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  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  going to be next week, and I'm excited to see my friends from CfH again ... .303/11.003: Methods of Policy Analysis. I need this class for my humanities ... Probability. I need this class for my major. On day 1, the professor said this

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  somehow gotten some of my 2East friends to start playing with me. It's a ... Hello! Just giving a quick update on what's going on with my life ... break my blogger drought (rip sophomore year) and b) I'm working on a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  , especially when so many of my friends ended up going. A particular quote of ... + years ago (12/13/14, actually, which is a cool date) about my MIT decision ... , surreal moment for me, and that quote was the first thing to pop into my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  my friends or on my own and stumble across new places. I like this ... the MIT experience unique. I've finally decided to get out my DSLR that has been sitting largely in its tote bag on my shelf because I wanted to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  , about a month after coming to MIT, my friend Hanna '10 and I started a ... described as "too goddamn independent" and my mother, much as I love her, was ... me in a rigorous academic environment and my need to be really, really

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  in Yosemite this summer. While cragging with some friendly strangers near Camp 4, one of them spotted the MIT Outing Club patch on my backpack ... the numerous occasions that someone has recognized the brass rat on my

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  . How could I resist the intersection of my two loves, biology and ... , either chatting with friends or staring at their feet, absorbed in their ... , my roommate and I had pre-ordered tickets online; the event sold out

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  finally An Old Person, relatively speaking. Work As mentioned in my ... , are you even old enough to go to a bar?” (“Of course! barely.”) My ... . My lower jaw promptly unhinged itself from my skull and clattered to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  concept of supporting local businesses, artists, and farmers. My all ... that my granddad was African American and I was like whoa that’s cool ... ! (Lets temporarily disregard the fact that my family calls me the human

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  . As I write this, it is one month to the day since I took my 7.05 (biochemistry) final. This was my only test of finals week, so I spent every ... the exhibit justice because my camera just couldn't handle the low

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  This semester, almost all of my classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays ... every week. Because 18.02 was my favorite class when I was a first ... that Calculus is more my thing. Especially when she starts going all

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  I am two days away from finishing my first semester at MIT. How did ... the stress level on campus would be pretty high right now, most of my friends seem to be coping pretty well. In fact, a few students apparently

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  in Salt Lake City. I decided I'd take in the sights before my meetings ... sarsaparilla -- interesting!). My workweek started with a "Math Jam" I conducted online from my hotel in Salt Lake City, hosted by the folks at The Art of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  trying to make me call them by their first names--one of my friend's moms ... I received on Dr. Tabacco's second test (my lowest grade at MIT for ... for you, but if memory serves my correctly, it went a little something

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  , another thing I've done to put off studying is baking cookies! My friend and ... , when my mind's off finals. That way, I can focus totally on your ... my head. "MIT's music program is like the fugacity of water in a water

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  being challenging. Another big aspect of this is my support network of friends. They really contribute a lot to my sanity some days. They really ... spend some of my free time trying to get ahead in classes, etc. I try to

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  Ceri’s vlogs, her friend’s jokes too), cheered at their accomplishments ... time was when a friend texted us, asking us about our decisions. It was ... told our parents. And messaged our friends. Had this decision come in the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  back to green. Even past elementary school, in fact--my high school ... less the image of seasons that exists in my head. When it comes to summer ... , and I am disappointed in my time management 😅😭

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  This summer, I lived with some other sophomores from my living ... between properties, and a giant tear in a friend's jeans as she tried to ... properties, arguing with my future roommates, contacting dozens upon dozens of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  . My friend Zach and I formed a little team at the day care; during ... studying for a 5.60 exam coming up and my friend Nolan Kruse said we should ... able to transfer my experience judging people in admissions to judging

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015