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  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  soon "free food" isn't a good enough reason to walk across campus for a 2 ... Taiwanese Students in my inbox a couple weeks ago: Cooking workshop. Oh, yeah ... Verde's. (In fact, the only time I even ever use TechCash is to do laundry. I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  rage, as explained by thermodynamics I had a bad day and soon a thermo exam

  

  planning. In thermo, something's "free energy" is related to its enthalpy ... particle is at that exact temperature; instead, as a whole it's that specific ... there's a constant battle about how everything is going. Minute

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  is a perfectly reasonable questions. You should be in touch with the ... EVERYTHING then make a decision?" The first thing I glance at is the ... making a decision. random person, "Hrm, not sure if this is the place to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  . Something I've been telling myself a lot is to just try my very hardest in ... thought getting a computer science based internship or passing a class that ... ." Instead, I hear "Yeah this is the best you're gonna get. It's not even a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  be more free Having a killer final project When my exam score is ... interact with regularly, so this is really only a snapshot of the diverse thoughts and feelings that exist in the MIT bubble. It's a little long but I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  If I'm not mistaken this is the time of year when you begin in ... gracious to send you. I know that most of you will put it all in a big box ... fall visit to a college or university that you are interested in

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Embarrassing One Minute everything that can go wrong...will find a worse way to manifest itself

  

  In the tale that is my Junior Spring Semester, two exciting and terrifying themes have emerged. The first is projects; I’m taking two project-based ... and open-ended, which means that there’s a lot of groping walls in the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  Hi all, The office is closed for the holiday and there are only a ... recommended, the interview is not a required part of the application (and ... Admissions at this time to check on any such documents (there is a time for

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  recommended, the interview is not a required part of the application (and ... Admissions at this time to check on any such documents (there is a time for ... section of both Parts One and Two, there is a link that will allow you to

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  on the other hand, is not a rectangle (in fact it feels like the most ... from a meeting in 37-212. My first class tomorrow is in 34-101. If you ... I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Nothing beats a wet beaver! Except, in this case, a wet Iona. Pictures!

  

  A-woo-hoo! Since the last entry was such a frickin' saga (tm Betsy ... will limit myself to 12 words in each caption. By the by, the entry title is actually the MIT women's water polo motto, I believe. I hope the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  the hell is a little twin star? In short, it means I now watch over ... improving the site's usability. On top of creating a user experience that is intuitive and friendly to a younger age group, a lot of consideration is also

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  the mail comes in. I am also a note taker in biochemistry, which is ... , I’m Lydia. I’m a sophomore. I’m in courses 6-7 and 18. I’m not in 7 ... .06 instead of 7.05. Oops. I retreated with my freshly free hour and a bagel

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  challenges of a really difficult curriculum, who are here in the first place ... ’s coming. In its own way, MIT is a conundrum. You can’t always tell how ... that are true to anyone who reads them on theirs. The MIT experience is a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  free time, and I have a rewarding job doing research that is going to ... Four years ago, in October 2012, Lydia published a blog post titled ... alumni, and even folks who aren't affiliated with MIT but who have had a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  , like I’m in the middle of a field and there used to be a road I was ... it is perhaps the fact that I wouldn't mind staying in academia forever ... , solidifying these things in my mind took a huge weight off of my shoulders

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  electronic music is played, dancing occurs in a very free-form fashion. The ... together and maybe write some new carols. mitBEEF is a club dedicated to educating the MIT community about beef. (Note: this is a club event, not a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  - AMS is like 21H (a regular history major) with a special twist. --- It is 1120 A.D., and the fates of four empires hang in the balance as the ... made a pact to share the fruits of their research and resources in a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  is a snapshot of a week in February 2009, when I was at MIT, while the bottom is a snapshot of the same week in February 2010, when I was at the ... disparity is my own doing – I didn't have a job during the year (although few

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  “ISIS is Us.” Once, they sang hymns in a lovely quartet. Every time, the ... major options left. And now I’m (almost) officially a double major in ... Teaching Systems Lab (TSL), which is in turn incubating another institution

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016