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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  stuck with four classes per semester for most of my time here: freshman ... of my time[2], so it felt like I was well above my usual course load. Now, in fall of my senior year (gah that's still scary to write down

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  approached a quaint red-walled antique store, my watch told me that Raphael ... scampered up ahead of my friends. One of those pictures: The ground was ... least the thickness of my forearm lay stretched over the path. I stopped

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  .  I made some of my best friends during CPW, and I'M SO EXCITED THAT IT ... assignments last Friday, and I am so happy to officially say that my friend ... about you to maximize your experience when you come here. For example, my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  , in my home town of Pearland TX, the highest point of elevation is ... skipping over the climbing PE class one semester here at MIT. It fit into my ... , and I'm buying shoes, filling my amazon wishlist with gear, and climbing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  my interview with my MIT EC. And I loved how Mystery Hunt was going on during my visit to campus. And I loved how people seemed to have true ... interest in entrepreneurship. So, basically my criteria was: awesome

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  for my cell phone and it was 8:11 AM and I had set my alarm for 7 ... just as the last car was pulling away, crammed my instruments (flute ... countless airline stewardesses, and went back to sleep. In my dreams, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  my dorm's i3 video, and then I lost an hour because of daylight savings ... daylight savings! - watching the clock on my computer go from 1:59 AM to 3 ... , thursday). I am starting work on my UROP (more on that later!). I dropped 18

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  , I just got out of class and ran home to get my laptop. So nothing interesting has happened yet on my end, but stay tuned! Friday, 16:22 I'm sitting at my kitchen table, eating leftover baked ziti I just heated up. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  while. I'm real sorry; I'm just not exactly on top of my life right now ... last night working on my ICE-T ("ice tea") problem set. To answer James ... silicon membrane, and BAMF! Cell phone power! My friend Jacqueline and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  struggle my way through writing the essay, and I think there are some ... into the overall community. (I think my friend Becky is one of the ... .) This leads me into my next point. I ended my last application advice

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  to my post on cross registration, "How can MIT undergraduate students ... example, my friend Jake got a terrific room his freshman year at the East ... rooms each year), but certainly not unheard of. My housing at Baker House

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  . One of my big pulls for the class, though, were the field trips. That ... it."]genius[/annotation]. I also met some pretty neat people! My ... orchestra didn't even have any drums! Only [annotation note="which in my

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  This winter, before arriving at my [annotation note="Global Teaching ... bookings in Doha. Here's a recount of my adventure! Hopefully, this will be ... , where I got the first stamp on my brand new passport! Afterwards, we

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  finishing my major (which is surreal), but it's also a mindset change that ... improved my state of mind. And honestly, there isn't a single class that I ... 've really wanted to take a robotics class. Robotics team was one of my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  , so we got to present a poster! Considering that this was my first conference, and that I got my registration fee waived, I was stoked to go. [caption id="attachment_102081" align="aligncenter" width="400"] My

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  this: I got a lot out of writing about my experience at MIT-- the ups and ... am happy to have had the chance to share my garbage with the world. If

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  iteration. I met with my team this weekend to finalize our design: the moon ... .671: Measurement and Instrumentation This is my final core MechE requirement before 2 ... 'know?"]December.[/annotation] One of my close high school friends does a lot of art, and I'd been

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  starts (in my case, when I was packing to come to Orientation!) I've gone ... and I actually think they stand up better than my MIT application essays ... that, so they will live out the rest of their lives only on my hard drive

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  MIT this spring, I had to take his class. My friend Wenjun H. '25 had ... ?" I scrolled and scrolled. "Here, I've got it," Ajay said, taking my ... ." "My rap name is Flavius," Wenjun offered. "No, it's not," Lupe said

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  . According to my iCal, I have spent nineteen hours in class in the last three ... happening in the background so I was slightly losing my mind. It was very ... . Plus, my friends Deniz, An Bo, and Grace are in it, so I don't have to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022