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• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  center lifecycle. More specifically, I was helping automate the launch ... their own AC, lest their self-assembled window units accidentally plummet ... school, I scheduled everything into a Google calendar, which really helped

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  friends was shrinking. Even though I was taking 51 units, my semester felt ... , software design, French, and costume design) helped avoid the sensation of ... to make changes to be happy with your situation. I think it helps a lot

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  remain. Professor Fisher's lectures help me see That this is not ... I struggle, I must leave my room To look for help before it is too ... class lasts for half a semester (it's half the number of units of a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  games (my current favorites are Catan, Dominion, and Kingdom Builders ... . Last game you played Fatima> 2048! Jenny> this app called Soul ... dungeons Nora> Wingspan – a board game about birds! I’d recommend if you

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  remember how it's me asking for help. Not the other way around. I don't think ... space. I've been learning so much in my CMS classes, as I explore games and video game theory and fan culture and everything more. I recently

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  helps. The place really, really helps. It's not quite MIT until I can walk ... younger sister, who's stellar at the game. Probably the biggest reason is ... disliked the game, I was still forced to come to training every week, I'd get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  tuesday another blog about an ordinary day

  

  but will probably just be confusing to others. it doesn't help that most ... ."]github,[/annotation] everything else. i helps because i switch tabs using cmd+[123] a lot ... few doubles games with the regular group of players, i'm back at my desk

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • August 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  .  And while that's nice for the ego, it's not so helpful in terms of ... a game of time management.  For example, I was a perfectionist about ... helping people acclimate to MIT's academic environment. Also, a word of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  being in lab. You see, I am taking Project Lab, this 30-unit class (normal classes are 12 units at MIT), and I have been spending well over 30 hours ... I can't help falling in love with the excitement of obtaining a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  taking bio early (other than gloating at helping my roommates with their ... .02x Chem Bio 18.02 MAJOR HASS HASS Seminar 9-unit class Note: During the spring semester, there are a number of 9-unit classes that are

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  opportunity to help a nonprofit with a technical project, as well as a software ... , our state’s DMVs are appointment-only. Since I live in Portland, the ... dropped down to $30,000, so, there’s that.  But it’s been really helpful to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  , the current state of my life and psyche, and the existence of God ... all of your concerns about MIT and thus help me become a better blogger ... AP/IB. My statement for the record would be that they can only help you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  yeeting classes bye

  

  the idea of only being in four classes, or forty-eight units, when [annotation note="I watched one of my friends fill out the form to drop a twelve-unit class. then he was all, now I'm only in seventy-eight units! and I was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 12, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  question (thanks, Snively), "If your name was a unit of measurement, what ... adjective than a unit of measurement, but by unspoken rules we have to keep

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  everything is actually going okay and i think that's pretty cool

  

  playing video games or reading books. i go out with friends and have fun ... that post, sabrina commented that i think one thing that has helped me is ... playing games. which kinda leaves this somewhat empty, numb feeling. it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  friends to my first Red Sox game. I'm a senior and I've never been ... . On my way to the student center, I passed a football game. MIT vs ... streets around Fenway at game time, so there were a few street performers. I

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  of our noise. :) I played in the Assassins' Guild tenday game. My character even survived game, which was no small feat in this particular game ... . The publicly accessible game info lives here, and you can even get an

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  played games that you traditionally play at swank MIT dinner parties, like ... greatest game I've ever played, and I'd like to teach the world to play it. President is one of those crazy smart people card games like Speed and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  found a few nuggets of wisdom in my last post that will help you and your ... saying - they need you to help get them through this process. Here is where ... saying less. You must make your words count and you must help to keep your

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  can’t help myself—they’re just so cute! And above all, it’s fun.  Over ... . averting morning brain drain This routine has been especially helpful for ... , achievable goal. This helps me stay off my phone in the morning, too. I sought

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 14, 2023