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  Hello everyone! I thought up this title as a metaphor for how the ... equations or polars or just sine and cosine, and whatever it was, it seemed useless and arbitrary when I first learned it. But then, a year or so later

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  and (2) an analysis showing how MIT students felt about Washlava based ... )"]part of the building with no elevator.[/annotation] It wasn't a huge deal, but it did make it extra inconvenient if I lugged my hamper all the way

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
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  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  about how MIT students spent their days in classes, clubs, or hobbies, so ... :D"]IAP[/annotation]! You might wonder, how much can you really accomplish in IAP?—turns out, quite a lot! Of course, everyone spends it

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
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• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  it takes more than one gender to build a just and fair world.  How ... applications that a lot of prospective MIT students are interested in how to use ... about who she is, what she's doing, and how people at/aspiring to MIT can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  AARRRGHHHHH!!!!🏴‍☠️ (Pirate Post) A Review of 21M.299 - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys

  

  ?[/annotation] , and chantey/shanty enthusiasts didn’t really nail down how it should be ... I mentioned it in a previous blog, but this semester I took a class ... wikipedia-rabbit-hole-inducing one being offered, so of course I took it. It’s

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  years, but this would be the first time through Course 6.   How it ... depending on how you look at it. More free time during the semester, vs. more ... more officially, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich!) It all

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  last four whole days) has been consumed by psets, it seems only appropriate to blog about their culture. Q: What is a pset, and how to do you spell it? A: A “pset” is short for “problem set”, and it is the most

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  where advising groups often meet for dinner; it’s where we’ve had a few cross country team dinners; it’s where MIT students say they’d like to ... dinner a few months ago, Bertucci’s was the obvious choice of venue. It

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  , and then they brought out dessert. And it was gorgeous. A beautiful ... flower attached... it must have been made of something sweet, chocolate or sugar or something, but I never found out. It was too pretty and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  teacher's name was Lynn, so I guess I've just been indoctrinated to call it ... , although I guess I've called it that sometimes too, for absolute clarity. It was just really weird getting here and hearing it called "lonn" though

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  't 5E have seven not that long ago? -- but it's probably a good idea to ... cats as they feel like it. They're a lot of fun to have around, and when they do something you don't like, it's hard to get angry at them because

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  is about and why I like it / how to write good poems. I also want to ... remember being a freshman this time last year! It was all excitement and ... fingers onto waxy floor tiles. It feels almost like a dream now. Nothing was

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023