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  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  . 18-wheeler truck At MIT, most classes count for 12 units of academic ... in real life too – just look at the average number of hours per week in ... multiple of 3, and this holds true for pretty much every class at MIT. But in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  another day of fall when canvas went down and made me think about internet and people and the seasons

  

  like 5 hours of sleep from making my  [annotation note="Cell Biology"]7 ... exams before Monday morning; this led to some frantic texting of friends to attempt to acquire a copy of the practice exam and answers so that I

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  's How I Take Care of Myself at one of the most stressful colleges in the ... to study at one of the most famous STEM institutions in the world. Yet ... reminded me of SAD just last Thursday. I was at the Massachusetts Science and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I hurt myself again And again and again and again.

  

  Seriously, I am really, really bad at not tripping and falling over things. My failings at life from the last couple of weeks include tripping ... whatever), and repeatedly getting caught on the laces of my badass new shoes

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  to name me Ishmael, but somebody managed to talk her out of that one ... that it's such an important part of MIT undergrad culture that the site ... -mail list, which is really cool (although half of the messages are like, LOTS

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Halls are Alive with the sound of mischief :)

  

  of all college campuses. I personally like the mix of ultra ... (if you look up, there’s always some array of pipes, wires, gratings above), and the walls are covered with an eclectic mishmash of posters

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  for the first half of the summer had only one real “deadline”, and that was towards the beginning of the project. I could work at my own speed ... learned in class to the “mini-quizzes” at the end of some lectures; Tuesday

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  assigned to the Tuesday/Thursday 2-5 section of junior lab. I showed up at 4 ... picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to ... concentration, sitting through an hour and a half of lecture without being

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  's true; I used to wake up at five a.m. even though school didn't start ... -to-charm-the-opposite-gender thing, because, again: deeply unpopular. The effort was a lot of fun, but ... Scale? It's one of my favorite career fair shirts, although I'm still mad

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  . Anyway, I had an awesome time at the party, which was actually kind of ... a link to the full subject listing offered at this year's Splash!, but ... of time (sorry!) and after Ruth's balloon adventure, I headed over to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Public MIT panel on the science behind vaccines, and ending the evolving pandemic

  

  shortly thereafter at the same link. Because I know a lot of our readers are ... within reach – even as we grapple with the emergence of new viral variants ... a webinar on the science of vaccines, and the role they will play in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  thing -- but making all the pieces connect is new to me, so a lot of the ... procrastinate and let you know how my summer turned out. Did most of my diet consist of Doritos? Will the effects of eating so many Doritos have a long

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  kind of a throwback to AP Physics C: Mechanics, with a little new ... of AP Chem and organic stuff as well, so it will be a lot of new things ... going to be a lot of new material. Everyone of my subjects, other than

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  Over spring break, I crashed at my recently graduated friend's place in NYC.  In an attempt to get back part of my soul after what's honestly been a soulsucking semester so far, I went full-on retail therapy at

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston Fun Tons of Boston fun, with a dash of Cambridge, too.

  

  Longfellow Bridge Newbury St. The new way to spell Greek food at ... , so I've been spending a lot of time wandering through Boston. Everything below is within walking distance of MIT -- and I'm not one of those

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  of Quantum of Solace, the new James Bond movie. I got back to my room ... near Boston Common at about 11:45. I lost the group on the way out of the ... at least. But woe is this Texan on the first day of snow...which could

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  .5 years' worth of work at a "normal" courseload. But there's a slight catch ... " courseloads is 384 units. So, that's what sort of picture you're looking at ... same number of units as 3 ordinary classes) 8.ThU (Thesis) Either 8.07 (E

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  ...which makes me think of how much time i had this summer to do things!! i took advantage of it for sure, but wow, being in the middle of the semester and looking back makes me feel like i'm in another universe right now. i mean

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A moveable feast

  

  every hour of darkness, running in the rain at midnight, throwing ice onto the frozen river at 1 and watching it ripple out like an array of stars ... of a kid trying to surpass himself at 6, and finding himself awed at

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • June 16, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not Much Has Changed except a lot has changed

  

  changed during my first year of MIT. I'm smarter now, or at least I hope I ... PSetted and danced to. I thought of the bajillion people I met at MIT and ... full of exciting new adventures and changes. But some things never

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2014