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  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  nothing. In fact, I think this will be one of my busiest semesters so far. I ... :   Hello dear readers. In keeping with the trend of bloggers posting ... expanding to fill its container. I am enrolled in 45 units, which is 3

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  ’t consider myself one of those cases. I was already in a slower version of the ... problem doesn’t really exist if I ignore it, right? I cried tears of joy in ... ’ve tried my best, through one of my favorite mediums, short stories: I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  the competing teams; I also expect you will learn how one of MIT ... to 'attend,' alas, but I can't wait to watch the archived footage later! ... is tonight! Every year we blog about 2.009, a capstone course in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  interested in catching up on some TV. This month, you can see (at least) three ... , who was named "Sexiest Geek Alive" in 2001. Speaking of geeks, tonight ... ,000. A fairly standard reality show, I suppose. There are now versions of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  and who works in/around the field of interactive fiction. I think it ... last palindromic week of this kind in this century, so it seems worth ... Here in America, our vaunted exceptionalism takes many forms

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  wildly at the state of the world*. Last semester, I took a non-credit class through Budapest Semesters in Mathematics. Here's a photo of me in ... were three other students, all American. It was a lot of fun! So I ended

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  studied extrasolar planets (a planet outside of our solar system), which I'm told is currently a super hot topic in astronomy! The goal of the ... binary star passes in front of another binary star, you get an eclipse. The

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  I just had the busiest, craziest summer of my life. I remember a ... of only 6 of our classmates, who now marched proudly in the ranks of ... expected a wall, now wondered what they were capable of. It was in this

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  report where I derived equations about the natural oscillation, center of mass of the frustum, etc. I can't even begin to describe what joy it ... equations in Latex. 20 pages of chicken scratch later and a solid 1.5 weeks

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2022 i3 videos megapost

  

  and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these ...  (alongside tours!). I’ve embedded all the 2022 i3 videos below in case you would ... As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  seems like i have to install or [annotation note="in the git sense ... team owns and controls, but it's too complex and i can't really ... consistently. i did a demo of a feature i added for the first time ever

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  this point in writing this I'm pretty sure I mixed up the events of ... about MIT the instant I got my acceptance letter (deferred, got in regular ... I was with the better half of my umbrella that tried to fly away on a

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where are you going, where have you been? (Part I) Academics.

  

  other college in the country, right?".   A few months ago I was ... . "Wow, I can't even imagine what that's like," I said.   I realized ... miss out on something, that is. I know all about waking up in the morning

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  the degree I will be awarded: A Bachelor's of Science in Engineering as ... totally and completed hosed. I can't even believe I'm taking 15 minutes to ... a taste of things to come. Item 1: How hosed am I? According to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: The 2016 Siemens Competition is now open

  

  As I've blogged before, many students who are interested in MIT are also interested in high school research competitions, including (but not limited to) those listed on our enrichment opportunities page. One of these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 11, 2016
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  why the story did a good job. But I will not tell you all of it here in ... I love to play with big weird words, so writing in Up-Goer Five makes ... play too! I thought I could write a short paper of words about the Big

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  lot of words, but more generally I’m interested in the chemical traces ... ="attachment_70768" align="aligncenter" width="384"] A quick pic of me in the lab! I ... and I’m a senior in course 12 with a minor in biology. Within EAPS, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  or so. Inside Johnson, I was struck by how many people in the Class of ... audience. I counted how many names in the booklet I recognized: about 17% of ... train with my family, and Boston is now out of sight. I haven't managed to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  Illuminations in MIT News where I am quoted telling some of the story of the ... In September 2021, when I posted about the new Welcome Center that is ... ="79764" /]   As I said in the post about the Welcome Center, we started making

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  construction in the alley. Yesterday was also somewhat of an exception so I was ... ------------------------------ I can't say I was expecting much out of it, and I went about my ... the case. I liked the path-of-the-hurricane look and watching people

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008