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• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  your own internal state, and I keep noticing in various unrelated ... The other day I was talking to someone new, and he asked me what year I was. I said junior, and he said, “ah, yeah, that’s usually when

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  wow. I'm Joe, and I don't really know where to start this post. I ... 'm still in a state of shock (so try to forgive me if this post is all over ... whole seemed so abstract and so distant that I basically thought it would

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  Signing in from sunny foggy and snowy and icy and rainy Greenbelt ... ) before second semester start in February. And I'm alone. No classmates down ... . (side note: my condolences to all those left high and dry when the IAP

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  ? Now that I'm here, and I have an entire set of shelves dedicated to skeins of yarn and unfinished crochet projects, I can say that I ... , appealing is subjective and ultimately depends on the values of the maker and

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  fire pits, grazing water buffalo and men hauling logs. Occasionally, a group of American college students come along and play ultimate Frisbee ... had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  university, and I obtained these twenty two computers the other day; if I ... that grease, dust, and oil be added to that list, at least for those of ... and Hobbes? Hmph. Guess I'll just have to reference the comic strip

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  ! Based on a comment I got yesterday, there are still people working... and ... entry. Given the locations of our cuts, I would say that thekeri and I are ... second day of classes and I have now had every class in my schedule at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  early to check the website and see if any MIT folks won. I have to be ... for the Nobel in Physics; his work on the inflationary universe is ... decided today to sleep in and not check on the Chemistry prize. Big mistake

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  Power tools East Campus brings to mind rollercoasters and huge construction projects. Fanciful monsters built up from wood and screws. Less so ... fact that it’s possible, that you didn’t need a company and dozens of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  really fun to dive into; and I'm a frosh on [annotation note ="pass ... have a focus on writing and speaking, and we've got to take one each year."]CI-H[/annotation] class. I've really enjoyed it. I never got to take Greek and Roman history

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  recent events I've been meaning to blog about for a while - and well, I ... . Pass/No Record is not an excuse to slack off and not learn the basics - it's a chance to adjust to MIT and learn the study habits you'll need

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  fun! Today in 10.37: Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design, we had a pop ... Green stopped in the middle of lecture at 11:22 to administer it, and it ... new gaseous and combustible form of water discovered by some guy at the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  : 21M.235, or "Monteverdi to Mozart". 21M.235 is offered in the fall, and ... ("Beethoven to Mahler", for you words people) takes up the baton and covers ... ). I loved having a class that taught me to listen, and was all set to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who else is watching infinity train?!?! *a fangirling hub that we will update every day this week*

  

  animals! Also reminded us of Steven Universe lol Atticus and One ... , is so cool and nerdy! One-One was so funny and such a unique character! And Corginia!!!! Land of Corgis! Equip with their own CORGI KING! How

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 6, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  I've always been a little bit of a hypochondriac, and while that is ... something, and I hate having to just suffer without immediate solutions. My ... first time. And yet again, when I woke up this Wednesday morning with the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  One time in Boston, my roommates and I were studying outside near ... psets and played around in it, demonstrating in a general sense the concepts of damped harmonic motion and centripetal forces, which is to say we

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  princess, and at 7 this morning I was being stretchered to MIT medical's x-ray room while wearing a paint-stained grey sweater and sweatpants. The ... House had its annual winter formal that evening, and I had asked my friend

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  This past week and a half I've been slowly adjusting to life at MIT ... California and practically begging my mother to send me back to the cold ... myself busy and attempt to be an actual college student. I made a lot of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  NOTE: I drafted and abandoned this post in the spring of my freshman ... post.  On the week of Pi Day, my friend and I both wondered how a ... comprehend my state of mind back then. I want to have a conversation with that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Events

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

  

  Julie Gerberding and Compton lecturer Tom Brokaw, for example. We've also ... , written by MIT Professor Robert Tavernor), Hayden Christensen, and even ... finals are done and not during the actual term, but that's just the way it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008