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• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  favorite activities was certainly not something I expected from college. But ... favorite music while I work out. I faltered a lot on these habits as things ... work or campus, I crossed the river back into Cambridge across the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  for my art and not let it get subsumed by schoolwork and psets. This worked out really well… for freshman fall at least. Everyone should spend ... (self-designed or otherwise); these works make up an exhibition that gets

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  among students. On average, the time spent on work per week is between 23 ... and 8 hours at home, a 4-0-8 scheme. Lab/design/field work classes have ... a UROP, for a total of 69 hours of intended work. That’s three 12-unit

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  work. Note above: "almost entirely." There are one or two places along ... , on my way to work. And the most complex of these is the traffic circle ... Tuesday evening. I left work around 7 PM and began biking home, staying

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  winter break, some people take classes or work on campus, lots of people ... ."]MITOC winter school[/annotation], worked on my plasma physics UROP, and spent ... for Battlecode with two of my friends. In junior year, I worked on a

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  different working schedules and all you can do is long to be not working, it ... away work on my laptop, music blasting out to the world is actually my ... tire swing, taking in my choice of music as they work on their own things

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  (two words: big data), how fan culture and fan production works for no ... exactly Twitch Plays Pokemon managed to develop not only a following of ... and feel of an anime; for instance, his work for Eureka 7 is heavily

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  alive and uninjured WHICH IS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT TRY THIS WITHOUT PROPER ... someone new joins the club, I’d rather not be the reason a lovely stranger ... . How does fire spinning work? Fire spinners use props that they light on

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  . So— in keeping with the theme while also in the interest of not ... - whether or not you take it is up to you My Card: The Eight of Cups [caption ... there. It may not be the easy choice, but it’s a lot better than wondering

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  had disappeared. I was not about to take a 12 hour flight with no ... tired, because I did not sleep"]accomplished[/annotation]. At 8 am, I ... as four months ago, almost like I’ve regressed to a past self. It’s not

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  ."]executive board[/annotation] and how people choose to divvy up the work from year to ... issues. It's not always a fun job, although I would like to think I ... parameters for their given contexts. They're not typical for "business email

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  magic or not. for instance, at one point the characters discuss how oral ... 's just a bunch of stories told, handed on. That's not what this means. What ... jobs that paid as highly as possible despite not actually having much i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  internship work early and spending the rest of my day wandering around Boston ... just enjoy things as they come. I don’t want to [annotation note="not ... reality TV shows are always filmed weeks if not months before they

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  , sweating because there is not winter in Southwest Florida. Now, I sit ... Interphase EDGE, a decent amount of people did not think I was a student in the ... . Shooting a bottle-rocket 200 feet in the air and somehow managing to not

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  transition from "AHHHHH, WORK!" mode into "ahhhh. break." mode. Now I'm back ... 't seen an opera in about a decade. My last (only? not sure) opera ... decide to look them up; they will not leave your head for a long time. Duh

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  , gossipy thrill not far beneath some expression of shock, and that’s it ... not result in a bad education. Penn State is ranked 64th worldwide by ... , especially hard work, integrity, and service to the community, that make a safe

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  . Locals may end up using the term even if the storm does not exhibit a ... canceled due to conditions that make a compelling case for not having classes ... conditions here in Cambridge. The good news is there's not much that you can

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  finals are done and not during the actual term, but that's just the way it ... much more respectful. (I am glad I did not yell.) 7:02 - Apparently no ... by reading something...by somebody else! Which is not something I get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  improv show in Boston, or having a talent show/karaoke/dance party). Not ... , though not necessarily from film) to participate in the Michel Gondry ... wearing photocopied masks of their faces so as not to invert their skin

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  :48 PM To: conner 2 I am NOT reserving the floor lounge at 8 PM on Tuesday ... lounge on Tuesday from 8-10 pm for the season finale of veronica mars. Not ... its way out, seeing as how it was (thankfully) not renewed for Season 4

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007