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• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  : 2021 Yeah, uh. There’s not exactly much going on here. Some things on my calendar of note (aka, all of the things on my calendar): Science Bowl: we have a weekly meeting on Sundays to help plan our competitions! With

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  pole on Florey a couple times, but despite living in East Campus for a ... I've been taking the time to explore some classes and activities in ... . Super fun! I worked on a combo  that I’d seen on YouTube and learned

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  introductory philosophy classes).  Note: this post was updated on June 21 in ... incontrovertible (all sources below). Carbon dioxide levels are higher today than at ... increased by 1.1°C (2.0°F), and 16 of the 17 warmest years on record occurred

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  . Today, I hung out with some friends from high school. We all noticed that ... even just students in general. This was a confession posted recently on ... to explore these parts of myself I never felt comfortable being so

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What career services are available?

  MIT Career Advising & Professional Development guides all students—current and alumni—as they explore and prepare for careers. Whether ... that can help. Approximately 44% of graduates go directly to
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  every possible opportunity (though I enjoy living on campus), maintain ... basis. We live on a planet of innumerable experiences and many hundreds of ... more helpful to the masses if I stay on the topic of MIT life and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of about 1,020 students this year. Based on our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of about 1,000 students this year. Based on our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  ?” “What does MIT do as part of it?” and “How can it help me?” Well, the ... exploring their college options. These ambassadors serve to complement MIT ... the resources we wish we’d had when applying to college and deciding on

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  is help them keep living, until they turn three and a lightbulb goes ... be horribly difficult. I'm hoping that the lowered courseload will help ... , it's better to be able to set aside less time, and focus on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  I didn’t attend MIT this spring. I flew to Georgia on February 28th ... various other news outlets, all of which contributed greatly to the ... , you don’t need more. Give it away. Living out of a 38-liter backpack

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Experiment… featuring Emily '22, Felix '23, and Alison '23

  

  she saved me with her Pro Tour Guide Skills™ on a related note did you ... help find the [annotation note="Wow, imagine being a blogger, couldn’t be ... note="more like sporadic brain dump of sounds but follow me on Spotify

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  option... well, here I am on the lab's computer. Science, while a ... watching a History Channel special on the Kennedys), I had to come in at 7 this morning to harvest my cells. The good news is that I'll be doing two

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  eloquent take on JLab. So yeah, last fall I took 8.13 (aka Experimental ... devoting to this class on a weekly basis. The majority of MIT classes are 12 ... lower bound on the amount of work I was putting in every week into running

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  wind down. I've got a life update on the way, but first, I thought I'd fill you in on some of MIT's not-so-well-known secrets. No, this isn ... to get a little more bang for your MIT buck, based on things that I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  stereotypical MIT Course Sixer. I live in Burton-Conner, along with way too many other people. Unlike most of those people, though, I live on Conner 4, not ... (conveniently located a block away from a Red Line stop on the T), took down

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  ). Interesting. I got the major right, but probably on accident. Also, unless ... secret is, freshmen are all dumb. What I mean is, people start on a pretty ... . Matt lived there happily for 4 years, and I've heard it's a cool place

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  like I'm writing. It feels like words are appearing on the page. When it stops I look at the words I've typed and I see my own vomit on a screen ... the word. literally, african american refers to people who live in or

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  around with in the back of my best friend Wes's Explorer, who started ... , pledging to spend the rest of their lives together. And the last time I ... first and last month's rent, and looking for cheap furniture on Craigslist

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  ; all four of us lived on floorpi. that night, i realized i didn't pack my ... ubiquitous as a professional chat room, it was a project management term ... choice of how much slack doesn't depend on alyssa or bob. it depends on the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022