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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  do one at the time, since I was dangling off a cliff in Utah and had ... the scarier part) But here I am now, answering some of the questions ... such a small part of life here.  You can increase the difficulty as much

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  every other material known to mankind today... ;) Chris By the time I got ... organic part of the alloy is super strong and prevents him from melting by ... would be cool. In that case, I guess the liquid metal part of his system

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  the time I had no motivation, and the other half I honest-to-god couldn ... , dropping my A to a C. The sad part is that I still cared, even though it was ... turned in none of my psets on time, I bombed all the quizzes. When the

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  I visited Japan on exchange for the first time. he lived right next to ... Nara to show me his favorite sights. I visited my host family every time ... times, praying that my Japanese speaking capabilities had degraded to such

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  shifts during times that you are available. Since I have classes all ... ’ve been spending a lot of time in the bunk room this IAP, trying my best to ... time, I’ve also had the chance to have some rather interesting

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  ’ll be running the show on your own in no time. Just follow the link on the ... projectionist for the club. After all, I reasoned, college is a time to try out ... following semester, thanks to the brilliant LSC chair at the time, who

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  Last time I wrote a blog about my academic life, back in November, I ... ’t live in a vacuum, and it’s stressful to waste energy and time on ... be calling. At the time, I was feeling incredibly stressed and lost in

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  this thought, but at the same time, [annotation note="not a coronavirus ... need some time to get accustomed to a new atmosphere, but over time, I ... beneficial to me for the most part. So during the summer before MIT, one of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  takes a long time for sediment to collect at the bottom of a liquid ... find her phone that I hid 10 minutes prior. And in the time she’d spend ... MIT, I can proudly claim the “gay” identity. I’m part of Queer West. I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  -like reflexes to snooze it. Multiple times. The only things that stand between me ... grains, I read through my slides and script a few more times as we wait for ... – It is BacTelomere’s time to shine. Ten minutes and eleven slides later

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  before the last first day of my time here at MIT. To put that in less ... first time I referred to MIT as “home” freshman spring. At the time, it ... alleviate the dissonance in my mind every time I accidentally referred to MIT

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  watched Mamma Mia five times this summer. (Alan: For the record, it’s been seven times in this calendar year, and, also, spoilers for a future blog ... Next House at the time—we thought: “what if we bought custom fortune

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  past three weeks sapping so much time. The barrage of classes, problem ... , I spent a large amount of time yesterday going through way too many ... , you definitely don’t want to know. A few times, I sit on the floor and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  that are already a part of the game, he’s come up with his own challenges ... body at one time.  While I won’t be dying to zombified piglins or ... structured goal of mine. Every time I’m inevitably hit with the urge to

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  ="ideal is 'house-spouse who writes poetry part-time', but i'll settle for ... mind, accruing interest. Time, however, ticks incessantly, and it is now ... —will begin, leaving me no time for self-reflection or recovery. So, I decided

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  campus for the first time. The novelty of that comes in waves. I love ... world, which feels less real and more ideal all the time, and I'm holding ... , since I didn't know anything about French history at the time, or which

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  want to keep up with the time committment, and that was the end of Team ... that most of them had never even seen me before. I had such a great time ... competition (showing your team colors is an important part of FIRST): This is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  it's a necessary part of MIT bonding. % of time you spend talking ... -every-question part, so just go wander. Perhaps towards another snack or a body of water to sit by? 7. Listen to Recession Pop It's time to get the energy

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  time and access to reference images. With his work I have no idea. then ... everyone notices in a room full of people i agreed with the first part of ... outside what i thought the realm of possibility was, and for the first time

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  basically operating like I was in a different time zone. Then at some point ... force myself to go through the steps, but by the time that happens, it ... conquering the unproductive part of yourself--a sense of achievement, even if

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020