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  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  I linked to above, seriously, it's short and important) prompted a ... units of my floormates but I remember a few. A Tang measured orthogonality to conversation. A Graybill is a unit of harem. The Itani is a unit of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  graduating come June. I have had all A's throughout high school except for last ... , he took my textbook for a night to review the material (he couldn ... really developed a good set of tools for what to do when those failed. This

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  off several local options. I paused for a beat, then a few more. "Uhh ... decision fatigue for a few reasons. The first, and most obvious, is that it ... capacity for what really matters. But at a certain point, it's our job to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  one, but it's a bit different for me right now, because we've started to ... would make for a particularly interesting blog. So instead, I figured I ... a case) Spotify (for background music) I split Safari and Sublime

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  schedule have yielded a reasonable amount of free time for me to explore some ... these for a class I took spring semester, CMS.840 (Literature and Film). I ... /minor/major, so I wound up not getting in. I spent a few days scrambling around for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  semester, I have already taken a final exam. In the midst of sitting down for ... , being bedridden for a month and your mom having to fly in to take care of ... [annotation note="certainly not A, for “I’m doing great!”"]O, for Absence

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  , not a norm or expectation. 48 units is an appropriate load for most ... shape wide-reaching policy and to advocate for undergraduates was a ... different committee last year, we also created a feedback form and forum for a

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  never been on a plane before. Hell, I had barely left California, with the ... coast for my freshman fall, I was terrified. I had no clue how things worked-- even the supposedly "simple" things. I had no clue how to even board a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  recommends a math course for you. Your advisor is also informed of this ... ! This class isn't for "dumb" students at all, it is quite literally a ... 's 2 options for this: 6.100A / 6.100B are 2 coding classes that fill

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  have worked for years to finally reach. This is just a little excerpt on ... idea how, I am not a bed scientist. My bed had been with me for 15 years ... . My binder. It sat on the floor, calling out for me. It had a hard white

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  make for my room. When I came across some[annotation note="MIT has a big ... months for me in a closet on campus; now it would wait another six months ... had to ask a friend with tools to do this for me. Thank you Shophaus

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  Nadya is a rising senior at Harvard primarily known for founding the non ... ’s article titled "A Call for Accountability: Anti Blackness in The Menstrual ... epitome of her deceit lies in her campaign for a seat on the Cambridge City

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  the kitchen for a snack and everyone is there. “I should be asleep,” you ... lecture. It is noon. Danny B.D. ‘15 You ask for a studfinder. I give you a power drill.   You ask for a studfinder, but it turns out I don

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  was when the school rented out the Boston Aquarium for a nighttime party ... Jebby Every fall since 2014, Next Haunt puts together a horror ... and skills—ranging from puzzle-making to set design—to put on a spooky

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  where you can vent, cry, or just take a break. For me, Home was BMF Floor ... a hard one for me – from MIT Marching Band to my service fraternity ... : “Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.” There are a

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  important because many of us owe a lot to the people who have supported us ... fitting in, about studying for classes, and about joining clubs. For those ... [/annotation] ready to give you their tips and tricks for surviving classes and getting

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  in Plato’s cave for a bit). Yet, in matters of race, I think there are ... important to train yourself to believe people as a first instinct rather than ... blackface or turbans, stating, “Is there no room anymore for a child or young

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  , with a few hairpin turns thrown in for good measure. It's accepting being ... wanted to be a doctor -- which, at the time, was no longer a settled matter ... health after lots of research, a stint in therapy to maintain my self

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  for the 'extra time' I should have saved. Where did that go? In a single ... 't a big deal for me, then. I was still healthy.   It's at this ... started getting sick. I lost weight. Which, for me, a 105 pound girl, was a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  't be too hard, right? Not only did I want a different artist for each ... , others take a few weeks of incremental progress. I forgot to account for ... , asked friends for feedback, wrote an email, and set up a spreadsheet. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023