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  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  Sooo ~ MIT's back in session and life is again much too full with ... interesting in that 90% of our grade is based on problem sets, 5% on participation, and the remaining 5% on some in-class assignment that is supposedly

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long ... Period, is a special four-week mini-term full of interesting, fun and ... Food: Ancient and Medieval Cooking, Experiencing Health Policy: A Week in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  campus.  The RingComm chair is at least the 3rd in a row from the same ... One of the hardest things to avoid at MIT is a sense of jadedness ... in all of us. It’s the event where the Brass Rat for each class is

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  , and left me in a somewhat disheveled state. There's homework, lab ... least six blog entries in the past month or so, I haven't had a chance to ... professor encouraged us all to stay in the class: a 46 on the exam

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  and to learn the material in a way that I'd remember it. They also told ... time! I devoted so much time day in and day out, losing sleep doing ... , in the state that I was, I wanted to give a word of encouragement to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  R. ‘15 lives in Simmons. Her major is a unique combination of the ... almost a possum.   GEL Neerja A. ‘16 is majoring in course 6-1 and ... technology to market. My experience with GEL is limited to a guest lecture in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Sensations On Having Feelings

  

  in my lungs, expanding with awe. The rain is violet, a sort of ... stones. On a windy day, the river is in constant motion, rippling with the ... This is my favorite poem. Ladies and Gentlemen in Outer Space By

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  Mari and Prof. Patrick Henry Winston. Winston is what we at MIT call a ... time in more than a week. Yes, the regular action selection committee for ... process. This is a good thing for you, one more way that we make sure there

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  ’ countries for at least a couple years at some point in time. Shanghai is a lot ... incorporates both of those things is the magnetic levitation train in Shanghai, a ... I won’t mind so much today. In a week, I’ll head to Zhejiang

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  Airplane (how psychedelic): For me, Saturday was mostly a dorm tour day ... ) performed in "Once Upon A Mattress." Coincidentally, it was also "hack night ... track of. It was truly the most fun I had had in a long time (especially

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Another insane (in a good way) day! Got to MIT early; checked in with ... ? What are you talking about? P.S. Can I just tell you all how much the ... . Went back to my office for the first time in 2 days; checked email. Akash

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  I made an AI write most of this post because I forgot I needed to post this week

  

  Consider Becoming a Pony in College! Reason #1: You will have a much better ... give it. For example, this is the prompt I gave GPT-3. This is a great idea for a blog post. Unfortunately, I'm in the mood to post about very

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  ! This video is pretty much just a compilation of me squinting at the ... that they are welcome. It is a great opportunity to meet new people and talk about geology! We don't have infinite space as this is a tough

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  , MIT Natya put on a show called Laasya, which means 'dance' in Sanskrit ... In its 149 years of existence, MIT has been involved with many of ... : the first intercollegiate Indian classical dance competition in the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  to make zongzi. There is a proper way -- the kind seen in every youtube ... little Cantonese growing up, our ability to communicate in Chinese is ... ]which, to be fair to her, is probably a better English description of zongzi

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the Love of Darties and ChemE An audio journey

  

  , Okay, I guess certain aspects aren’t that much different than how I was ... a topic in mind to guide the conversation, I just wanted to see what ... ’t good a week ago. Come to think of it, it wasn't necessarily amazing two

  • by kellen manning
  • March 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Classes of Semesters Past, Present, and Future since you asked.

  

  Catalog. Summary: I will graduate with a major in physics and a ... big book in question was Clarissa. It is very, very big.) SOPHOMORE ... paper and give a talk at the end.) 21L.703 Studies in Drama (this semester

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  In honor of some holiday, MIT's Laboratory for Chocolate Science hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004, but this one was much more organized. We had four "flights" of dark

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Concourse?

  Concourse is a unique community of first-year students committed to learning in a small interactive group environment with dedicated teachers. Concourse offers small classes in the math and science GIRs as well as small
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  I wrote a blog post about how excited I was for CPW last week.  Other ... creation?  In the outside indent between buildings 6 and 8, there was a giant ... me miss my own CPW so much, but so grateful of the opportunities and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013