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  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  is a student in high school or middle school who takes classes at the ... wrote, "I am living in New Zealand and I wish to put my son who is just 9 ... mates. To find out who your interviewer is, log on to MyMIT (if you are a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  where *SPOILER* everybody else dies. There was also a huge wading pool in ... concert if it were free and staged in Boston Common. Certainly, this was ... freakish giant eyes. Jon '06 is a quiet serial killer. Brian '06 is a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  . Traffic in India is bumper-to-bumper in a very real sense. Take a big road ... Anne Liu and I spent January 7th through January 17th in India on a ... bulldozed to the ground last year. I also owe a big thank-you to Anne, who

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  take the state certification exam in a couple of weeks, so wish me luck. In other news, April and I got a futon, and now our room is supercool ... someone who has a crush on you that you don't return their feelings. Useful

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  shipped off the design to be manufactured in China. This is what returned to ... schematic and prototype A schematic is a drawing of your electrical components ... schematic, which shows all of these components and their connections in a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  my house in Central, and the latte is conveniently free thanks to a ... surrounding choosing a living community is a constant in the MIT experience, at ... good chance i'll be in Israel for at least a month, which is super

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  , the answer is inevitably “In lab.” My class schedule serves to justify ... Seniors who have published papers. One great thing about the class is the ... blood sugar is regulated through a very complex control system to make

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  opportunity to attend a 3 week base visit called "Ops Air Force" during the summer after their freshman year. This program is a Professional ... my summer PDT at Dyess AFB in Abilene, TX. Dyess is home to the 7th

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  the best purchase I've made in the last year is a wind-proof jacket from ... life in general to be happy with your work, and MIT is a place where this ... was warned about them. 1. The weather in Boston is mildly ridiculous

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  Women in Aerospace Engineering (WAE). WAE is a student group that, through ... other in AP Calculus. A few weeks in, we had some free time during which I ... about environmental sustainability. In that post, I wrote:   This is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  't be a wuss and say "But there are fourteen hundred entrieeeees in the archives!" Boo hoo. I've read and tagged them all in four days. Don't be a ... the year.   Seminar advising. A freshman seminar is a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who else is watching infinity train?!?! *a fangirling hub that we will update every day this week*

  

  sympathize with the "bad guy" a huge theme in this show is the concept of ... . This is a theme that comes up SO much in Steven Universe This last ... , is so cool and nerdy! One-One was so funny and such a unique character

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  .07 received a free copy of The Maxwellians on the first day of lecture. On the ... pound. I'm sure CMS.100 is a worthwhile class, but grapes at 88 cents ... organize a themed party/carnival/interactive infomercial in the Student

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  classes designed for students who are interested in taking an active role in their education. Instruction takes place in a 14-room suite on the top ... Experimental Study Group (ESG) offers instruction in the core first
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  spirtuality, and lives in his head. My mom is a former bartender and studied at ... a lot of the gap is still left unexplained in the econometric sense ... from two very different ways-of-thinking. My dad is a nerdy engineer with

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i am taking in spring 26 because i'm stuck at the airport right now. NOT ranked in terms of edibility (sorry)

  

  a major's coursework is supposed to be completable in 3 years with 3 ... class: we had a guest lecturer, Professor Berwick, who is a [annotation ... HASS requirement, but my decision in taking this class is a lot more pre

  • by Janet G. '27
  • February 8, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  summer, you get to rank the dorms in order of preference, based on ... assignment, most dorms have an In-House Rush where you choose a hall or entry ... you can't live in an FSILG until you're a sophomore. Unfortunately, in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  Wrapped is unfortunately a little underwhelming, since I use Spotify for < ... consumer. No thoughts, just a constant stream of words going in one ear and ... . And before you ask, no! This blog is not sponsored by Audible. In fact

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  'll step off the soapbox in a minute. But really- your application is a ... few of them have a "flexible option," which is often denoted by an ... is 2A. Also, Course VI is broken into three subsections, 6-1, 6-2, and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Trip to AfroTech My Recap of the AfroTech Conference in Houston

  

  for free merch. I then got a text from my roommate who wanted to visit ... ; The flight was around 4 hours, and we touched down in the city a little ... check our stuff in so me and a group of others made a lunch trip to Chick-fil-A

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2025