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  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  This semester I'm taking a class called "Sustainable Energy," and so ... problem that requires you to use the heat equation and see if you finish ... lots of actual, concrete stuff in every lecture. So every Tuesday and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  This semester, almost all of my classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays ... mention two other clusters nearby, in Buildings 12 and 2), Killian Court, proximity to the Infinite Corridor, and - most relevant to this blog entry

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  right of passage, a treat you only get as a student, and there's something ... and happily use it every day. Coming into MIT I had no idea how students used their address. I used Gmail so I'd just go to Gmail.com and log in

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  with make-up on, and maybe ride in a limo, but in the end you’re just ... mail a month or so ago, and I was surprised to see that it was exactly ... ever-worsening condition of Senioritis and the stress of knowing that we

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  range of people, with a similarly broad array of interests, passions, and ... to grad students, post-doctorates, and even professors - and in my ... , roughly fifteen other students and I meet with him for an hour

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  concert and spend New Years in a place that I wasn't allergic to. (No ... anywhere else. They started when I arrived and were gone hours after arriving ... .) As I was saying. The walls. My room. I have a single, and strangely

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  Hi, I'm Karen and like most other freshmen, I'm still working on my ... childhood was spent reading books and books and more books, and I think that ... place you live in everyday, and even if you think you live in the smallest

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  and 1990s, all scenes that showed Underdog taking his Underdog Super ... rid of it from all your displays, but I can't really find it and it's 2 ... just spent the day with Ruthie '07, Lauren '08 and Jeff 'G playing hookey

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  Spring term classes started a few weeks ago, and hence all of us (students, faculty and staff) are back into the rhythm of the academic season ... MIT is quite remarkable in its constant pedagogical experiments and

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  Well, I got my wisdom teeth pulled on Thursday afternoon, and I ... until yesterday morning, and even then I almost passed out a few times. As of right now, the corners of my lips are raw, and I still look like a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  this is helpful and answers lots of questions... Music. If you play music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may ... bring to this process and your talents can be considered with your other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  this, both the regular commenters and the lurkers. I worry that the ... essays on subjects that I had been thinking about for a long time, and had ... were written, I couldn't keep writing about the same topics over and over

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  semisweet chocolate and tossed it into her chocolate cookie recipe. I had a ... Chris '09 to see Alaina E'09 and Allison E'07. Despite getting lost AGAIN ... lost under the canopy of Allison's bed and checking out food options at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Term 2006! Spring Term Oh Six starts today (music video included).

  

  : Design and Manufacturing 1 12:30 - 2 pm: Tissue Engineering for Analysis, Prevention, and Treatment of Human Disease So to tell you the name of the ... of a boy and his trials with energy and entropy. Directed by John

  • by Bryan
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  is that? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, of course! One ... '08, who lives in my suite, and had a sudden craving for garlic bread ... butter spread stuff sitting around my suite kitchen, and when Akash saw

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  spectacularly. Like last night, we lost 1-0 in double overtime on the road and ... '08 and I decided to literally run circles around the dorm. The title of ... his suite: Ruth says update your blog!" And when Ruth tells you to do

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  and girls /they live in a single hall but different rooms.are they ... is Baker, where some rooms are designated as triples and quads. There are mixed feelings about the quads- some people love them and some

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  during Class of 2005 Orientation in August 2001, and they've been ... , and are both going to Stanford for grad school. Say it with me now: "Aww.") Their wedding took place in Bellevue last Saturday, and was a bittersweet

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  some essay advice from the bloggers of yore and a few words from me ... graduate students in STEM and STEM-adjacent fields. This was a lot of writing ... : reflective, personal, and trying to get people to accept me for something

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  Jul 20, 2025 at 11am My friends (Asal V. ‘25 and Isaac L. ‘25) and I built Waterscope, a microscope that uses water instead of glass for ... broke my leg. (don’t worry, I’ll walk again in a few months and be fully

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025