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  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting for one of MIT’s many clubs. It ... my first midterms. MIT has redefined the word midterm for me. In my ... find the description (or even the entire course) online. So, instead of

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  of a nerd. I spent a good amount of time feeling sorry for myself in ... to them that I was worth something. If it wasn't enough for them, at ... you're different." The truth is that, for the most part, this strategy

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  expired. I’d bought too many pairs in anticipation for college. {First ... alarms pre-set on my phone. I may need to awaken for lecture at 11:20, but ... to wear jeans. Nice things are for the early birds.   The easiest thing

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  features: There are so many lists online about things to consider for college ... the best thing they could do for the world was to earn as much money as ... could be a little bit warmer. I’ve been sitting outside the Stud for about

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  , and even more at MIT as an undergrad (many for studying/academic reasons ... out with friends). When mixing and producing albums for my a cappella ... sleep every 30 hours or so for a week. In other words, I've had my fair

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  Previously: Boomeranging. Content warnings for detailed discussion ... -harm. I’ve been trying, for months, to find a way to write about what it was like for me to go on medical leave for mental health reasons. I’ve been

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  ;individual responsibility"—served as a preemptive warning for us to get our sh ... for kicks, let's revisit Junior Fall for a sec, and see how all that ... ;Register for the intensive German course at University of Zürich.  

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  course to becoming a Educational Media/Multimedia Fellow for the MIT+K12 ... IAP, I was a teaching assistant for the very first time. Elizabeth ... online video. Elizabeth and I share a lot of the same values when it comes

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  on friends / minsan in which i ramble about friendship

  

  card game"]play Fish[/annotation] on the bus. We talked about lots of ... mean, sure, it was fun to hang out with them, and play games with them ... may go] Harvard and MIT hold a math competition for high schoolers

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  play. Play a tournament for bragging rights, or make a fool of yourself ... for 77 Kelvins. 15:17 - 16:17 Game Theory and Chocolate Do you ... in doing so by playing games of the board and non-board varieties and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  cat I found online.)[/caption] The inspiration MIT.nano is MIT’s state-of-the-art research facility for nanoscale science and engineering. Built near the end ... meter! Since MIT.nano’s inception, researchers have used the space for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  print for writing-centric high school classes like US Government and Psychology. With that said, invest in your own printer for college – might just ... to life at large? 5) Online scheduling/sign-up applications are the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  the game with whomever was sitting next to me and they started playing ... compare the two for fun. But anyway! During high school, I: Didn ... was to get service hours to qualify for National Honor Society come our

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  discussed alternative methods for deactivation like: playing your ESP32 ... much I'm interested in), and I really have to credit one class for giving ... Class In January, I made the last minute decision to sign up for 6

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  , especially. I don't actually have a plan for this, haha, so I will just draft ... for two degrees, took five classes for five semesters, four for two, and six for one. I think I am somewhat different from the "standard" MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  a fight"]topology of sandwiches[/annotation]or playing Geoguessr. For ... list. The email asks for applications for the Next House[annotation note ... , thinking of new ones we could run, asking for safety plans, so on and so

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  , someone else called me to help wrestle for fake money. I came to help and managed to wrangle the money away. Then a bunch of people around a poker ... to Skullhouse, for a hospital-themed birthday party complete with bags

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  high school" bit that we play into way too much. Thank you for being my ... For my (maybe?) last blog post, I felt that it was only fitting to write some notes for the people that have made my MIT experience

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  as a “listener.” You can play a fun game by going to the subject ... dorms are by the Charles River and in Baker, for example, 80% of rooms ... Boston. For more about the community service and fun opportunities in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  one, you can get one. One night, you're getting ready for bed when you ... to be asked for your resume, so you might as well make one now. That ... ’re looking for a UROP in the first place (I trust it’s something other than “I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011