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  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

  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 / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  throw at them. This is why finals at MIT are a whole new kind of special ... completely done with their year at MIT, there are still hundreds of students ... the student feeling comfortable about a lot of different things at the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• 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 / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  Putting the definition of punt at the end of my last entry got me ... Activities Period. The month of January at MIT, and the most fun time to be on ... technical field. A badge of honor at the Institute, e.g., "Nerd Pride". (2

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  beyond capable of accomplishing what high school is throwing at you. So if ... yourself up in your room trying to get a 100% in every one of the 16 AP ... things actually are. Because chances are, you're looking at them under the

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  had to have plans to do something, to explore some new part of the city ... ,[/annotation]and at the end of the twelve weeks I could go home and nobody would be any ... the fear of trying new things or of mild disappointment; you have to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  of FOMO immediately resonated with me, almost to the point at which it ... a brief respite finds me on the second floor of [annotation note ... outline the rest of my day, but a [annotation note="i've gotten the freshman

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  that though everyone is a bit exhausted at the end of the day, they too ... I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  , I think, is universally agreed upon to be an age at which you ... gawking at the height of the buildings. It feels strange to be in the center ... feel very bad for this version of myself, who had somehow at such a young

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  Welcome on Thursday night at 7:30 pm in room 26-100. Stu Schmill, Dean of ... Saturday morning at 9:00 am in room 10-250. A panel of current MIT parents ... as excited about the start of Campus Preview Weekend (CPW). Yet, after

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  that's probably only offered at MIT.) Hey all, No school is perfect. At ... small number of hours late.... whoops) tired and ready for a break. At ... . Oh, score! A connection to MIT. I guess I'm at least kind-of writing

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pick My Halloween Costume! Mm, crowdsourcing.

  

  feel like finding a new costume. Fortunately, I already have a bunch of ... ! Prospective MIT students and blog readers of the world, your mission (if you ... until Saturday, October 31, at noon. I will actually wear whatever costume

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m not swollen anymore!

  

  new room on my hall next week, and I'll try to take some pictures so you can see a bit of the East Campus interior. I'll also be starting some full-time, focused project work at Amtrak, so that should keep me fairly

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 21, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  today, so there's still plenty of time to jump on the bandwagon and offer ... feel like: So I just made a vlog to get back in the rhythm of filming ... the video and there has been a crazy amount of MIT-related things

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  the FRESHEST of fresh, like the Fresh Prince of Bel-air eating crisp ... event that allows you- at absolutely no charge- to showcase your ability ... game character or piece of sushi. As a winged version of myself, I had

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  internship at the BNSF Railway in Texas, I'll also be missing some of the great ... , under construction On Monday, we enjoyed a tour of the new driverless ... for a few hours and reconvened at 6pm for a tour of Chatelet-Les Halles

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is Math fun at MIT?

  A lot of our students select math as their field of interest when applying to MIT—which is no surprise, since our math department is one of the ... 's Mathematics Department represents a broad spectrum of fields ranging from the
• Blog / Events

  Study Break on the Roof! We had an EMT study break on the roof of the tallest building in Cambridge!

  

  she works - the roof of the Green Building!  The Green Building is the tallest building in Cambridge - 19 stories tall and on stilts at 277 feet!  She brought up her giant telescope and we looked at the moon, Mars

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 8, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  anyone!) At the end of last semester, the [annotation note="the undergrad ... , though, because there was a wide range of skill levels, and everyone at the ... at the end when trying to stitch it together, the sense of achievement

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023