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  A week in the life

  

  ). Yeesh. E&M neurophysics problems and Matlab implementations of ... bad as the previous week's pset. I like alkanes and rotating 3-D ... afternoon (and that one of them was my wonderful patient friend Kevin '06). I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  – Engineering Leadership. It’s a short class required by the GEL program, and ... accessing sites on the network and those on the outside unable to access the ... didn’t end in .mit.edu, except for Google and a few random others. Late

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  Brief note: I am currently in Ohio, shopping for wedding dresses. And ... 2007 Brass Rat, and Matt has written briefly about the Brass Rats for the ... opportunity to dine -- they don't serve hamburgers and fries there, you know

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Bookends and every time / i leave this place / i'm terrified, terrified

  

  Five years ago I wore a barong and sablay. In my high school ... school and college, I wrote a blog post quoting the chorus of At Least It ... " about leaving the Philippines. I had friends I loved, and places I'd miss

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  thinking and processes that can be used to mass manufacture products. As an ... real. Of course, this is MIT, where we believe the best way to learn is ... childhood memories... and decided to make a yo-yo based on the 1996 movie

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  , know that Sara is bluffing, that soup and cereal doesn't count as real ... cooking our own food, if we so choose. Many people embrace the kitchens and ... and I are the only two who don't even really own dishes, we just use

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  Theory. It wasn't a bad class, all told. Circuits are pretty cool, and I ... ) - but there is a big difference between knowing something in theory and ... in the tagline, the fight's begun but not yet won, and I'd rather blog

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  students reprieve and respite from the constant deluge of problem sets, essays, and tests so commonly found throughout the dread halls of the ... . My house is here, as are my parents and all my siblings. I've spent the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  becomes more entertaining when you right-click it and select properties^^ I really want you guys to like MIT and appreciate all the things it can do for you. Hot dog contests, Toy Fair, snowball fights, the Ig Nobels, and

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  ? Summer is slipping away and the crisp New England weather is looming just ... prepares to take their place as matriculated students at MIT, and future ... reading and posting to this blog will be new or first time Bloggers. To you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  suspect there is something much more important and much more real which ... graduated a little over a month ago, moved to Washington, D.C. a week ago, and ... . The air is heavy with humidity and heads and hearts, this week, are

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  've made progress in terms of learning to trust people and see the good in ... much about myself, the world around me, and others throughout those past ... during my sprint. I've spent this past semester doing so much and learning

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  . (PS the airport was super cool and I saw a Dreamlifter in real life and ... world: sailing, friends, food, and warm weather. Woo! Every spring break ... Snapchat and were keeping up with the social medias last week, you already

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  Is this what it's like to be an upperclassman and only take classes you enjoy? My schedule this semester is half Aero/Astro and half Comparative Media Studies (CMS): 16.35 is "Real-Time Systems and Software

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  called Real Life. Perhaps that's how life will always seem--strange and ... just walked out of my last freshman year class and that a full quarter of ... the new friends I made, and end with some sage advice that I would give

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  summer job in industry, and assists in the transition from MIT to the Real ... -stop studying: 8 cups of coffee Three exams: 5 wrinkles and 3 gray hairs Having 2+ weeks of winter break and a month of IAP: Priceless Winter break is upon

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  different audience and see a different set of responses.  Here's ... else who did exactly this, and he had the time of his life.  I ... something to say about all the awesome things you're doing (and that I

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  night, ever. It's the site of some real bad things that have happened, and ... to MIT, I am sad to report that the habit has ceased and I no longer ... burnt by the burn-out of too much work to do and I steer clear at the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  for the first half of the summer had only one real “deadline”, and that ... ="all two letter scrabble words in five minutes and esp classes: real or fake ... and on my own hours, which was very useful when I was in Pacific Time

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  outcrops, meadows, stunning outlooks, and dramatic waterfalls - so, we weren ... ranger station, and filled out backcountry permits. The park ranger on duty ... black bear mating season, and that black bears usually only attack people

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013