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• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  sorrow, but somehow, emptier than I had ever felt before. “Your joy is your ... sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup ... ? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  double. My room is huge, and I have two sets of furniture, which really ... Tech is still getting printed and distributed to the dorms, so I was able ... the equipment in this photo is for 2.678, including the soldering iron

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  So. I had a COVID false alarm this week, which is why I'm currently ... ="when your vision is encircled by hundreds of tiny pinpricks until you can ... calm myself down, which is why I am BEWILDERED about doing it while half

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  's going on?" Friend: "..." Me: "...is that a parade?" Friend: "..." Me ... surprising -- it is, after all, a port city -- but that's far from all that makes Seattle the city it is. For lack of a better word, it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  about. But instead of a police presence, and maybe a trip to MIT Mental ... , there's a class called 2.009 that is one of the Mechanical Engineering Capstone courses, and it has to be the best class at MIT by a long shot. You

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  I graduate. This is my promise. So similar to the list of parameters ... ? - What is the graduation rate? - How hard are the classes? - How reputable ... students around? - What is the weather like? 3. Extracurriculars What can I

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Kelly Clarkson is the first artist to have five top ten ... reduction to the AC/DC song "Highway to Hell" and how Professor Dalzell is ... 5.07 is taught at 8:30 AM, Professor Hughes's earring, Professor

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  time at MIT. Some semesters go by better than others, but at this point ... , which is honestly an okay ratio in my opinion. Especially at a school ... everyone emphasized the fact that MIT would still be here when I came back

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  successful MIT semester I've had to date. I've gone through a series of ups and ... requirements. Though this conclusion is rather obvious, I am happiest when I ... me realize that the idea of pursuing an PhD or Master's in media is not

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  ’d be guests from serious organizations like OpenCourseWare, MITx, and MIT ... awesome): To note among roaches is Nadezhda (translated as “Hope”), a ... cockroach is considered one of the fastest running insects. One roach

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  This is the second part of a two-part series about being an MIT ... home from MIT due to COVID-19. I found myself calling friends I ... Zoom call is just so much lower than that of a meal together or a weekend

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  “My name is Paige, and I'm a bit of an optimist. Or at least, I try ... very few blog posts I wrote before MIT, I wrote: I am good at math. I was ... good can come from putting Such a thought Out into the world. Is that

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  cleats on feet, smile on face thoughts on injuries and spring season

  

  jersey, bringing my ball out to practice – all of it is so simple and ... just run, I can sprint. I lead my own line at warmup, because now is when ... is the feeling I wanted to regain the most. As the spring season

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  more. why is this so hard wayne: you know that if you like, point your ... once, in a past life wayne: oh cj: tries going a little more. why is ... 's the same thing cj: okay but usually my foot is big and not a tiny line

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  ’m pretty sure I can breeze through this one” *Frantically googles ‘What is an allele’ at 2 am, six hours before pset is due*) 21M.294 (Popular Music of ... - believing that injustice is what this country, and indeed society, is built on

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  Heads up: I'm not sure if any of this makes actual sense. This is ... ." I'm not sure if this is a result of simply M A T U R I N G or spending ... there isn't anything else left to accomplish. But in reality, success is

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  organisms. And I have this guy as my professor, which is handy because he ... : Tissue Interactions Professor Spector is the Chris Kaiser of this year ... he played The Fonz in Happy Days). 20.441 is probably my favorite class

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  units mean that this course is a slightly smaller time commitment than the standard 12-unit MIT class. At the beginning of the semester, I heard there ... company B do when a piece of legislation was passed?). This is my first

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  , meaning that we learn to *gasp* manufacture and machine things. MIT has ... /plastic/anything that needs to be shaped into a part. A lathe is for radially symmetric ... tools to cut grooves, pockets, round edges, so on and so forth. A mill is

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  resembling a normally shaped ball. But, to the rest of the world, football is ... actual game is so not the point here, it's all about the partying ... stop before. But, being the smart MIT student that I am, I thought, well

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008