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  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  In my last blog, I mentioned that since the spring semester hadn ... m. After moving on campus recently and seeing people in 3D, I'm hoping ... school turned out to be the dagger in my side as I trudged on to the end of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  More info for Admitted Students just a few more things to do

  

  walking distance of MIT. Driving and parking in Boston can be super ... Congratulations to all of the admitted students! I hope you are still celebrating, but I also want to remind you of a few things to do now

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  absolutely the right decision. I took three classes in my major this last ... humble about my test results. In 2.004 I was getting 90-95 percent on the ... .006 test. This was a problem. I can't study during CPW, especially since I

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  good at math. I was practically a math prodigy back in the day. Like back in preschool and kindergarden, I was adding and subtracting way before ... older, I still loved math, and so did my dad. He works in construction

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Another year has begun Welcome to my world

  

  working in Mexico City, I got to go home for three weeks, the longest ... . Being at MIT is like living in a bubble, but it is definitely a bubble I ... It’s amazing sometimes how much life at MIT can seem removed from the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to be a cat in the winter time. Today I wrested the last fateful drop out ... before turning them in for good. If I don't sound terribly grateful to the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  my corny little flashlight: Now I can use a milling machine and a ... evaluations for us to fill out about him. I suggested that we work in small groups on the recitation problems, because well...I need help in 18

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  Design and Manufacturing I (2.007 in nerd-speak) involves two ... challenge that can always be met. In his lectures, he starts with a problem ... favorite guest lectures. I thought I'd share his background and some of his

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  and you can hit up multiple parties in a night, but i chose to stay at ... fantastic because i got to see a lot of teams perform for the first time in two years. mocha moves — for my 5th semester on mocha, i danced in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  MIT, I always think back to one song. There are a lot of songs in Hamilton that I can break down and relate to my life, but this one strikes me ... . i was either in a powerful enough place where i could slip into that

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  !) (and also hands and feet, in case that wasn’t clear). I speak Chinese fluently; I can communicate pretty well in my dad’s regional language, Kafa ... roots in my father’s nation, Ethiopia, and my mother’s, China. I consider

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  For Newtown

  

  own. I managed to sputter in reply, "Of course," before realizing that I ... called to do so as brothers and sisters of this world and I hope that in ... , especially in times of ‘disaster,’ I remember my mother’s words and I am always

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  video. I did and they liked it so they flew me out to film! I can only ... do in your free time? I spent most of my time making things in the ... super well with Moogega and Ivan. What did you build in the EE lab? I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  blender. I was a skeptic (how can you beat WillItBlend?) but I decided to ... much fun MIT can be. Being the blogger that I am (willing to spend far ... multiple bottles/cans of caffeine. I ended up taking 384 pictures of CPW, so

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  alongside the start of the semester, but damn. I was in this relationship for ... got free art materials from MIT over IAP, which I'll talk about in a ... I've never been so excited for a semester. I'm taking classes that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Course Lounges press F to pay respects to the entirety of course 21 and CMS

  

  Course 6, I can firmly attest to the fact that our lounge sucks, and as a ... comprehensive list of which you can find here. Almost every course at MIT has their own course lounge - a designated space for majors in each course to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  about living in Boston, and I shared my frustrations at my home and ... . In the time that has elapsed since then, I have spoken with numerous ... . But I’m writing this primarily because I believe that that can change

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  amazing mother repeated this to me almost every night as she tucked me in. I ... what, Mom?” I asked. “That the sky is the limit. That you can do anything ... in my life. After all, who really cares?   3. "I've met a lot of

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... viewing pleasure.  Enjoy! Nine-fold Pinwheel Designer: I forgot (and can’t find the model online) I started folding origami in high school

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  classes are still challenging, especially as I try to squeeze in a week ... founders who come in as guest speakers.   This is what I'm taking this ... graduate, how I got started in VR, every blog post I've written related to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017