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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  These first 3 weeks at MIT can best described as a whirlwind of new ... , travelled to all parts of Boston in a mere 4 hours, had fun at REX events ... the 100s of emails advertising activities at MIT have mentioned free

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  At the end of last year, I transferred from Burton 2 to Burton 1, and ... . What should I name the new room? Examples of other rooms on Burton 1 ... singles are not for the claustrophobic, the faint of heart, or in this

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Field Trip Every day brings something new.

  

  After two and a half years here, you’d think I’d know most or all of ... . Every day, I discover something new about MIT; I’m so amazed by everything ... Electric Vehicle Team, Formula SAE, Marine Robotics Team, and more - all of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  ), after you choose to matriculate. The DVD is a compilation of student-produced videos introducing each of the 17 (this year!) dorms at MIT (counting New House as 6 different dorms - New House, iHouse, and 4 cultural houses

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  dorms, at MIT. There is a narrative, I think, of fitting in to one dorm ... community. Some of the people I vibe with deeply wouldn’t live at EC, and others I would have only found at EC -- and the same is true of B1. When I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  -year-old brother, and I am the happy owner of a shiny new Sony Vaio! My new Vaio is ... clueless about the actual workings of my shiny new Vaio; I know enough about ... the percentage of MIT students living at dorms owning a TV set

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  i dropped os 🎉 i'm a hass boi this semester

  

  wasn't enough, which is, unfortunately, a common occurrence at MIT. i'd done perhaps 70% of the lab at this point, but due to the way this lab ... a mix of places both new and familiar -- the mfa, chinatown, boston

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  -signed papers saying that I'm allowed to travel alone, I am finally back at MIT and all settled in to my new room. Last year's non-existent view of the ... . It's so nice to be back; I didn't quite have a whole lot of time to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  the highlight of the Lunch (my favorite part, at least) is hearing from all of the incoming MIT freshmen (Class of 2009) who were at ISEF. They ... all for a great time at ISEF. Tomorrow, MIT Admissions has the first of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  up in her room. At last count (beginning of the year this year), I ... as Paul worked at for UROPs), won the National Medal of Science in 1997 ... -I-can't-believe-these-people-are-live!" kind of feeling (kinda like a kid seeing Mickey Mouse the first time at

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  most of the tour guides, several live in my house and I appreciate seeing their helpful faces at the end of my information sessions. The time had ... , especially since I've had the pleasure of meeting him, as well as his wife at a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  University of Denmark). Investigates the significance of wet underwear and ... of the 20 Craziest Scientific Researches. Some of the Craziest ... Organization) It calculated the number of photographs you must take to (almost

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff i guess

  

  party as part of my birthday festivities. i love sunrises lol ... ’re not up lol (okay if not, just thought to offer) I'll probably be awake ... bed I had a weird series of naps What are you up for? Ah I see Not for

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  monolayer of Au nuclei (styrofoam ball contraption, behold below) at the front ... symptoms include: Feeling quite hot, but in a 100°F kind of way Fatigue ... month at MIT- IAP! If being relaxed and useless stresses you out, it

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  . Regardless of your opinion of him, he is at least definitely one of the best in ... and March. There were a lot of emotional things going on at MIT, and in ... You know what I thought I was good at after getting into MIT? You

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  [annotation note="Fundamentals of Programming. Its new number is 6.101, but I ... Gradescope. New UROP I switched [annotation note="Undergraduate Research ... first 1.5 years at college because nothing seemed that interesting to me

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  a pretty sizeable amount at the beginning of the semester, since I ... the basement of the student center, and use it to buy food at dining ... , and it doesn't run out at the end of the semester, either - it just

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  out that pset". So I emailed some of the new friends I was making and ... of me even scoffed at the transient notion that this would take any significant time at all. "They're already on number 4 out of 5" I said to myself

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  tension of not-quite-capsizing, square dancing, the joy i get when working ... feel the strength of each personality taking up space in the conference ... talking to dozens of high schoolers about ridiculous survival scenarios

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  , which was scheduled to leave at 9:30AM. My head was full of questions ...  hundreds of student-run events to welcome the class of 2023 and help them figure ... – like, 5AM late – talking to students on Saturday night of CPW. When I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019