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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  of the benefits of getting sophomore standing is that you can get this ... this class (you can see a ball rolling down a ramp in mechanics, but you can’t see an electron whizzing around in space in E&M), but it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  progress, creates a ceiling of satisfaction for working women that they can ... that I can never articulate very well. Sometimes coming to MIT feels a ... can be to have hard work feel fully wasted. Freshmen year there was a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  data justice for senior house

  

  close scrutiny, you can find students in any community engaging in ... administrative authorities can seriously address this reoccurring pattern and work ... the process of care is slow, knowing that there can be setbacks. until

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  stairs. It was beautiful in a way that I can’t really explain. Anyway, I ... converges on “I realized that I can just be me and do things that I do.” Still, having found a home, I can’t help but now worry about those who

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  temperature increase below 2°C. What Can You Do about Climate Change? It is ... and curb meat consumption. Can't imagine giving up your main source of ... result, would waste the chance to produce a lot of food. What If You Can

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  Hello friends, As you can guess from the title of this post I am ... ’t overcome, it’s just tiny things that pile up. Success can be viewed similarly ... can, and I know that it’s not going to last forever. I’ll get to the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  really can be no word for it other than “home”. My mind has been wide ... to be a senior. Before I close my eyes and finally go to sleep, I can ... Avenue that I can see out my window and that I have crossed every single

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  , for which (if you aren’t familiar) you can intern abroad in a foreign ... such that procrastinators like me can still land an internship in mid ... well as a massively growing sense of respect for people who can speak a

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  like that? What are your hours? Can I even trust you anymore? (Absolutely ... address some stereotypes: “finance” can mean many different things ... matter? I can play that game, but I’d rather not. 5 I was going to say, "I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  brother, the most stubbornly rational person i know--but of course you can ... bookstore and flip through some finance books this weekend, so that I can at ... the cafeteria feat. a large coffee, brought back to the desk so i can

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  stay sharp, but part of me needs to prove it can do interviews and ... : you can’t feed yourself. The grapes were fun. List Visual Arts Center ... -graduation plans. I suspect I'll be doing a lot of exploring this year, and I can

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  things that can and will change at MIT. In fact, that’s what I love about ... very shy. As I said, I was not confrontational--I’m still not, but I can ... you can begin with just mud, and in the end there is porcelain. In the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  comics. Can you imagine how much time that would take?) As far as I know ... there are now so many stellar artists out there and that can be ... questions, comments, or concerns, I can be found on Twitter too. c:

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  to intimacy. Yes, God, I want to talk to everybody I can as deeply as I can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to ... conclusion. I will keep talking to strangers, because I can’t help it and I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  declare 7A can potentially open up more multidisciplinary career paths by ... : You can switch the order of steps a+b and c. This is just the order I ... declarations here) can be impermanent if you later change your mind and decide to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  to life, of exploring the roads she intends to explore. But I can tell ... of needles? But there are things that stick with me. I can’t believe ... that, I can’t believe how many moments passed, sheer, beautiful moments

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  friend as part of our ongoing discussion about whether religion can be ... obsession: of the kind of person who can be an astronomer, of marching to the ... can and should involve compassionate listening and emotional support. We

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  I could play with at my leisure. Can anyone PLEASE explain to me how ... because, in my music prof's words, "I can't tell you how many Sonatas in E ... 'll call a lab frame, or Frame S. And we can measure the time it takes for an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  totally mind-boggling. This whole "weather in which you can actually stand ... how can we cure it?" and "where did life come from?" meant that I ... louder. "IT CAN TURN????" "WHAT IF IT FALLS ON THEM?????" They were totally

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why I stayed up until 6am on Thursday More nerdy cake-baking.

  

  electron, that can be described as having spin "up" or spin "down". This idea ... spinning up and the other is spinning down. The electron can spontaneously ... called "hyperfine splitting", for the reason (as best as I can tell) that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2012