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• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  . With Pass/No Record in place to make the transition easier, first ... to first semester. Classes Taking classes at MIT has definitely been ... When it comes to MIT you can put everything you do into one of two

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Message From Ben And Matt ...regarding the recent news of Marilee's resignation.

  

  wanted to write to you as soon as possible. It's a very sad day for MIT ... when we've had the chance to digest it further, but right now we're really in a state of shock at the loss of our leader. To make a long story

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  math major. I had a clear life plan to start in the first semester ... year. It is now my last chance to share these freshman thoughts with you ... comprehend my state of mind back then. I want to have a conversation with that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  was glorious. The first night I had a king bed all to myself. The next ... first, it was time to fuel up for tomorrow. Back at Applebee's, since it ... first-place finish. My professor for Sport as Performance emailed out to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  started to log my purchases into the categories below. The first column was ... This is not a post about budgeting, because no one likes to hear how to not spend their money. I definitely didn't, even when I really

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT TechFair THINK Competition A national science competition "intended to motivate high school students to think about problems related…

  

  Catherine Huang '10 just sent me this announcement and asked me to ... Competition! MIT Technology Fair - a group of undergraduates dedicated to celebrating innovative technology by bringing in companies to showcase their

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Conclusion Rock the vote!

  

  much to report (besides my first oral exam in Japanese). There'll be ... ends the 28th at midnight PST. So if you've been waiting to vote, or you've been waiting to tell your friends, family, or family pets to vote, do it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  seven days? A seven-page paper, six nights of studying, five hours to attend of the four classes I'm taking, three finals to sit through, two days to pack, and one night when Javi and I will order Thai food from

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  like the professionals do on how to spend a summer in Boston. Now first ... So summer kind of comes to an end today. Orientation starts next week ... list of things to do is by no means expansive and there are probably a

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  ? Well, it's this wonderful machine shop that MIT students can use to make ... taken some photos for you guys to see these machines :( But this just means I'll have to swing by the shop to make something awesome so I can

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  . At first, it corrected "psets" to "pests". Then it corrected "psetting ... your best to crush my soul. You've made eight hours of sleep an alien ... -long question might turn out to be an hour-long mindbender. An innocent negative

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  ) Besides, you're on pass/no record first semester, so what do you have to ... -H+HASS-D HASS class first semester. Use P/NR to your advantage. Moreover x2, you ... I feel slightly weird to be typing away on the MIT blogs again, when

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  introduced to when you first get here. If nothing else, don't pass up the surf and turf dinners at the houses the first night of rush. Parents, to a ... lot of my friends back home thought to themselves when I told them my

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  worked as a secretary and a waitress, Moore was the first in her family to ... judiciary. And in early March, Moore became the first sitting federal judge to ... I'm often asked about MIT students going off to law school. For some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The German language has two different verbs for "to eat ... (fressen). I have also learned the German word for "to strike a deathblow ... parties, a floor-sponsored trip to some island in the middle of Boston

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  't learned any of the material that it covers, you have to go to lecture first ... other that's just happenstance. The first reason you're seeing fewer ... knowledge and experience is now a year outdated. Why listen to me every other

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  , And if we’ve no place to go, Let it snow, let is snow, let is snow! The first big snowfall of the year has coincided with the first of four final ... when I first got into MIT…when I complained about Boston’s cold winters

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Excitement On The Road Adventures in the Princeton Hospital ER.

  

  exciting for two reasons... first, it was my first ride in an ambulance ... , I'm almost positive that the Princeton Hospital is supposed to be ... -worker is fine, thanks to the wonderful medics and folks in the ER. But more

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  making space in my schedule to go to the maker space and 100 other things I was bad at this semester

  

  Welcome to the first of the many blogs I have meant to write but just not had the energy to do so this semester! Let's get right into it... In December 2020, I learned about the MakerLodge training that first

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  know, the ones that have something to read every day, and you rip them ... 'd raise my SAT verbal scores through the roof - to this day I can't remember ... , to which I retaliated by going out and getting Daily Paperfolding or

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006