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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  ’s nighttime when my eyes open, and the middle of the day when I go to bed. In ... that I can’t sleep an arbitrary number of hours per day, which I can ... something about snow. Now, I saw snow for the first time in November 2013

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  'll see if I can post a video later if it becomes available."]In a Q ... coaster —  you can tell this is a center for intellectual fun." In response ... faculty and the school in general, Dr. Kornbluth talked about how getting

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Images of Rush preparation

  

  it up, as in this message left by Phife '04 when I was a freshman ... example, the other night, I finally met Laura '09 in person, discovering her ... ? Lit by a glaring light so that students can continue to work at one in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  them in more detail than I will if you’re interested in learning more ... whether I want to double major in math or be a 6-2 instead of a 6-3, and 18 ... status early), which basically means that if I do bad in the class, it won

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  examiners. When I get stuck on a problem or am unsure about a step in a solution, I openly annotate my own example sheet for discussion in ... work. You can choose how involved you want to be, and no one really minds

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  gaps that I can fill in between classes, which, as a sophomore, are ... , since it doesn't have my laptop in it at that pictured moment (Yes, I am ... in my room, with pages of notes strewn on my bed and my person, where I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  (COUGHMITCOUGH), which, I mean, is a kind of a big deal and will in fact influence the rest of your life. No pressure or anything. I will weigh in with how ... Alright, you and I both have some big decisions to make in the next

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  the lobster tank in the Chicago Meijer, wondering how on earth I had ... saying Orange County, California. I was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, but I ... reliable information. I have one memory of me crying in the kitchen while my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  coming to MIT, I had never cooked before in my life.  Nada.  Zip.  (okay ... how to cook).  I'm fairly sure I caused my mom a great deal of stress ... ?  but calculus?).  Being the knowledge junkie that I am, you can bet that

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  order’. How can I indicate that someone else is providing the fee? A: Just ... date that you can take is in January. Just because I care, here is the ... applicants. Maybe they will help you too. If I didn't address your question in

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  try to get an hour long nap in. Or, it means I can tell you what I ... minutes early so I watched as guys dressed in batman pajamas stormed the ... 's when I saw it. Everything finally snapped into place. How could I have

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on ... reconsider all of the waitlisted students again in May, when we know how many ... our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come for CPW or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once

  

  process, so I can’t even identify how I got to my current gloomy state ... sticky buns are really good, and all I want in life is to sit here and ... class in the morning. Part of me still feels like I’m seventeen and back

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  about is the part where I will sit in a library for 8 hours trying to do a ONE PSET. I don't blog about how overbearing things can feel (a test and two PSETs due on Wednesday) or about how long days can be (9 AM to 10 PM

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  five things I love about New York welcome to New York, everybody walks in New York

  

  notice fashion in a way I never did before. I can tell you that in July in ... .) I spent the summer doing a software internship in New York. I lived ... , in classic MIT student tradition, I crammed a year’s worth of self

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  8 / Fresh start A month of eating and sleeping and other fun things

  

  . I spent several hours immersed in rummaging through and reminiscing ... , flyers, postcards, and everything in between contained. I made a big fun mess in the kitchen, but I consolidated everything into one notebook that

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 3, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  a life in the tech industry." "MAS.863 - how to make almost anything ... , and how I look at the world. 6.172 taught me a lot of technical things and helped me define what I'm really interested in. "the weight

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  rocket scientist. I can remember playing with this airplane that I had when ... 's realizing what's important and what has to be done in order to succeed. I mean ... about how important it was to do well in school." [...] McGee recalls

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  remember for my entire life. Plus, if I can run a marathon in sleet and get a ... out the weather report in mid-April and this is what I get... I ... case I did something stupid and you can't see the picture, basically, it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  have cool things to talk about. I'm sure you're all excited. In the ... -epiphany where I kind of sort of maybe started thinking about majoring in 2A ... .900 because not only am I interested in the subject, but it fulfills two HASS

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006