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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  with it, I just can't imagine a class laying such an egg in my schedule ... Loved Rhetoric with Strang. I can say that now because I got my name picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  slipped through the narrative cracks. - In mid-February, I boarded a bus ... ' various affairs. In principle, I don't have anything against putting two ... up nicely when he posted on Facebook today that "the differential in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  lively murmur and a beat in the background. IAP is one week in. I spent ... passed. In the beginning, it was like a full-blown middle-school crush. I ... Michael Waldrep. October and September: I took weekends away. I camped in

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  'll cross my fingers for that. In either case, I'm planning to take my ... little Christmas tree in front of the Student Center. I saw this snowman ... fete, with more Nobel laureates than you can shake a stick at in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  the final or do the final project but you can make it up some time in ... in hopes that I would be better by Monday, but when that didn’t happen ... advised me to ask for an “OX” in the class if I wasn’t feeling better by the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  than 50k in the United States last year. One thing I like about Bebras ... ! New this year: there are free apps (iPhone, Android) that students can ... computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  the Great Depression, he was born out of a need for a hero. But I can ... . I don’t think I’ve driven more than 2 hours in my entire life without ... improve myself so I wouldn’t look so pale in comparison to him. At first I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  times, it’s an exam I’m nervous about. In past years, the class average ... not pay it any attention. In those ten minutes before I’m scribbling ... included the bonus song “Crazier” by Taylor Swift. I was drawn in by the the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  Kathy's post (A Day in the Life...), but I should also point out that the ... successfully, i.e. earning first-degree class marks on the exams. In particular ... glory. I have to say that I also feel like I learned and retained more in

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  professions, in a way Santa and Poseidon both have a lot to do with to snow. I ... Kresge Auditorium is on the left. You can see the Alchemist in front of the ... Here’s what I woke up to on Friday morning: massive snowflakes

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  out that somehow along the line I managed to answer them all in the ... high school, I had the pleasure of singing under Dr. William Cutter in ... . Exactly how good is MIT's music? Well, I've performed in the Concert Choir

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  I'm a very Type A person, I'd say. I tend to need to be in control of ... room looks like a mess, but in reality it is my organized mess. I know exactly where I've put things even if it's messy and out in the open and not

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  How and what would I write in the utter absence of the ever ... carnivorous appetite. 1:00 PM I've gained entrance to the club, and can ... slowly in my own impotence, but at least I was toasty and well-fed. Here

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  biology, you can sprinkle in some more bio. If you want to be an engineer ... ’t think I’m into it anymore”. I’ve been fortunate in that I sort of ... .007 final competition intact. Rip. It hit me that I never in a million years

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Tier Listing My Classes i may have got this idea from tiktok

  

  I mentioned this in my last post, but I'm graduating soon! At the end ... realm of cruftiness. So, in the name of going out strong, I'd like to put ... of the blogs but we'll see if i can write that much"]1/(some number >

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 23, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  mechanical engineer. I went to work for General Motors in Detroit designing ... would be fun to do something else. I spent a few years in the MIT Alumni Association, and three years ago I came to work in the admissions office in my

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  MIT, and whether or not I made the right decision in coming to this ... ." I've found solace in my writing classes and creative outlets: writing ... 'm reminded of why I'm at this school in the first place. Being an MIT student

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  myself I have other skills I can bring, and I’m at college to learn.   In ... generally did an okay job representing my feelings, and i'd like to keep it in ... and not changed my perspective. I am an angry crier. In high school

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?" I armed myself ... . I hate the number 23 so I threw in 2 of my favorites to get us to 25 ... reaction, there is no force equal in Chuck Norris can divide by zero. - When

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  (any % although whole is more manly) 2) You can't vomit I'm the one in ... So, now that you're on campus, you have all this free time, right? I ... 't have tons of time to do fun stuff. I was digging around on my external

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008