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  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  . In class, I can't stand like this for more than 30 seconds or so. Try ... (I can file an entry on Yoga under "Academic" right?) Today I ... Institute Requirement in Physical Education. The requirement includes

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Hi everyone! CPW is in full swing. I haven't been this tired in a ... registration desk until a little after 8PM, went to the Prefrosh Welcome Event in ... sitting on the same registration chair for 14+ hours today. Woot! Mitra has

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  for anything- so I just show up and help out whoever needs an extra hand ... to get in for another few months. I guess I just got lucky. (*How did I ... Classics), I was in the unfortunate first group who had to write an essay on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  Laura '09 had an interesting bit a while back in her blog about East ... plans for residents of those dorms. In my experience, West Campus students ... looks, in the words of my little sister, "like it's going to walk across

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  , and become an even better version of yourself in the process. And for ... to MIT certain of one thing: I would never be an engineer. In eighth ... for a new major. I had always been interested in physics, mostly

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  .e. in $\mathbb{R}^2$. Let's call this set $A$. Now, suppose we look at the ... : Yes. For every point in $\pi_x(A)$, we can draw the corresponding line ... that shows that the inequality we proved is in fact (sometimes) an

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  your throat as possible in the shortest amount of time it can. An example ... multivariable calculus in there as well, but graciously gives you an extra month ... remember this going into your finals. I know it may not be as big an issue in

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... use your QuestBridge application for that. In the Part 1, when you come ... in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  beforehand so you spend less time fishing for words in front of your recruitees ... an organization. So, I made mine for GEL! Why do I like GEL? 1 ... Jellyfishing...GEL-ly fishing? Get it? Fishing for new GELs? Maybe it

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  ’t intending to get an orange bike. I was just looking for something in decent ... until the date available. Email me if you are interested in an item and we ... walking speed.) A few weeks ago, I decided to stay in Cambridge for the

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  topic of affirmative action in college admissions; however, I'll say right now, we're not going there. What I do want to focus on is how in an ... students, people from home, and the like is: "How do you feel like you fit in

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  eating them like an actual horse 3) It's time for those of you who ... ’s like to be in a Sadoway lecture, or planning stuff for REX, or UROPing ... . At a high level, we are looking for bloggers with good judgment who can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Non-Stop a completely stacked google calendar? in THIS economy?

  

  held at MIT in December, so we talked about options for making classes ... look for apartments. MIT recently announced that only seniors will be on campus in fall, so we're in the middle of hunting for a place to live in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 25, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  met a few of the friends, my entourage for the night, in front of the ... Last weekend was crazy. Crazy good. So good, in fact, that I needed a ... employers, and my family. All of them believed in me, and told me I can do

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  for. Most MIT students take an average of 1 or 2 finals a semester (and ... poorly done. I wound up only going to S^3 once this semester to ask for an ... shattered my hopes of getting an A in this class, so it went from being my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  help, in addition to regular traditional office hours that are meant for ... about in an upcoming post. I got cooked to death on my last midterm but it ... = "stands for Independent Activities Period, in which MIT students have the

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  project for more than one term? Most faculty want continuity in their ... experience in an area of interest? Exercise your creativity? ... : Thursday, Thursday September 14, 2006. Keep in mind that there are three

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  is really just because I pulled an all-nighter in 2017 and then ... other friends who make an annual pilgrimage for this silly, silly weekend ... for it to be MIT’s Mystery Hunt in particular, it doesn’t mean the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  Blendie looks like an ordinary blender, it is in fact a voice activated ... of the criteria that I'll be looking for in the guest entries I publish ... [The Call For Guest Entries has been updated/modified] Wow, excuse

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  the sun sets on another summer only one left yikes

  

  's because time doesn't really pass in LA - every day looks exactly the same ... i'm writing this post while sitting at an LAX waiting to board my flight to boston. this summer went by weirdly fast but in a way that i can

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 17, 2019