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• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  advisor, stands in front of a blank board; he is grinning, hunched over, and ... holding a real cup of coffee. Sho Yaida is beaming as he holds a crying baby ... between their heads: a ~ sign, which means “is approximately equal to." The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  6.115 Microcomputer Lab! literally the coolest class i've taken so far

  

  particularly about learning how a specific microcontroller is programmed, or ... a lot of it is learning how to learn. At one point a TA asked me ... needed a lab class to fulfill a course 6-9 requirement. 6.115 is known as

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 16, 2023
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  analyze how people respond to rising uncertainty- creating a stir on the ... returned to Cambridge to join Harvard. She is one of a number of female ... said that she had a spare key in a lock box but she couldn’t quite

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  The MIT Monologues (MITMo) is a spinoff of the play The Vagina ... this blogpost is meant to be a mock-up of my monologue for the MIT ... , most every other first year is struggling socially with you, like a bunch

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

  

  't listen to as much music as I know a lot of other people do, and my tastes ... -in-the-world-by-myself music. I think the music of the semesters after this one is a lot more varied, which is definitely a reflection of the way I ventured out into

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 28, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  I’m looking at how I stumbled through this maze before. A Brief Overview of Past Semesters (there is a tl;dr below) Freshman fall: 8 ... my interest in historical research. Fiction Workshop is a great class

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  'm too lazy when there's a lot of assignments and exams - i really only ... cup arborio rice (this kind of rice is sticker and fatter than normal ... is kind of thick...) 1/2 can of water 1/3 of one onion, chopped into

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  form. What is a UROP anyway? A UROP  – Undergraduate Research ... doing a UROP (at least for me) is the prospect of applying the skills I ... about how to make the most out of a UROP. While I lectured about the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  the phone over to my mom, because he didn't seem to know how to handle a ... In true "everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"* fashion, I'm posting my own tale of being admitted last year. Since this is the second

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  House, the dormitory where I live. The role of dorm president is often a ... year. But, regardless of how vague the role is, or how any person chooses ... someone for, "thanks" is a good option. Otherwise, "best" is pretty good and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  hours in between. It makes for a nice lunch/blog update time.) Today is ... bottle of water and a box of seafoam fudge. Mmmm, the tastes of home. (I ... is a non-stop party. Oh! One more thing about Orientation- the coolest

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Preview Of My Summer Project Screenshots of the new admissions site.

  

  So here's a sneak peek at what I've been working on all summer... the ... , regardless of author. You will no longer have to check each blogger's box to ... directly. Blogger homepages will provide a bio, the latest three entries

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  the competition organizers have given them a large box full of motors ... about how awesome she is. She's also very heavily involved in WTP, the ... Europe for the summer before going to grad school. You start talking to a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  the major is a lot less restrictive than the box I put myself in with 6 ... resonated with me and something I could see myself doing that is at least a ... skills. Then I find out that a math major is proofs and I immediately lost

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  wish I could tell you myself how wonderful it was but unfortunately I was ... Kyle S’16 (the organizer of the event) if he could talk a little bit about the event and this is what he told me: "The Next House Thanksgiving

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  . In doing so, I'm often surprised by how much the salad bar has to offer ... -10 different vegetables (which is admittedly already a lot), but you can double ... , so I usually only do this if I get a to-go box (e.g., during late

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  the problem is not how much we have to do, but how we think about it ... on campus as of late concerning how to best achieve a safe, caring ... think definitely helps is just talking about it more. When a previous

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  got to knock off a task that is surprisingly easy to finish at MIT ... favorite takeaway has been learning how to touch (or not touch) this, a la MC ... challenges of varying degrees--I can proudly say I've already seen a concert in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  you guys is the two months of illness and a phat bundle of electric ... . Quadrant two is “Wow so much fun but help I can’t breathe out of my nose ... their ratio is about the same. A lot of people don’t even have health on

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  really hasn't ramped up too too much yet which is my fault) Admissions ... , but I'm feeling things a bit too much all at once and I wish I could ... A couple updates: I quit two of my jobs I'm taking 4 classes and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022