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  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  out directly to alumni to gain an understanding of East Campus in days ... other by sight or name were quick to meet. I came in fresh from REX and ... major or minor is not at all necessary to enjoy this class. I am to my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  California the day before his new job and swallowed a bee that proceeded to ... phone useful or necessary so he didn't see the need to own one "I got ... . *happily shows us his set up for the virtual semester on the second day of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  heard on campus the day before classes or finals start. Lydia mentioned it ... increasing exponentially in MA every day (not hyperbole: the numbers literally ... booked weeks (or months) in advance. Many of us, especially in EC, are

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  people from all backgrounds imaginable work (whether tiredely or tirelessly ... the cockroach but it’s equally (or even more) terrified of you ... thing you want to think about is your social skills (or lack thereof), so

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  Writing is difficult. It's the last day in July.* I find it very easy ... postponing for another 47 days of drawn-out anguish at the accumulating height ... misty background of my mental landscape. Knowing me, it really is one or

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  tetris game, or putting a police car or a telephone box on the dome. To "punt" is to put work aside in favor of doing something fun - or more simply to not do an assignment, or not study for a test. One might do that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  great lecturer that he was one of two people ON THIS PLANET (or at least ... of Prof. Silbey happened during his lecture on Valentine's day - one of ... 's day, and as a member of the Logs ran into our lecture hall in the middle

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  recurring patterns in the distribution of phonemes, or a language's sound ... about anything at all and can show the knowledge or motivation to be ... 't just the set of skills that you refine or acquire. It's the very exposure

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  not being able to take a shower after a long day's work. Now picture that every day. Hundreds of millions of people in the developing world ... communal showers in fear of attack or harassment going there and coming back

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  A couple of days ago, Snively wrote, "I have a theory that bloggers ... more of a certainty each day. Sometimes I want to find the living ... have done to improve your undergraduate experience or what you wish you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  More entries about buildings and food Same as it ever was. I'm still single, but at least I'm in Belgium.

  

  illegal to name children after "animals, insects, fruit, vegetables or ... be in Europe any time during the summer or winter, be sure to check out ... many bars around the Grote Markt. Thus, in our two days in Belgium, we

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  winter break, some people take classes or work on campus, lots of people ... "]SEVT[/annotation]. In sophomore year, I helped with the Pi Day video animation and grinded ... nuclear security UROP from 9-5 every day (though I was usually there more

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  my days either coding, reading about code, writing about code, or ... of a fear that I wouldn't do it "right" or I wasn't "smart enough" to ... automatic resizing of windows and being able to place them vertically or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  ) recitation with you and a faculty member or graduate student who knows the ... two days before the supervision, suddenly is a lot more intimidating ... not graded and the supervisors have no connection with lecturers or

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  Family of Bloogyness this year. 60 entered. 7 survived the The Blogger ... essay on her Final Fantasy 7 obsession. An excerpt: I don’t have enough ... language so I could play FF7 in Japanese (aka ultimate weeb goals?? hell yea

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  limits per piece, and excluding instruments or props - but beyond that ... at least one slam or three (or many more), or an open mic (or even both ... topics they cover range from recovering from addiction or handling a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  two or even three bikes abreast. Most people bike single file, which ... Copenhell, a metal fest, for four days, during which I didn’t really have time to go running. Usually when I spend four days without exercise, I get

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Visit

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  more agonizing) - that is all actually just a portion of my day-to-day ... application deadline?” or “What are the SAT requirements for MIT?” I know we ... receive tons of visitors every day at MIT (and so do most colleges!). We

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  In the past five weeks or so, the pace of my life has dramatically ... make their way to me. Until my phone finally buzzed with an email one day ... , sitting in an office in the Simmons Cancer Center, spending 9 hours a day

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  This post has no central topic or theme. This will simply be a random ... of the instructors. The first two lectures or so were focused on using ... , even though in the present day Hanja is nearly obsolete and not readily

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017