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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  all around. In fact, I couldn't even tell you the frictional coefficient ... . Technically, none of us can fail a single class this semester. I distinctly ... diagrams at 2 AM in the morning*. I went to the office hours of multiple TA

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  plant. Can I just point out that a sense of humor is “essential” for ... else can you "buy" people's cooperation for only a quarter?’” Schindall ... that can benefit: “I would often also emphasize this with my ROTC

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  blogging. Which will be a sad day. ---- So I'm now living in THE NYC, on ... ). Theoretically, I live in East Harlem, since we have the East Harlem zip code ... "gerrymandering" means*. (okay, I also wanted to live in the most Democratic

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  Photo Contest, in which I objectively judged photos sent to me by CPW ... .) *With Class of 2013 matriculation decisions due in less than three days, I ... here, but I think I want to join. In the same vein, Lin was present at

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Last Times waving goodbye to my MIT experience

  

  to the last times in my life, especially because I've realized recently ... waited in the car, promising that I'd visit again soon. I had even been ... Campus party I went to was, nor what the last meal that I cooked in my hall

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  the top ten things I have ever read. But I digress. Sometimes in the ... great website of Scott Hughes, my professor for 8.022. I was only ... sure if it will work out this way in practice; we shall see. I would

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  could have a contest, how much cultural enrichment can you get for free in ... buys food (Which is what you need in order to live. You’ll find that ... dinner in Boston but mostly I’m a TechCash guy. I wonder if that has

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  whiteboard care to dotted lines on blackboards (i can make circles in both ... only if] true" and "i can only count to 3" and "i haven't seen you in ... Way back in September, I had the difficult, difficult task of writing

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  in a very long time. So I heave the pretty incredible stash of lined ... glory. I really can't say why this problem set is taking me so long. But ... writing this entry! Is this irony? I can never tell anymore. Status Report

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  , and when I expressed an interest in astronomy towards the end of the ... walking in the same direction after lecture, and I ended up telling him all ... application essays. I guess I can't confirm that he actually used any of that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT

  

  , fyi"]taking 66 units[/annotation]. I had probably hoped that in a future ... 'd go over them in this blog post and see which subset of them I ... wasn't very creative in the shows that I wanted to watch...I did binge

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  competitive in the international pool. Beyond that, there's little more I can ... a copy of the site in a CD and send it to MIT or can I refer them to ... material? I mean, I can't really send in the medals, but maybe photos of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  to Coolidge Corner, buy his book, which I'd been meaning to pick up for ... appearing in the verbal section. I thought I could make this blog educational ... logistics. Alas! Tickets sold out hours in advance of Bruce's appearance! I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  is that the problem set solutions can look like this. Keep in mind, I ... humanities at MIT is non-trivial. In fact, I have just proved this fact in such ... that the humanities don't unfriend me on Facebook. In my endeavors, I am

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Astrology Forecast for the Class of 2023 Some big aquarius energy is coming...

  week. Tonight I'll be at a welcome dinner for students in FLIPOP, the new ... their college transition. In order to prepare, I reached out to Crissy on ... others that do not. I can see an Aquarius coming to our Campus Preview

  • by DJ Rock
  • August 22, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  i've been thinking, recently: in times of need, who takes care of me ... 're in right now. i have been ruminating on care, in all its forms, and it ... and face masks and indulging in a bit of luxury. "self-care is buying

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  never ended. I can't say what happened, but it was unfortunate. And no ... them all away. I went to a new counselor in the morning who taught me ... , and took a nap. I woke up in time to go to MIT Medical, where I saw one

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  ! I am currently majoring in [annotation note="Computation & ... ; cognitive science. (I love telling people that 'i major in 6-9' for shits and ... lot of what I was looking forward to in college.   freshman year  As a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  the floor in a heap of mandibular disarray. #obliviouscodemonkey *I can ... was the first time I’ve ever exercised it in an industry setting. MIT ... -weighted average of every location I frequent in Cambridge! This might not actually

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Writer’s Bloc

  

  (and I know you're out there) can buy it here. Dylan is currently hard ... story. Wow! I also have a friend who wrote a one-act play that was ... acquaintances from MIT who are also writers of various sorts. Before I came to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 20, 2005