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• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  [/annotation]-- more content to come soon!! As background, 6.009 is "Fundamentals of ... -paid, people who choose to major in Course 6 are "selling out" or "only in it for ... I started to doubt my plan to major in 6. But now that I'm coding

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  dorms, it can be hard for freshmen to get singles, since upperclassmen get ... . I have complete autonomy over my living space and habits, down to the ... straightforward (tips 1-4). It's harder to nail the slight (emphasis on slight

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  relatively easy years of high school seem to fly by; SAT’s, ACT’s, TGIF’s, BYOB ... ?) is the same: you come to MIT, most likely as a freshman, bright ... have to immerse yourself into this persona if this isn’t you, so I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  Hey friends!! I wanted to drop this brief blag here because I WAS SO ... much my childhood! I went to all the book premiers and dressed up as a ... Blowing Gum. I have yet to visit Harry Potter World, sadly (it will happen

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  details than you could ever want, don't worry). To summarize, here's a map: After my last final on December 20, I flew home to London for winter break. On January 2, I flew to DC for a huge astronomy conference. There, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  account of my entire summer, but I have to stop to thank the people around me right now for making me feel human again. I wasn't expecting it to ... best to get a noncompliant five-year-old ready for school. Not easy, even

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  Hey guys, I'm back to blogging once a week after a ridiculously crazy ... food I love. Now this post isn't to say that these are undoubtedly the ... , while I frequent the latter, getting to the former is more of a luxury

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  applications, we get a lot of applications. We then need to read those applications - and since we have so many to read, we often find it more efficient to do it at home. That's why I'm here. So, I'm taking a break because

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three ... large ballroom in the Marriott Copley Place hotel to drink in his words ... to snap these photos, I was placed right at the back of the ballroom

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  Europe (which I WILL DEFINITELY blog about later!), I have to go straight to exam revision (yes, over here people say revision, not review ... though, because I love what I am studying! My life:    Anyway back to

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  Kresge Auditorium almost rolling in laughter, listening to arguably some of ... analogies, and are certainly not limited to expressions such as “Release your ... director, giving us musical direction, ideas of what feeling to evoke while

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  sweat* I know you are counting down (consciously or unconsciously) to the hour of the decision release. Many of you will be glued to your computer on Wednesday or do things to distract yourself from your computer. I

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  When it comes to MIT you can put everything you do into one of two ... . With Pass/No Record in place to make the transition easier, first semester is a time to make that daily fire hose drinking session a little bit

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  endemic to birds, humans, and pigs. The 2009 strain was officially a pandemic from June 2009 to August 2010; the CDC estimates that between 43 and ... hospitalized, and between 8,870 and 18,300 people died due to H1N1. Influenza A

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  not easy to give up a great job, but for me the chance to be Chancellor was impossible to decline. Some of my colleagues are puzzled by this ... ? Perhaps this sounds great to you, but perhaps you are wondering – “so what

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  /bio/chem till my brain feels like it's dying. And then I go to lab and do things ... stretches all the way to and sometimes out of the door. 2. At any given time ... occasionally refer to this Starbucks as an extension of their offices. Not that I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  . Flashback to 2004: a few weeks before high school started, I moved from Texas to California, and during a typical afternoon drive with my dad, we saw ... pulled over “just to have a quick look” while the open house was going on

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  from a while back) Oy! Welcome to the much-belated “what I’m doing this summer” post. I’m working at Microsoft! Ok, post over, back to work/weekend (maybe both, I’ve got a lot of work to do this weekend). Just kidding

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  for the rest of Cambridge/Boston to enjoy!). It's located in the cozy ... places I visited during my CPW, and I encourage you all to visit it as well ... to get involved with the radio station and have my very own show

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  resumes in twelve hours, a carton of eggs waiting to crack and hatch their ... sincerely apologize if she wasn't able to sign your forms after I skipped out ... earlier tonight while waiting for iTunes to load*. *Not that this is

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010