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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  manufacturing videos shown in lecture. It's learning the details of fin theory in ... Engineering) a year and a half ago.  The most valuable lesson I've learned in ... semester off and accept a 6-month position in Apple's iPhone Product Design

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  with my roommate. I suppose that happened in the first half of 2014, but ... 2014. Know the people in my dorm better. I did most of my psets this ... in MIT. This did happen, although I was more of a passive bystander in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  .org/blogs/entry/thirteen-things-to-do-over-iap-1-5), I spent the first half of IAP in sunny California where 50 ... /MIT station, I noticed the ground covered in a blanket of soft, powdery snow. At ... convenience of all the labs in the vicinity. It's where I got my very first

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  . Unless you consider all of those 500 forms I needed to fill out and send in ... out some survey that came in one of the many folders and envelopes I ... dorms can be considered more traditional in terms of college atmosphere

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  spent frolicking in Indiana. When I think fall, I think piles of crunchy ... rink. I used to take ice skating lessons in Indiana, but all I can ... fabled season of fall has arrived in all of its deciduous glory and is

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  promises in the beginning of the year that I have not kept. I said I would ... .01L so I can take 8.02 in the spring so I never, ever have to touch ... 's actually the perfect combination of everything I've wanted in a UROP. It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  and all settled in to my new room. Last year's non-existent view of the Charles River has been replaced by a partial one that I can glimpse if I ... . It's so nice to be back; I didn't quite have a whole lot of time to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  " post in a while, because I think I jinxed sophomore fall last time. I ... of time. I've also grown an "idgaf if you think I'm stupid, I'm just ... improved my state of mind. And honestly, there isn't a single class that I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  . Uninteresting walls. My suitemate and I considered painting in the beginning of ... I'm in my room in Senior House (which, before you ask, is not just for seniors) right now. My walls are an uninteresting shade of white. I

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

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  be friends. I know of course that this can't be forced, but I also know ... when I can find time. Hope you guys are having a great start to your ... ? [Edit: in other words, I want my kids to be as close as possible as they

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  take the midterm today in two hours and 19 minutes, as of the moment I’m writing this of course. But I can’t find the motivation to study. The ... in the room was just the stress I used to feel standing in front of the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  Astley 4. If I Ever Fall In Love by Shai 5. Somebody to Love by Justin ... -tufted grey stone of Killian Court. Valentine's Day fell on a Thursday. I ... troupe filed in behind her, clustered behind my seat, and began singing. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  that went on at the same time. Here's a compilation of the ones I can remember. Playing numerous 3-5 hour sessions of Dungeons and Dragons in ... could try (and likely be unsuccessful in) compiling a list of activities

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  were: the process by which I knit a replica of the spawn of Cthulhu coding in history class...instead of playing Starcraft FIRST Robotics and ... In spirit, not much has changed over the last three years. Hi. I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  skeins of yarn and unfinished crochet projects, I can say that I ... logistics of crocheting at MIT. How will I pack all my yarn? What project ... store in Cambridge?[/annotation] To whom will I bestow crocheted gifts

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  I can find one of my friends who can give intelligent advice on ... I'm interviewing at five of the top seven programs in biology -- and ... morning at 6:45 AM. (My postdoc at the lab told me I don't have to come in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right in front of MIT ... arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front ... and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the middle of the Charles

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  2, which is red. And I can hide everything in the layer by clicking ... objects on layer 3 will show up on top of all objects in layer 1. You can re ... outline I made when I scale both: Instead of tracing images, you can

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  to make your decision (in favor of MIT). Also, I've added some new ... world" programs in a double digit number of languages -- I never got ... 't think I'd talked to him in a few years -- when somebody isn't in any of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  this. And because of it, I've been thinking a lot about what he said. In ... after she told me this. In many ways, I can see how similar my mom and I ... that really hammered in this "angry" kind of attitude. In high school, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020