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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  factors in the mysterious element of wind chill.  I was graciously accepted ... : Luckily I can say that beyond the weather, Chicago was quite good to me ... ! Students can apply to up to three externships in the middle of Fall semester

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester. According to my iCal, I have spent nineteen hours in class in the last three ... happening in the background so I was slightly losing my mind. It was very

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  Microsoft, working on Surface keyboard (that's all I can say, the rest is ... ; knit a scarf I wish I knew how to knit. Anything else you want to say or ... ? I am doing an internship at Institut Néel, learning how to simulate

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  to see how it goes in the future. Lastly, I watched Dororo, which I got ... to get them out in any tangible way. So I continually pushed blogs ... nervous about how the semester would go. Yes, I heard it wasn't the end of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  Today I wanted to thank a very special person in my life, someone who ... : My Mom mom and I in Shanghai! Yesterday was Mother’s Day, so I thought ... week, and probably more frequently depending on how stressed out I am

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  ’t quite sure how to start up the New Year. Should I eat till I was blue in ... ; can't be stressing about working out. I'll start tomorrow. On Jan 7, it ... Feb 20, it means: How did I gain 90 pounds? Aaargh! Gotta start soon

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  browsing email in search of free food when I came across Splash, a program ... pressure, I began to ideate. I considered teaching “how to make ... outdated, but think Galahad in Temple Anthrax. I’d recently brushed up on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  rat is physical proof of my being halfway done with MIT. I can't believe ... shared a few pictures with you guys in her entry, but I'm adding a few of ... F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D. My last final is over, my boxes are packed, and I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  'm sure you can expect an entry or two about it in the future. ... Today was Winter Break 2008 in Lobby 7, a really pleasant way to ... and said "Look! Susan Hockfield! I'll totally hug her for a dollar." I

  • by Snively '11
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  [/caption] I found this small sketchbook in my drawer that I impulse-bought from ... nothing else in it, so I decided to fill it up with things that I've seen ... out of using one in the first place. I didn't worry about perfect lines

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  in college, I never took a visual arts class, despite looking through ... prickling in the back of my mind again. When I was in middle school, I wanted ... this summer, and I was in Cambridge. So I signed up for Alternative

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  please, bear with me). What I can control is how I handle myself in every ... one particularly nasty hell week can instill in you, something I thought ... taking better care of myself. I can’t control the unexpected things in

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

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  .022 TEST THING OMG AND I SPENT SO MUCH TIME STUDYING AND I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW ... ). Wonderful? Out of this world? No, the question is... Can you SURVIVE??? I ... -variable calculus and the 18.02's are types of multi-variable calculus). I came in

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• 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 ... teaches you how to be a good leader as well as a good team player. I don ... thoroughly convinced that I can improve them with practice. The lab class, 6

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  -way presentation. In a two-way conversation, for example, you can ask "and how about ... folder called "Old." Eek. In "Old," I found a folder named after my high ... interview. So here goes. In my senior year of high school, I was living in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  narrative. In past documentaries, I never really understood how to transition ... I've mentioned in the past that I'm taking CMS.335 Short Attention ... had an interest in making videos, but found that everything I made was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  comments, which I will respond to in an untimely fashion. I'll let you know when. You can count on me, can't you? I think I eventually come to love all of my professors in a different way. I don't know, call it Stockholm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  'm getting a far better grade in 7.05 than 5.12) - but I'm seriously struggling in orgo. Argh! < begins long rant on organic chemistry > (I ... , when I first took Calc BC in sophomore year, Calc was just a huge

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  I'm back in the U.S. of A and have recovered enough from jet lag for ... laziness. So ~ my time in India is over :( No longer do I wake to the sound ... in India. Last Tuesday was my final day in Anaikatti, when I turned in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  always going in the wrong direction no matter how hard you try. When I ... ways it felt like my life was paused. (I'm sure lots of y'all can relate ... beginnings of deep friendships in the East Campus courtyard. I felt like a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022