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  Summer plans

  

  's house in Louisville, Kentucky. It's been great, and I might even have caught up on all the sleep I missed during term (for some reason, while I'm on campus, I have trouble sleeping more than 8 or 8 and a half hours

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A Round Two Answers to some questions

  

  Chandresh asked: Do [MIT] professors take courses? Professors and staff are allowed to take 1 course per term. Some professors may audit a course where they sit in and evaluate the class to make sure that it is

  • by Bryan
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  Saturday and, let me tell you, it's super worth 25 bucks. On the weekend, ferries are available at 10 am, 12 pm, 2 pm, and 4 pm, although the last ... fun to explore. When my boyfriend and I disembarked, we decided to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  . Where I’m From I am from paint smears, From pencils and paper. I am ... morning. I am from leafy bamboo clusters swaying above me Tall and slender ... cheesecake and sushi, From ramen and barbecues. I’m from the drama queens and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  , elbowpads, and wristguards at Goodwill. I had always wanted to learn, but ... seemed very friendly and flat with bike lanes. My first attempt ended with ... mind, hitting a sidewalk crack and falling straight to my knees. I put

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “MIT Abounds With UROP Students” A photo spread about student research.

  

  Opportunities Program, and is the oldest and most extensive program involving undergraduate students doing real research. You'll hear lots about UROP as you ... perspective on Melis' blog, and read further about more actual student UROPs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  animals like that. But I was so intimidated by all the terminology and the complexity of patterns and the neck-breaking speed that some people crocheted ... student that joined at the same time I did, and there were two other people

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  classes in previous terms I could have graduated by now!" But I am not ... in three or three-and-a-half years, four years feels just right to me ... school apps now, and am back from blogging hiatus! I've spent so much time

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Institute Professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer ... Tonal Forms II this term? Just a thought before I get some sleep: I made ... an actual valentine, and it features a picture of a droid that can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original, and best overall. Can anyone guess which category I entered my pumpkin ... included an error term. I think the MIT Economics Department should

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  England and the first term is half way over! I really can't believe it. The first few weeks went by really fast and now that work's been piling up ... . They are the people that started CME and have been funding it for the

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  process in which you are formally admitted into the university and your ... first day of the term where all the first year students to the university ... , Gonville and Caius, just had its matriculation dinner a couple of days ago

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  orchestra and in terms of general musicianship, but I am flying by the seat of ... This is the fourth and last part of a series, consisting of a lightly ... , and part three. Hour 70: 7:50 AM PST, January 6th, 2023 location

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  start our list indices at 0 like real programmers). The food, company, and ... retribution. Watch your back, C2. And - finally - we received our first real ... . There are just two more weeks of school before finals, and all of my

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW, via Video Experience (or relive) Campus Preview Weekend through online videos.

  

  video recap of much that occurred! I hope this is helpful =) And for those ... videos, compiled from the great people at MIT TechTV and (of course) You ... Susan Hockfield, and an awesome keynote address by Amy Smith. It's long

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  college essays, and maybe you’re right, but I really like writing! College ... it and b. It timestamps every single edit you’ve ever made on the document. Essentially, I can see myself from the past writing, deleting, and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  reflective writing in my free time. I'd like to start blogging more and ... In the rush of finals and the end of the semester, I've been losing ... December 22 after my last final, drove home from the airport, and fell asleep

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  5 of Michaelmas term at Cambridge. Week 5 at MIT means Fifth week flags for Freshmen, Add date deadline, and the end of the first wave of tests. Week 5 at Cambridge, however, means the term is more than halfway

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  the topic of knowledge, and from there, school. Classes have started, as has already been pointed out by several others, and during term, classes are generally at the top of my priority list. And also, I figured that

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have classes

  

  It is term, and now I have classes! Five of them, right now. I hope ... polarizing class - people either love it or hate it, and they either do pretty ... .03 Differential Equations) I fell into the "hate" and "struggle" categories, so I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005