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• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  for. Most MIT students take an average of 1 or 2 finals a semester (and ... predictably excruciating to prepare for. Never again. I also regret not taking ... poorly done. I wound up only going to S^3 once this semester to ask for an

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  Everything's going just fine! I'm registered for classes, the grad ... vent. A while back when I was asking people for recommendation letters, my PI of three years made a suggestion. He wanted to nominate me for a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  , for instance, took a lot of cellular and molecular neurobiology classes ... taking 18.01 (Calculus 1) and, say, 8.01L (Physics 1 at a slow pace, for ... please tell me about the music program? Especially for pianists. I know

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english

  

  the tagalog word for "older brother". tagalog does not have a lot of ... , for older sister. kuya can also refer to any older male person. back in high school, for example, i called people in higher years "kuya", like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  really fun experience. Now for the fun part: Class of 2009 Ring Design A ... . (If anyone else has an explanation for this, by all means, drop me a note.) It's been an Institute tradition since about 1929 for each class

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  discouraged. And sometimes, the best thing I can do for myself is have enough ... I don’t give myself enough credit for the things I’m doing well, or I ... , beating up on myself just makes things worse. Sometimes the best thing to do

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

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  It's Sunday. I've had a particularly draining week. For the sake of ... for it, so it is going to take me more time than most. Hmm. Do I have ... . Enter WashLava. WashLava is the app we use to pay for loads of laundry. I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  , checking for sign errors or gaps in understanding. This is not my favorite ... , because by then it’s late and we’re all a little hosed, longing for more ... ’s major be one’s identity; my major is a fun thing I like to do, a way to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  , and sat by the Charles River with a group of forty-odd students for a ... student--that's what the memorial was for. Caroline assembled lanterns to ... going into any specific detail, I'll say that this year has, for me

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  The 3D Lounge Experience For this part, I ask you to settle in a ... really in front of you. Munch on some (free) lukewarm fried plantains. For ... dusty piano for an impromptu concert. On special occasions, the projector

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  - and be a whole lot more fun! Take for instance the time I was climbing ... was away for much of my internship, I was handed a large deal of ... segments, which are then robotically assembled in space.  For my project I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  place themselves on sheer vertical surfaces for fun may in fact be insane ... for most people, they go through a rotation as the year goes round and temperatures and conditions rise and fall. For me, summer and fall mean rock

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  ! Well, let's back up a little bit… For one reason or other that I cannot ... might come from having been at MIT for a while already - from becoming an "upperclassman" and developing a programmed rhythm for handling a semester, all the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  sitting for more than 2 minutes. But those who could stand to talk to me for ... the name sounding really fun, the dish is made of two beef patties over ... get into for the day. I first found this cool, miniature museum exhibit

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  little thing called small talk that people substitute for awkward silence ... store for the purpose of providing discounts. The three of us waited interminably for the bus, wrapped beseechingly in our coats. As I silently wept

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  on the economy or having fun on “The Today Show.” She’s actually one of ... to say they were not qualified to run for office. When women do run ... Conference for College Women Student Leaders in College Park, Maryland, and met

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  they wanted to study, what they liked to do for fun. What made them tick ... , drawing my eyes like a beacon. And in that moment MIT unfolded for me, as I ... first discovered my passion for biomedical research. Unsurprisingly, every

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  the song for this medley, since that's pretty much the one song in the ... I don't want to spoil the fun. By the by, I found out the average on ... about 1 male for every 2 females, I sometimes forget that the actual MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  time in the Pappalardo Lab and the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity ... tell, this is a very expensive class for MIT to run and we're all really ... the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity, our job was to take the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  best for each and every one of these people in my life. I want the world ... peacefully arrested in their homes for murder and aggravated assault of Amaud ... . For every death that blows up on the internet there is someone being

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020