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• Blog / Challenges

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  to explain this, researchers have hypothesized about the impact of ... mental rotation exercises. “Mental rotation” here refers to the act of ... the romance of egalitarianism aside, though, to talk about empiricism

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  . Most of the time, there is music in the background. Something legitimate ... . Dancing on tables permitted. At the start of the semester, lounge ... population and mood of the lounge begin to change rapidly. Noise levels rise

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  [annotation note="read, they still haven't kicked me out of the group chat yet."]Until very recently,[/annotation] I was the president of Next House, the dormitory where I live. The role of dorm president is often a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

    Recruitment of Volunteer Human Subject “Alright, that concludes the cool ... nutrition handbooks for the discussion portion of the course. I lowered myself onto the worn green plush of the yoga mats blanketing the cold floor

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Senior Fall Classes Better late than never

  

  of the big reasons we decided to take course 6 classes in the first ... it resulted in some sort of 3D art! Here are some of the things we ... set of points. The next part of the assignment was to write a function

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 25, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  t-shirt. Photos of Paterno, the football team, and Beaver Stadium, signed, framed, and displayed outside the store. A post-it note on one of ... minute later. The photo was of Beaver Stadium, filled to capacity during a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  Regulations of the Faculty 2.11: Classes shall be suspended during the following ... the Registrar in consultation with the Chair of the Faculty[…] — Day ... 's Muriel Cooper-esque. There were lots of Museum staff around all the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The landscape of the Charles River around MIT is almost ... , swimming and fishing are progressively re-emerging as about 90% of the length of the river is now considered safe for swimming. Health risks remain

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  Today is the eighth day of fall and the first day of winter in my ... Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M. Pirsig Nobody ... Fernandez Everything and More, David Foster Wallace Parable of the Sower

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  , Fear Level is inversely proportional to The Number Of Seconds I Think I ... ; they suggested naming the band "The Band Of People Who Can't Play Solos" in my ... before the start of the solo, he would give me a smile and a nod. I would

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  This is the time of year where goodbye posts are pretty common on ... . Has life been perfect in the Alpha Phi House? Of course not and to say ... lots of wonderful things that have come from my time in the house. I did

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  ’m talking about the hundreds of billions of silicon transistors that form the ... post, it is almost certainly powered by one of the following three ... was awarded for the invention of the cathode ray tube.) QLED Displays

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... . What can you gain from an entire year free from the bondage of school ... dream life. Well, no! No! It’s not fine at all! The first few weeks of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Facebook. Because social networking makes you cool.

  

  all the accepted students! Last year, a number of "MIT Class of 2013 ... linked to here on the blogs (although I wasn't a part of the "we", then ... * official. I'll see if they guy who started it will make one of the bloggers

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  A lot of people living in the United States don’t understand how ... the complexity of getting water to places that don’t have it. I was ... there, because that's one of the requirements for us to just physically be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  100% of MIT undergraduates study the humanities, arts, and social sciences. At MIT, we consider the humanities, arts, and social sciences ... disciplinary areas and encourages the development of sensibilities and skills
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Christmas: The Playlist and much music was had.

  

  But first I'm going to talk about the Toons. Some of you might ... . Well, that a cappella group is having our last concert of the semester ...  a cappella. Of course, the concert's not limited to just singing, because who

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  , being physically, mentally and financially protected from the realities of what a lot of black people live through in this country. The fact remains ... bought by the blood, sweat and tears of the black men and women that came

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  albums i like and why i like them pov: i ramble about music and won't shut up

  

  the albums that I like. So here is a list of cool musical [annotation ... wrestler that the singer (and presumed protagonist of the album) watched as a ... is what I remember:  The creator of this album, John Darnielle, didn

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 8, 2025
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  One of the academic differences between MIT and Cambridge is that ... concept of Office Hours But the difference doesn't end at class size or ... 's appeared in the last 8+ years' exams and you'll leave with 5 pages of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014