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• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  that grease, dust, and oil be added to that list, at least for those of us at MIT. [1] Who'd have thought MIT doesn't own the rights to Calvin ... crufting (see: crvfting) is an important part of daily life at MIT. Although

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  research has to offer. By the April of my freshman year, I declared 6-9 as my ... lol” kind of way, since one of the first things I had to get used to at ... me, one of the few things that were happening were trainings at the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  At the beginning of this semester, we were really unsure of what ... we were not getting a good understanding of the concepts, and at the ... entire time at MIT essentially. We would have probably taken 6.839 Advanced

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  easy. It's a new class, offered as a substitute for 9.07: the notoriously ... extremely valuable pieces of information :) 9.52 - Stat for Neuroscience ... interesting in that 90% of our grade is based on problem sets, 5% on

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Blogs Turn 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead data and narrative, past and present

  

  featured on the front page the New York Times, or that dozens (hundreds?) of ... a spectacular job at telling the many different stories of MIT as ... , I suspect, is because at least some of the commentary is moving to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  -you-can-eat dinners that each of the five dining halls have to offer. Which dining hall ... variety of food Maseeh offers. As someone who observes a halal-diet, my ... Although eating at Next House involves a 15 min march to the end of dorm row

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  exploring a new city on my own (I'd always been picked up at the airport before). There are plenty of events for parents at CPW, and lots of them do ... see, very concretely, the huge range of opportunities that are on offer

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  . Students have the option of either staying at home/traveling/doing whatever ... opinion, one of the coolest times to be at MIT. By browsing the IAP ... for Cancer Research at the beginning of IAP and continued until the end

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  few things I can think of.. Things To Do While Waiting For College ... 'Belle and Sebastian University.' I was like, 'Belle and Sebastian! Awesome ... about your future. Then write a song about it. Preferably in the style of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  system. Polarization At Disney World, Universal Studios and other 3-D ... that charge, my friends and I were able to score free tickets to the New England Aquarium to check out Sharks 3D. There was a catch, of course

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!

  

  course of the semester, I finished it later and later. First it was done at ... in at 6 am and promptly went to sleep. This wasn’t a great use of time ... meet new people → have more free time; do work ahead of time so you can

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  at the University of Washington. We (well, some of us) played Settlers ... conversational French improved more in those two weeks than in years of classes at ... !) There were 36 of us on the New Mexico campus, out in Socorro (more

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  on thursday morning, i woke up at 9 am, after only six hours of sleep ... at least had to put some amount of effort into the project. when i ... , and mucus discharged from my faucet of a nose. unsurprising, given what

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  from the University of Minnesota, that humans swim equally fast in syrup ... in heaven. Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Ig Nobel awards ceremony in H****** Square. The "Igs," sponsored by a bunch of Mensa

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  -down triangle. Alan Guth, father of a theory describing the early universe and my ... physics." Most of the others have paragraphs, or at least a few sentences. I ... Calligraphy". It's an exhibit of New England insects called "The Art of Survival

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friday was a good day

  

  . (The first part of our day that made it a happy day wasn’t at MIT, but it ... Legend of Korra, Steven Universe and Ratatouille. Like, if there ever was a ... make it at least 1 minute (!!!!). This made both of us super exited

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  .) In other news: "Adam Woodworth woke up at the crack of dawn this ... ...so bear with me. Me working on one of my planes There are a few constants in the universe, death, taxes, and MIT students complaining about how

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  ="one-year master’s of engineering, offered to select engineering departments at MIT ... plot arc, as well as universal writing elements, such as development of ... of the readings than I have at any MIT class. However, they also graded

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  that are parked on a small ramp at the end of the match. Teams get 6 jam ... , so no worries.) At the end of the regional, everyone packs their robot ... regional, but you would never know. Lots of fun to be had. =) The MC at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  glimpse of what a writing assignment at MIT can look like. To preface that ... amount of time on it. At the very most, you can help me (totally voluntary ... /710239925 Accessed November 16th, 2011. [ii] “Profits Before Environment.” New York

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011