, and since we're now in the midst of the first week of the semester, I haven't had time to process it all. In lieu of a more thoughtful

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  goes hand in hand with being a hopeless romantic. always mourning a ... up these unrealistic expectations in your head, and you have the nerve ... ’ll wallow in self pity and rotten poetry until you wither away

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  fondness in my heart for that[annotation note="Lydia wrote about this once ... could not enter the US with me. Then I had a crazy idea. This was in late June, before any plans were made in earnest, and so it really was just a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  through bare words, but also through context that exists separately in the ... partake in such an unsavoury activity.) During this busy and exhausting ... [annotation note="In EC, freshmen often live in doubles and upperclassmen almost all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  -out refers specifically to phenomena in the occupational context and should not be applied to describe experiences in other areas of life.” - 11th ... things to blog about: my "blog backlog" in Trello is stacked deep with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  This semester, in MIT terms, is “chill.” With only one technical ... in mind. It was magical. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the technical classes. I do, but in moderation. In fact, I’m a huge fan of my one

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  IAP is in full swing, and I am having a blast! At MIT, the second ... 's honestly a bonus (living in EC means I really don't get much unintentional ... , a version of multivariable calculus that starts in the fall and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  complete internships or study abroad in some cases, I spent my first IAP here ... my breakfast in my pajamas. 9-ish - I start to head back upstairs to ... first classroom is in a decently sized lecture hall, so I spend that time

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  For winter break and the first half of IAP, we are in North Miami ... our socks in pairs. And we have been walking in mismatched socks every ... speaker. We just walked and jammed without a care in the world. - Another

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  studying for the same tests. Your schedule is like the food trays in the ... Cookie to top it off. Yum. College is when they stuff you in a chef ... you alone in the kitchen you’d probably burn the place down. But in the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  deal in the habits of atoms and molecules, economics explores those of ... normative component of the discipline, in contrast, tackles a different type ... enact in order to best pursue a successful economy? Or more

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Home, not just a Haus fighting the good fight

  

  handing in on time, there are no more days where I have to worry about ... days where I lose sleep worrying about how I’m doing in school. My stress ... , for living in a suite with friends next semester, and adding new

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  I’m huddled in an office chair in a tiny box-studio in Lexington, MA ... pay for in full, where you are the master of the domain, kitchen and ... , objectively, but for me it’s a big deal. I finally have HBO access. Another in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  idea in December 2013, right around the time Amazon announced Prime Air ... students their decision letters in tubes, a practice that dates back to when ... got in a room with former blogger/current producer of the MIT+K12 Videos

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  culture at MIT. So, since my entire life in recent memory (also known as the ... common unit of homework assigned here at MIT. Excellent, in-depth high ... am particularly emotional, in which case I will resort to “PSET” or

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  all about my life not that long ago. In fact, the time between my last ... -optimal thing. But now I’m back, with a little less self promotion, to join in ... ’ve graduated, guys… Elizabeth, Course 20 class of 2013, lived in Simmons Hall

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  supervisions are setup within your college (another system I'll talk about in a ... the work and hand it in 24 hours before the supervision so that they have time to grade it and provide feedback. What actually happens in the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  fabled season of fall has arrived in all of its deciduous glory and is currently running around giving everyone chilly hugs. I’ve lived in Southern ... consider the brisk weather a welcome change. My impressions of fall, in the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  also block off certain hours in your schedule during preregistration to ... interval training for the first time in maybe a year or so. Now might be a ... long time. At least, that's how it was for me in the act of running. Once

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013