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  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  for an hour and a half every Monday afternoon to nibble on biscuits and ... Brian and I set out for the front steps of MIT on Wednesday evening, and counted both numbers of passengers and arrival times for two Boston bus

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  program that paid for countless free dinners and concert tickets last year ... dough for Loaf #3 chillaxed in the fridge for two and a half days in hopes ... something likewise pre-installed and useless. *I kid, because I have swept

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Misadventures of Carl I may have acquired a shopping cart...

  

  its stores. Sad for them, of course, and also sad for this poor ... practicality we hade up for with legs, time, and an indomitable spirit. Fiona ... : [annotation note="Despite the one-letter difference between 'carl' and 'cart

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 14, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  students pre-registered for the course, representing 9 different majors and ... , cofounder of Global Voices and MediaCloud, and board member for Ushahidi and ... ' technical, designed and built by technical people for technical reasons. But

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  - Urban Studies and Planning Course 12 - Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary ... Programming' is numbered 6.009 ["six double-oh nine"], and I cannot say for ... of words we made up and toss at each other — here are a few you may

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  about how I wanted more of the proof and verification for all these ... between evaluating and proving, and just make my math more mature as they ... , I learned how to study for exams, I learned how to manage my time, and

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  “Yellow Wallpaper” woman went mad. The line between relaxation and soul ... chocolate chips for toffee and your life will be changed forever). Also the ... day relaxing and then have to recover from the effort of recuperation

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  staying home and going away for college, the dilemma between feeling ... predicted and accepted that I would miss my family miserably for a month or so ... both my FPOP and REX were beyond incredibly awesome.) Between playing the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  probably said 'if it works, it works' every year for the past fifty years and ... tired and not bulging enough for method 3 to work, and method 2 is a flop ... and slander your peers) in hopes of securing a bid (an invitation to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  team championships, and lead the [annotation note="This stands for the ... automatic admission for athletes, and that will catch the attention of the ... iPad to do some work on the bus, and then the bus left at 4 pm for our

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  at MIT (and even any of our years in K-12), in that we only took ONE ... and Engineering) is extremely flexible! So as opposed to in K-12, when ... different. Granted, we’ve had this option for the past three semesters and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  phone for half hours at a time, explaining how I just felt incompetent and ... neglecting to take care of myself by taking time for myself, and ignored the ... wanted for myself. I think one thing that gets underestimated here is the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  In the hassle of getting my life and graduation requirements together ... students struggling to graduate on time for the dumbest possible reasons ... 't count toward the requirement they thought it did. One alum I worked for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  the architects and MIT administration to finalize the blueprints for our ... , started traditions, and made plans for life in W1. September 2010: Just ... Massachusetts Ave and Memorial Drive since the beginning of time (i.e. 1938 when

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  although three of my five classes this term are recommended and required for ... highly interdisciplinary field, especially here at MIT; and it is ... limits of our knowledge every day - and that's why I'm so excited to be

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  working in studio for five hours and I hate my life but it was awesome,'" he mimicked in a higher-pitched voice and some sort of everlasting smile. It ... sunlight when we measured 12000+ lux outside and a grand 12 lux inside a room

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  art and write for so long, but something always comes up. I don’t know ... and thin which is great for fine lines but not necessarily for applying ... was ambitious for me because I don’t usually use acrylics and doing a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  propose improvements to and new ideas for the metropolitan Paris subway ... . I've visited operations centers for Amtrak, MBTA, and BNSF, and I can ... for a few hours and reconvened at 6pm for a tour of Chatelet-Les Halles

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  pick only two between academics, sleep, and social life, but I was damn ... , and I see so much potential for how virtual reality could bring us ... virtual reality headset for myself to start messing around and developing

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  around for a few minutes. We talk about CPW, and when our prefrosh are ... prefrosh, several of whom are deciding between MIT and elsewhere, to see MIT ... more to show for a weekend I poured my heart and soul into. But all I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022