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• Blog / Academics & Research

  ICE, ICE baby Guess which song would inevitably get stuck in my head as I tooled in the…

  

  weeks: the end of our first 8-week ICE course. ICE, or Integrated ... common solvent, which those of you who have worked in labs or even used perfume or nail polish remover can appreciate. We used the program Aspen

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  considerations included aesthetic sensibility and whether or not the photographer ... campus, you antisocial upperclassman.” *Or girl. Through clever choice ... contests that feature cheap foods with comedic potential is more or less a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  was warned about them. 1. The weather in Boston is mildly ridiculous ... , weather shouldn't make or break your decision! When I arrived at MIT, I ... 's one reason why: wind. No matter how thick your jacket may be, or how

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

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  semester). Unless you want to be amazing and take 8.012 or 8.022 (Physics For The Truly Insane), you will inevitably encounter TEAL. TEAL is MIT ... assignments involve answering physics problems and entering numerical or

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  .001 or "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs," is normally ... recitation instructors know how many students had listened to (or at least ... section instructor to refine his or her material for recitation, based on a

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  and high school students and teachers, became friends and will be ... and won't see until college," Landers commented. Funded in 2007 by a $1 ... letters of recommendation for them for MIT, and I know that they will do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jenny Hu- Adapting to Artifical Gravity Junior Jenny Hu worked in the MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory to study if people can…

  

  . Jenny placed subjects in the centrifuge then collected eye movement data while they spun followed by subjective data about how the subjects felt

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  -highlighters-bullet-journaling-timelapse-note-taking days (or maybe the better word is recovered?), my appreciation for the ... for Mechanical Engineers This class has 1 hour lectures every Monday ... fifth time since I’ve gotten to MIT).  [carousel image1="105487" image2

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  what I'm going to do today. I might swing by HMart, buy some snacks, and ... encouragement to other charity runners. I may hang out with my brother who will be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  . There are over 1,000 high school teams nationwide that compete in FIRST ... -packed weeks to design and build a robot that they think will do well at this ... navigation by sound or high quality robotic video feeds, and scrambling around

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  this the first (or second?) entry that's ever had to be removed from the ... or negatively), not something that needs to be worked out in real time ... , asking me to sign petitions, fight for some cause, or complain about the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  writing class"]email[/annotation] or Google Form in early August, then ... wouldn’t have known to ask.  1. Ask the prof to save you a seat ahead of ... me to either take a hell semester or overhaul my Courseroad for my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updating my blogger bio because its no longer accurate

  

  home and am excited to see what the rest of these next four years will ... jordan 1 guava ices in a 6 mens since they only offer it in a 7.5+ mens ... 're reading this. Kind of? Also I don't really watch esports anymore. Or play

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  , and… I get a break. Or I let myself take a break. A real break, for the ... about the 1 and a half books I finished in the fall ... policy for freshman fall, where we either pass a class or it doesn’t go on

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  procrastinate. Which isn’t to say that the videos aren’t effective or useful ... laundry at 1 am the other day (as one does, living between [annotation note ... stressed and/or unhappy. A prominent example is my [annotation note="for a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  -campus living in the fall that there would be a lot of restrictions. Things will be different, they emphasized—there will be biweekly testing, daily ... the heart is." Was home the physical space, or was it the friends that

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  this is related to MIT or college life in general, or at least I hope ... conflicting ideas. There will almost certainly be times where you have to agree ... a group of friends who will question anything I say and vice versa and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  . There you will see the name of your EC and the best means to contact them (usually via email or telephone). Each year we match up prospective ... in touch with them via email or by phone. If you email them include a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  you who read science fiction, will really enjoy. Note the name of the ... " Niven, whose husband, Larry Niven, has written or co-authored many of the ... opportunity presents itself, MIT students will often go out of their way to

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  the light or kept it from being absorbed or from shining right through ... assured that I will spend the entire summer reading anything and everything ... constitutes the most interesting thing I'll be doing all summer, I will blog

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006