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  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  [annotation note="is this okay to say in a blog? let's hope so ... reaffirm that Google Calendar is all you need— here is my setup broken down: weekly schedule The first page of my calendar is devoted to my recurring

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  MIT. This semester feels particularly special for a number of reasons ... of my other 7 semesters, this semester is one that I can do whatever I ... the school year is over! Blog once a week. This is a crazy goal, but I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  if you've chosen a major that fits you? Fit is a fuzzy concept, hard to quantify or plot. But this is what it means to me: Fit is having at least ... because it's required but simply because it's so interesting. Fit is

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  which when completed is the picture of you. There is no bad essay or bad ... process is that we don’t as admissions officers get to meet each of you ... you. The interview is one of the ways that we can personalize the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  the work is completely overwhelming and any time not spent working is ... toy that is even close to being kinda done? Oh boy.) but there's just ... ?" My brain: *Hey! Melis is here, cool! She'll probably want to blog this

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  Once upon a time, there was an application to MIT... It's a Monday ... applications from the office; my stack is fairly random, including applicants ... longer essay? The Part II is a great place for us to get to hear your voice

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  . I am never savvy about picking classes. Adam is disdainful, for ... phenomenal cosmic bad luck!), my midterm weeks tend toward the crazy. This is ... Columbia, and Phil Sharp from MIT), a senator (John Kerry), a "television

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  blogosphere, rest assured you’re in the right place. It is Elizabeth here. There ... . What you’re looking at is a screenshot from Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & ... -that-other-actress-whose-name-I-don’t-remember”). And what you’re reading is an assignment for 21L.004 (Reading Poetry

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  filling out the holistic MIT application. The MIT acceptance rate is under ... Note: xTalks: Digital Discourses is a seminar series from the MIT Office of Digital Learning designed to facilitate awareness, deep

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  pretty psyched to see just how cool the PE offerings at MIT are! A small ... could when I started the class. Improvement is a great motivator! I think the most rewarding part about my PE class is that I found a form of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  partially cut through. It’s 1994, Spring, chilly. The wind is silently ... destination. Someone is walking down the pavement, hands probably snuggled in ... stomach is not rumbling, but there’s enough flatness in it to proclaim the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  say on the back of our blogger t-shirts." "THIS IS THE REAL MIT!" I don ... body to Mars" is "periareion." My dorm, Burton-Conner, is the best. Even ... floor is arranged into suites of 4-10 people each. This means that for a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  : pika is an independent, cooperative living group at MIT headquartered in ... Boston weather reminds me that springtime is about to melt over this ... literature classes and insists that spring is a time for regeneration and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  🫠. But because the point of using only simple words is NOT to make ... ="just so we're being clear, MIT Mystery Hunt"]This School's Big Game[/annotation] happens once a year, and it is filled with up to 3 days of many very

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  reaction to it, illustrates something about MIT that I think is very ... anything before it. None of this is the case at MIT. The students at MIT ... TFUEC has been working for two and a half years to redesign MIT's GIRs

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  2.009 is over, but you can watch the archived webcast on Facebook ... Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Recap: wearables, games, and other SUPER products

  

  Sense, a wearable for firefighters that can detect if a room is unsafe to ... :   and a recap of some fond memories from the class: 2.009 is definitely one of those "only at MIT" kind of classes. I love going to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  proponent of the dining system (or lack thereof) at MIT. I’ve eaten in a ... creativity. I really like cooking. It is kind of fun to look in your pantry ... Saturday mornings), but the convenience factor is a huge plus. Anyway, back

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ‘Twas the Night before Finals Likely the highlight of my literary career. And some words of advice to EA.

  

  . “I’m going to fail physics!” I saw one frosh yell. “Is torque in or out ... suite had some Chinese around, And MIT moral code says to free food I ... review sheet is awesome, my psets are read, My exams are all studied, and I

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  know almost the entire script of The Lion King, which is by far my ... to MIT entirely barefoot due to a massive blister, and have a tendency to laugh when people get really mad at me. I’ve wanted to go to MIT

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008