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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  “sophomore slump” is a real thing. In general, I think everyone goes through ... year that I’m really excited about. It's in a lab that is a supportive ... later, I was in contact with over a dozen companies who were still looking

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  who applied for EA got a chance to contact your EC and have an interview ... same things but do it in a detailed way that there just isn't room for in ... chances are. Getting admitted is not like handicapping a horse race or

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  11/9/2013: At the time of this writing: > I'm sitting in a cozy ... 1 would be a high school cafeteria burger and 5 would be an In ... . This weekend is particularly splendid for a couple of reasons. First of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  ZBT Soiree A part with many desserts and friends... fortunately, I left before the karaoke part. (9…

  

  in a group... In the picture below are my friends Elyse '07 (Course ... this is a picture of you, but I'm not sure.) Some of my suitemates ... would take it. Sam and I devised what we think is a clever plan to dispose

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  significant as coming up with the idea of using a spoon to eat soup. Back in ... readmitted in 1936. Now, at MIT, passing a typical class earns you 12 units of ... completed his thesis earned and a doctorate in Chemistry. If you're coming to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  am. but this semester, it's a different type of hosed. in other ... with items from my to do list is not a very healthy mindset and that i ... things i've done this semester, which is a thing that i do when i think my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen

  

  is a freshman preorientation program (FPOP) at MIT, which I participated in as a freshman... and now help coordinate! During the short ... idea of what we do in the program by taking a look at all the students

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7:15PM ET!

  

  2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 ... presentations are held annually in before a live audience of ~1300 designers, investors, faculty, and friends who won tickets via a lottery and pack into

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  you're in high school, probably a junior or a senior who's in the middle ... just say that succeeding in your senior year is doable. But it's a ... average guy. Sure, I worked hard in my classes, I joined a bunch of clubs

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  for a full recovery. Since then, I have been pitching in where I can ... Monday, and in Thai culture, Monday is associated with the color yellow ... . And—here’s the kicker—my team’s product is a physical therapy device

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  would obviously be a bad idea. In other school news, for those of you who ... problem to someone else suddenly makes the solution clear). Rick is in 6 ... else has been going on in my life? You know, school and stuff. While I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  in creativity and fitness originating from a very simply defined ... . There are mats, but it’s dangerous if you fall in a bad way. But climbing ... getting more and more tired and a fear of slipping creeps in on me. I squirm

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  bathtub" -- how cool is internet in the bathtub? You can be playing in a ... Well, this is my last day in Ahia (try saying it with me -- "Uh ... for a few days), since my fam is hopping on a plane to LA early tomorrow

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  this is all cope. Like, maybe I got a B in that one class because I ... famous college dropout who started a billion-dollar tech company or became a chart-topping rap star, there are hundreds of college dropouts who

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  grow up. In college, youth is appreciated. It means a more flexible sleep ... fireflies lit up the trees. There was no one around—a terrifying scenario in Cambridge, MA, but a soothing one in the suburbs. That was a night the cicadas

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  live and vote in Cambridge, there is a [annotation note="MIT is, to my knowledge, the only college in Cambridge with a polling location on its campus ... Today, November 3rd, 2020, is Election Day in the United States. Many

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  note="ice cream is so meh why wouldn't you eat a cookie instead ... know--meaning keeping a gallon-sized Ziploc of cookies in my middle ... ="The icing on the cake, the cake is a lie, to take the cake, and cakewalk

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  students in a couple weeks, and the point of this assignment is to teach a ... admission letters to your hearts in a sleepless fervor of joy, I've been ... concept. With this in mind, I ended up translating a lot of this:  

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  .) courseroad 2.0 was also released recently, and although it's in a bit of a ... 'll probably be a better version than the original in the near future. i know ... schedules, so in short is only pretty to look at and honestly doesn't even

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  A liveblog on the blogger retreat 2023 (check back in throughout the ... question: What is liveblogging? The answer: (according to Wikipedia) a ... 't running due to construction on the line. Instead, there is a shuttle service

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023