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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  Wow. So this is what official blagging* is like. It’s nice to meet ... admissions blogs myself, and so now I feel like I’m obligated to post something ... everyone was posting about first coming/coming back to college, and all the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  . Course 6-2. I registered for, among other things, 6.01 (intro to EECS). I ... undergrads who would love the opportunity to do research and learn about their ... space for someone. That's how I got my first UROP!) The experience is

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  chosen to be the founders of W1. For the next few months, we worked with the architects and MIT administration to finalize the blueprints for our ... administration had plans to increase camaraderie among graduate dorms, to alleviate

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  for that project made me a half hour late to 4.42J/2.66J/1.044J ... break for a week to clear our heads. It was a really smart idea, so I ... University. Our studio class met at the T station to visit the site for our

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are ... , though, I think they complain about junior lab. It's best to come into ... weeks, you are expected to have learned how to operate your first set of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  particularly good at addressing. I think it’s extremely important for there to be ... Monday and Neuroscience today, and my last exam is for Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems on Friday morning. In an effort to procrastinate, I was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  being able to make food for myself. The latter is beyond terrifying, as I ... need others to help them. Having to fend for myself for the last two ... Harvard Bridge to have dinner in Boston, and a trip to Star Market for

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  can look into it for you, too. I've already been able to track down some ... give them a call to chat a bit about things... As for the food, I was ... 10 days to go until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  for tumblr to this post, which I hope will shed some light on the ... connection to you. You MUST ASK FOR HELP from somewhere–TAs, office hours, the ... I know that I could appeal to either MIT (for more financial aid) or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  all 620 officially-recognized CPW events. That's enough for one to begin every 7 minutes or - more closely resembling reality - for 8 to begin on ... prepare some for us. We followed downstairs to the kitchen, where we saw the

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  ’ve made while in college...   1. Trying to go for the computer science ... caused me to take 6.042: Math for Computer Science and 6.006: Algorithms ... Now that I am soon to be an old, decrepit senior, I thought it might

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  for now, since it'll probably change by tomorrow and we'll be back to ... myself for saying this when I have a kid later on, and have to make all ... combination of spending quality time with my family/staying up late talking to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  moved that he brought it to Star Trek. For those of you who don’t know ... Cards for people like MIT students. You pay $25 once and can go to any ... , “for music that is particularly meaningful to me.” He put his hands in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  proves that it is possible. And she does have time to go out for ice cream ... writing, and working, and meeting many people. I want to preserve it, like a ... to wake up at 7:30, hit snooze a lot, and stumble into a cafe around 9

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  best we could to do honor this tradition was talk for a couple of hours ... project for enabling us to do things like this! So, yeah, here's our ... I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aeroastro privilege all-expenses-paid tour to seattle and los angeles

  

  Astro for short) has its benefits. For instance, we all got priority tickets to the AeroAstro Centennial (which closed with an Elon Musk Q+A). We get access to our own machine shop, laboratory, and lounge in the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  Hey guys, I'm back to blogging once a week after a ridiculously crazy ... food I love. Now this post isn't to say that these are undoubtedly the ... for various reasons that I'll explain. We'll start off with Teriyaki

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Dinner With Goobers Yeah food! Yeah people!

  

  things that made the transition to college the hardest for me (I know. I am ... for this...) and mosey on down to ye olde Simmons dining hall. Okay ... to the family... but eating dinner all together as a family. I wasn

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  forward to another great one. Tune in next time for a post about IAP, all of ... When it comes to MIT you can put everything you do into one of two categories "for classes" or "in the spirit of having fun". While the two aren

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  its very own radio station, run by the students for the students (and for the rest of Cambridge/Boston to enjoy!). It's located in the cozy ... places I visited during my CPW, and I encourage you all to visit it as well

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010