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• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  ="probability and random variables"]18.600,[/annotation] just this morning, after ... energy drinks and naps on a very cozy couch. The exam still went rather ... details as to why or how and what lessons I'm taking away from that, but I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  the same code all day? All questions that concerned me and the next 40 ... working at a large tech giant, and the perks were an added bonus to the interesting problems I tackled and the imposter-syndrome-inducing people I met

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  before in my life, and immediately chose a cook-for-yourself dorm.  A few ... ; that's around $12 per dinner and $6.60 per breakfast.  It's also use ... 't cover. You can do better than that.  Cook for yourself, eat tastier (and

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  *THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo

  

  Meet my roommate and me: [carousel image1="105826" image2 ... sometime around 3 am, sharing food on the sofa of our freshman year suite and ... ."    And thus, The Double was born. The inception of this idea sent us

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  24 Pumpkins a journey through the streets of Boston

  

  leaves (for some reason, the trees on campus are sad and brown, while the ... of leaves (shoutout to the folks who are making these), and trying a ... Equipment: 2 carts borrowed from dorms and an indominable spirit Timeline

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  'm back on campus, but more than a year has elapsed, and i'm a junior now ... as wiser than sophomores and freshman when i barely know my way around ... not used to being "older" and "wiser." i took classes with people two or

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I (don’t) want the summer to end me writing poetry? what a concept

  

  and carry my laptop through campus; don't want to fold my sheets all neat and cram them in my suitcase. I don't want to leave MacGregor and ... the summer to end. I want to move to Floorpi and sleep in my new room

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  boyfriend, my boyfriend, and I all rented a Zipcar and drove down to Cape Cod ... sickeningly bright green drink—a matcha frappuccino—and prayed to the stars that we wouldn't end up with that order. and....you guessed it

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  sophomore fall (sophomore decline? sophomore roman empire?) (actually the word sophomore comes from Greek but shhhh)

  

  different, and each of us has a different capacity for extracurriculars ... "]la-ing,[/annotation]trying to blog (...the operative word is perhaps 'trying to'), and having ... semester of working all day and into the night, and snatching thirty minutes

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  and the admissions office comes to fruition. Breathing is hard right ... little workout. Stress-exercising is a coping mechanism for me and one ... overthinking. You end up having to sleep due to fatigue and most likely will wake

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  /wing/entry/house/floor, your frat, your sorority, your independent living group, etc. and celebrate and show your community spirit! And one of the main ways people do ... already a HUGE line. And when we got inside, Kresge was already more than

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  Life is busy at MIT. Most of the time, our schedules and motivation ... . And amidst all of this constant work and running around, we see people ... through student organizations and extracurriculars. We see TAs that save our

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  and see their values and priorities manifest into their inventions. So ... , like finishing up my IAP class assignments and moving rooms in my ... and sent me a reminder when I opened my browser.   I looked at

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  .) After finals, my brother and I flew home and stayed there for about two weeks, which filled themselves with card games and electrical failures. We ... safety, clean air, and good public schools. It felt unusual to have so

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  inventions left and right. The builder community at MIT is one of the strongest in the world and being in an environment where people are always ... graduates Benjamin Harvatine '12 and Seth Berg '14 who recently built a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  Lab, is small, demanding and moves incredibly quickly. Each semester the class works with a different client to learn and apply ideas about ... disciplines, so a unique mixture of architecture, computer science, design and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  I owe you an explanation for my absence (and you'll get WAY more ... ! tell me about your research.") and asked Neil deGrasse Tyson a question. On January 10, I packed all my fancy conference clothes and my laptop

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  people's dreams to life. They made it possible for people like you and me ... , you could be a spy and infiltrate an evil corporation or discover ... 't remember what the 5 wits were. Fantasy, who loved to dream of castles and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  Good day! One of the many unique and altogether unavoidable aspects ... in dorms, classes, councils, and recitations all have unique mailing ... year or more, and still others that are used for four or more years. Many

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  I almost missed the Curiosity landing. My friend Daniel and I were ... LCDs on Wikipedia. Suddenly, Daniel grabbed the computer, and pulled the NASA homepage open; I glanced at the clock, and realized that it was 1

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012