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• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  test, which requires you to tread water for FIVE MINUTES. I can’t even ... in a pool deep enough for me to have to swim since I was, like, 8. So ... hard. I took the walk of shame to the table and signed up for a swim

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  outlining my goals for this quarantine. i also made a habit tracker for some ... encourages a listlessness that i can't banish, no matter how [annotation note ... motivated to do even when i haven't been able to focus on anything for half a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  permission) unedited below: A bit of backstory: I originally went to MIT for ... major classes, I started to realize it wasn't for me. A perfect storm of ... figures, times will be tougher for you. I will admit I had a lot of self

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever

  

  , no, that's a lie) am i happier? not sure. i can't see as many people ... physical classes. now, i'm living in a house with some friends, taking ... things. last year, i'd forget about nearly every prepset for [annotation

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  floor down from 5th east when I went to MIT, has Jack Florey become a ... ! Decades before computer hackers were. For that matter, where do you think ... major updating is supposed to be done soon, though that's been true for a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Global warming? ...or just a weather anomaly?

  

  pictures (I included some below), and go for a run. Boston is known for ... of the warm spell by being outside as much as possible. I saw a group ... River is only a few feet away from most of the dorms, and once you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Pics or it didn’t happen? It happened!

  

  As I mentioned last week, MIT is a place for talkin’. Looking at the ... “Proving Them Wrong” theme, and I got a request to share more videos from the competition. I tracked down the other speech-makers from the top 3, so, without

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Me again (but with flamethrowers this time) yup, it's a shameless ploy to catch your interest. But it's working, right?

  

  archives). I've got to imagine that this was a serious facepalm moment for ... . I'm a complete sucker for historical stuff like that, which is why I ... reason I joined twitter. I was resistant and fairly hostile for a while

  • by Alina G. '11
  • February 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  ; work last IAP, I tried to UROP but applied for a random one that I didn ... . I'm a bit sad that I don't have any ideas for mega posts this year ... it's IAP! I don't have classes! I can end my day at 5 pm like I could

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  '07, asked me if I wouldn't mind going up for auction, and I obliged ... handle him or not. A worldly man, he has been everywhere and is from ... Thursday: Medlinks auction So on Thursday, the Medlinks had a dating

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  completely different form from what J. Bell was doing. Basically, I run a bunch ... you can't just stick your eye into a radio telescope; nowadays ... is signal from sources a) here on Earth, that interfere with what

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  As a kid, I always secretly dreamed of being on a TV show. Had there ... converting kiddie toys into a dragster to creating moving art for a museum and designing a low-cost peanut butter machine for a women's collective in Haiti

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  movie! I would have KNOWN that!" (This is a huge accomplishment for me. I ... put it all in a safe place with the operator. I took a picture for your ... ! You're responsible! Be operator for a few hours!" So, now I get to feel

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I have the best girlfriend ever Gifts at MIT rock.

  

  I bought a new mouse on woot.com the other day for $13.37 and I must ... inquired "Where's your mousepad?" "Well . . I don't have one. . . but look, it still works!" A week later, after I had totally forgotten about

  • by Snively '11
  • December 3, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  , you can download SecureFX from the MIT software page. It's a handy drag ... It's a pretty slow week. Classes ended yesterday, I'll be studying for a final this weekend, and thankfully the sun came out again after a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  WE BUILT AN IGLOO! ❄️☃️ a long-lost McCormick Tradition

  

  went wrong. However, as a proud Michigander, I dismissed their warnings, convinced that the storm wasn’t that serious (I swear I’m not a climate change denier). I see lots of snow every year and Boston has felt WARM for most of

  • by Hala K. '29
  • January 30, 2026
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  'd never stop being grateful for my life, a promise broken, a vow i'll strive ... next to a friend i know's been busy recently, napping peacefully, and ... time i spent a whole day bouncing on and off trains with a friend, two

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  Every now and then I get a cool email from the outside world. Here ... to a video you posted last year about your room.  I can offer you some ... ="suite lounges"]living rooms[/annotation] by 1972, but only for a year or so as I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  , I had to spend a lot of my summer reading papers for research purposes ... /REX. I was also a rush chair for my living group, but those deliverables ... website, but...did not do that. I do have a base for it, though, so once I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Newsflash! Guess what!

  

  do is study real hard for the written test...yikes. And then maybe I'll actually get to be a real, certified EMT. Plus, I got an A on the paper I wrote for my HASS on Tuesday. Today is an awesome day. Hopefully I can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 9, 2006