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  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  in my family we are cheap af. It is summertime in Denver. The ever ... -11, and opened up my book. I read for a long time. It’s pleasant, under the ... suffocating suburbs we moved to for the school districts, where there was little

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  'd like to thank the proud sponsors of Sesame Street for their generous ... Today, I felt: angry and heartbroken. Because: the first question on ... with 5 significant figures, and the professor did not manage to include a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  the same question: “How do you like it here?” and “Is Nigeria different ... . The food is wildly different. In Nigeria, food is abacha and achicha and ... -ass saying goes, “The only race that matters is the human race.” If only. A

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  on the back, which you’ve wanted for like two years. take the extra ... for the first time, because you know questions will come up over and ... instructor note - it’s a snow day announcement. endorse an answer for the first

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  interact with regularly, so this is really only a snapshot of the diverse ... when the walking symbol is on Resting heart rate decreasing Puppies ... above the average Planning out classes for next semester Thoughts of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  reading/evaluating applications, the summer is the primary time during the ... Questbridge College Admissions Conference at Yale. The idea in a nutshell is to ... started the afternoon before the conference. After getting Indian food for

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  think what we said is a little heinous for the blogs, judging by the ... MARC is one of the few conferences people have in their academic ... ="109023" /] At dinner, our table name for trivia was “The Kids Table (+Hans

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  a gcal september never really used it until now

  

  the future. for example, here's a screenshot of this week, which is ... calendar for the past three years. light blue are things that are ... items for me to do in the future. this has helped me go to more

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  hopefully no one is looking for a grand unified theme. First, I would like to ... TA waves at me, says "Bye-bye!", and points to the board, on which is ... in Mammalian Biology) class that the MIT biology program is doing away

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  have a 40 page paper to write, but such is life. The class is also an ... So today we're going to take a little trip to 3-370 for some Measurement and Instrumentation. Basically, this is a lab class where we learn

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  We were so lucky to have the UA Alumni Affairs Committee invite John ... notes I sketched out during the talk.   I'm very much interested in the pursuing both comptuer science and design here at MIT (I just

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  The field hockey team is doing awesome this year, (The Tech even ... . Woodie Flowers is a national advisor of the FIRST Robotics competition ... ," what I really mean is "I make sandwiches for myself.") But there are

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  this minor, the first response I usually get is, “MIT has humanities classes? Aren’t you guys a technical school?” The answer to this is a ... ’s not about finding the right answer to a problem. My only job is to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  Walking alone 'cause the night is dead. Crossed my mind when I ... from Kendall/MIT to Charles/MGH, is named as such because of this poem."]"The ... [annotation note='this is a program run by CAPD which has, in the past, been

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  so...for the sake of social distancing, everyone's trapped in their ... ="300"] mood[/caption] for MIT students, this period of time is particularly tedious. we don't have classes for the next week and a half, so we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  hugs.) and talk about why you're withdrawing, what your plan is for the time you're away, and what the expectations are for your readmission ... . The withdrawal/readmission process is fairly straightforward; you meet

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments-ment Webcast A few comments on the past week.

  

  I have a granola bar for lunch tomorrow? The grotesqueness of bananas browning in the pantry is practically palpable, even upstairs. As pika ... 't. 10:32 pm: I once tread water for ten minutes as part of the MIT swim

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  , Wellesley, Harvard, and beyond for the Ballroom Dance Camp, Day 2. "Look ... probably an understatement. We've been positively explosive for the past two ... affirms that the whiteboard is indeed level (an accomplishment my roommate

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  . Sometimes it turns out ok, I think. I’ve often had too much reverence for The ... a different country every month. It was pretty crazy. For the month of June, I went to China for the Masters of China Studies Visiting

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  semester. I'm not sure if I have the time for D-Lab this semester or not ... would provide income for them, and also prevent the deforestation that ... solar heating. This is the definitely the class to take if you want to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009