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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  questions? How many biology classes did you take for a semester? For overall, how many credits did you take for a semester? I heard some people ... classes at the beginning. How many credits are appropriate not to drop out a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  I have a confession to make, which is that I've started this post at ... , [annotation note="some author's notes: this is probably a combination of every ... energy to care about it as much as my other classes: even 7.05, a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  ," which I think is a much better expression. Now I can just switch to ... is a much more mild word in English. Also, the most offensive English ... talking to is me"). I might be turning into a linguistics nut, but I find

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  's sort of a measurement of how much your behavior mimics his life, which ... Festival. I was unaware of this until I happened upon a food truck giving out ... a poster that said this food truck along with one giving out 'gourmet

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  realizing this is rarely the case this became really clear to me around a ... taking so long meant that i was a bad person. i wondered how my friends ... comfortable writing this post my current view is that there is a lot of work to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  is currently undecided about how to vote on a bill. The Harvard ... My name is Anna Ho, and I am a student at – No, no. That’s not the point. My name is Anna Ho, and I am a constituent living in Cambridge. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  how much I’m paid for hour, say, food is just so much more expensive ... , but a bidet shower, which is like a hand-controlled shower head that ... away in a separate bin. Tap water in Cambridge is potable. That

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goal setting and organization how i organize my life!

  

  my macros. Which honestly in retrospect is terrible given how much I ... progress in my life. Progress tracking is a huge part of my life. I really ... 't spend too long on this section, but Google Calendar is a typical go to for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  you're sleeping, you're also doing something wrong. There is so much ... Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule ... . Campus Preview Weekend is full with free food all over campus. Open houses

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  and a half, I hadn't heard much about Baker's dining hall. Baker is the ... is the best? Campus might have a general consensus. But tbh there ... this adventure. Food is a million times better with good company

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  upwards, almost pulling the plastic part off the metal (it is a U-Lock, even though it's chaining up a bike that was only $20). It is after midnight. A few people walk by and I wonder vaguely how much it looks like I am

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  on my mind: What is a “white paper”? What do they mean by ... – it is technically a white paper, after all – but luckily, the 3 ... diffraction patterns, I had a vague idea of how to structure (no pun intended

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  Lydia is a kind shepherd of the blogs who puts too much trust in my sense ... , how did we even), I took a class from The Most Excellent Professor ... bioengineering as an undergrad.) And what I learned was just how magnificent of a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  myself having a lot to say about the impact those classes have had on how I ... how much I enjoyed my math classes. I was always planning on taking the ... it wasn't a surprise at all. Although I came into MIT knowing how to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  : i notice myself feeling cold much more easily now. as a kid and ... going on, but it turns out this is actually a normal response to stress ... have a minor foot injury, the correct response is to pretend that nothing

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  resembling a normally shaped ball. But, to the rest of the world, football is ... through Colón to see how excited everyone was. Here's a view from behind of ... . =) Keep in mind this is all after 11 PM on a Sunday! I got back to my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Another year has begun Welcome to my world

  

  It’s amazing sometimes how much life at MIT can seem removed from the ... , working on a project that is looking at the vulnerability of the different ... . Being at MIT is like living in a bubble, but it is definitely a bubble I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  few interesting observations about this country: -It is a very long ... . -Eating at a Steak 'n Shake in Indiana as a minority is a lonely endeavor ... world, but many people would agree it is the grandest.": A direct quote

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  to make a determination of how much energy would be absorbed by a ... was on the now defunct MIT ChemECar team. ChemECar is a competition to ... shot. Our idea was to power the car using a galvanic cell. To control how

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  that class is going through a rough patch; it hurt my feelings pretty ... instead. ***A short lesson on limericks*** A limerick is a five-line poem ... to deliver someone a fatal blow. How could I possibly enjoy 1500 pages

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011