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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  cooker. How you come out of it is a mystery. Ultimately, you’ll choose your ... is my past avatar, a more accurate depiction of me when I wrote this post.  On the week of Pi Day, my friend and I both wondered how a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  stop pulling all-nighters. you complain about how much money you spend on ...   you have a lot of drive and commitment—remind me how many ... options, which is both a blessing and a curse. you either listen to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  /plastic/anything that needs to be shaped into a part. A lathe is for radially symmetric ... tools to cut grooves, pockets, round edges, so on and so forth. A mill is ... hard it is to make a circle on an etch-a-sketch! CNC lets you design

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  is a possibly-staged photograph of me while I'm studying for my finals ... waited in line and saved me a good seat. (How dare they call me inefficient ... : I'm taking 14.41 this term Professor: Oh, is that PF? Student: No, I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  Undergraduate Research The sad part is, as much as I try to deny it, I think I ... write, a pset, and a research poster to work on, and my thesis work is ... -------------------------------I did not anticipate how much time I would be spending on career

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• 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 / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  many, many, many more. My life as a college student has pretty much been ... collection of thoughts on the internet for a student figuring out how to make ... is a true gem in its entirety, but the three main points that Petey

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  , we are going to… well, you’ll see. Danny: “Now, I don't know” is how ... realizing that the first song is LITERALLY describing how we feel. Danny ... exam. See how we do. And based on that, make a decision on whether we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• 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 / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  , too, but there is a much higher density of mythological life stories in ... is. I like how much responsibility MIT students take for - and give to ... "how it has shaped me" is much easier than the "why I picked it." How I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• 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 / 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 / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  Tomorrow is, yes, the First of May[?], which means those of you who have decided to join the incoming class have a very crucial choice to make: choosing your MIT username. You may not appreciate yet how big

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• 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 / 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 / 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