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[Pinned] MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 3/23); new blog posts below 👇🏼
- by Chris Peterson SM '13
- March 6, 2020
March 23th, 2020 Admitted and prospective students The College Board, International Baccalaureate, and Cambridge Assessment International Education have announced modifications to, or cancellations of, their respective final exams. We have received some questions from both admitted and prospective students about the impact of these changes on… Read More
What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math
- by CJ Q. '23
- April 1, 2020
What is a zonotope? Get a sheet of paper and draw some vectors in the plane, no two of which are parallel. I picked four vectors. In this picture, I drew them all originating from a single point, and with different colors:… Read More
Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable
- by Abby H. '20
- March 31, 2020
Classes are happening again and I am not ready. I am looking at the little boxes on Zoom and everyone seems so calm and ready to start back up again. People are giving helpful suggestions and input. The dogs⁠… Read More

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#Coronavirus Hiatus

#Home
Cooking in Quarantine making all the recipes
- by Danny and Allan G. '20
- March 30, 2020
We watch a lot of cooking content. We really like making food, watching it being made, watching animated food being made (particularly in Ghibli movies and Ratatouille), and of course, eating it. During a normal semester, we don’t have time to make any recipes we watch, so when we watch… Read More
I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world
- by Caroline P. '23
- March 29, 2020
HELLO. So the last three weeks of my life have been absolutely FREAKING insane. As a brief overview, I have (in approximate order): Decided I wasn’t going home Packed up my entire dorm room Walked through an airport wearing a facemark, gloves, and only black clothes (major apocalypse… Read More

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#COVID19

#everytagisCOVID19

#sadboihours

#ughhhhhh

#whyyyyyyyy
What I’m Up To distractions
- by Cami M. '23
- March 28, 2020
Since everyone’s doing these kinds of “what i’m doing ever since my life got turned upside down”, I figured I might join in with the chaos. And hopefully, these things can help you get through these quarantine hours, too. Also, thank you for your lovely responses to my last post. Read More
101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out
- by Kidist A. '22
- March 27, 2020
My high school life was a cycle of home, school, and church. My parents were relatively strict about sleepovers and hanging out, so most of my friendships were limited to class time and extracurriculars. I centered my self-worth around academics and college admittance. So, imagine my shock when I began… Read More

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MIT makers design disposable face shields in response to shortage

In the true spirit of collaboration and mind-heart-hand, Martin Culpepper, professor of mechanical engineering, and his team at Project Manus, have spearheaded the development of disposable face shields that can be mass produced quickly to address hospitals' needs nationwide.

A universal language

Christine Soh '20 discovered that learning to program in Python is just like learning a new language—and she loves learning new languages. A double major in linguistics and computer science and engineering, Soh has been developing a tool that can correctly diagnose a child’s speech impediment.

2020 Gates Cambridge Scholars

MIT seniors Charlotte Minsky and Lyndie Mitchell Zollinger

MIT seniors Charlotte Minsky (EAPS and history) and Lyndie Mitchell Zollinger (MechE) have won the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship, and will pursue graduate study in the field of their choice at Cambridge University in England.

For the Love of Darties and ChemE An audio journey
- by Kellen Manning
- March 26, 2020
I believe the saying goes “everything was all good just two weeks ago.” Okay, it’s actually supposed to say “one week ago” but it definitely wasn’t good a week ago. Come to think of it, it wasn’t necessarily amazing two weeks ago either, but comparatively speaking, that’s how it… Read More

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#Audio thing

#ChemE

#Chemical Engineering
Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC
- by Ankita D. '23
- March 25, 2020
I’m a proud resident of Burton-Conner, a lovely dorm with nine floors of varying cultures. The dorm is being renovated starting next year, and although I’ll [hopefully]⁠13 I really don't know… Read More
Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work
- by Nisha D. '21
- March 24, 2020
It’s been about ten days since I came home from MIT after the great COVID-19 ensued. A lot of people have been saying this, but this week has felt like the longest week ever. I think it’s mostly because we’ve been stripped of our work, activities, friends, and most of… Read More

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#at least i'll get to say i lived through a global pandemic

#i hope
i walk through campus and say stuff i cannot vlog to save my life
- by CJ Q. '23
- March 23, 2020
Behold. I attempted to vlog. I was bored and the weather outside was nice, so I thought I would go around MIT and take a video of myself staying stuff I guess. I’m surprised there aren’t more of these kinds of videos floating around online; I thought there’d be more. Read More
relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.
- by Cami M. '23
- March 22, 2020
Since January, I’ve been having a sort of crisis about my place at MIT. I realized I’ve been learning wrong my entire life, or at least when it came to academics. Throughout high school, you see, I was taught to learn for the test. For an AP. For a final. Read More

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#im sorry for the downer vibes things have been rough
my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs
- by Ankita D. '23
- March 21, 2020
music is really important to me. i swear to god, without Spotify, i would be nothing but an empty husk *dramatic sigh* making and curating playlists is one of my favorite things to do, so i decided to create a freshman year playlist before i started school last August. and… Read More
Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go
- by CJ Q. '23
- March 21, 2020
One. I would use the blogs to process my feelings if I had any feelings to process. But the weird part about all of this is that I feel very little, oddly enough. Sure, there’s that vague feeling of missing people, that small sadness of being alone and left on… Read More

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ASKING MIT FEMALES WHY THEY CHOSE STEM The ladies of MIT talk us through their MIT paths.

KJ’s Day Off Follow KJ as he takes you through his day without classes.

MIT Women’s Club Rugby The club team composed of undergrads, grad students, postdocs, staff, alumni, and other MIT affiliates

It’s a MechE Life Ever been curious about life in MechE. Well...this might help? Maybe...

a rancid carton of milk is fetid and fêted the Boston Globe profiles the Random Hall Milk, which just turned 25 years old last weekend

A 2.009 rendition of do-re-mi What do the Sound of Music and the MIT class 2.009 have in common? Musical talent, obviously.

An MIT shout-out from Chris Evans A hack in honor of Avengers: Endgame made it all the way to Chris Evan's Twitter feed!

MIT grad student develops algorithm to capture black hole image That image of a black hole you saw everywhere yesterday? MIT grad student Katie Bouman made it possible.

The Try Guys try out AGNES MIT AgeLab Director Joe Coughlin helped the Try Guys experience old age with his Age Gain Now Empathy System (AGNES).

From Killian Court to the Touch Rugby World Cup Paul Ayers got his start playing touch rugby (yes, it's a legit thing) at MIT. Now he's repping the U.S. at the World Cup in Malaysia.

A never-ending Pi Day comic This comic from MIT IS&T is irrationally funny. Happy Pi Day folks!

MIT student develops a real-life sorting hat The hat is made of non-invasive electrodes that capture a person's brain activity and uses machine-learning to detect what a user is imagining.

Cute lil’ snowblowing friend MIT engineer Dane Kouttron built a remote-controlled snow blower so people could clear snow without having to go outside.

GOODBYE OPPY This comic about the end of the Mars Opportunity rover's existence gives us ALL THE FEELS. RIP Oppy you were the best robot explorer we could hope for.

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Latest from the community

MIT/College q&a Jason '23 and Nina '23 answer questions.

ASKING MIT FEMALES WHY THEY CHOSE STEM The ladies of MIT talk us through their MIT paths.

KJ’s Day Off Follow KJ as he takes you through his day without classes.

MIT Women’s Club Rugby The club team composed of undergrads, grad students, postdocs, staff, alumni, and other MIT affiliates

It’s a MechE Life Ever been curious about life in MechE. Well...this might help? Maybe...

a rancid carton of milk is fetid and fêted the Boston Globe profiles the Random Hall Milk, which just turned 25 years old last weekend

A 2.009 rendition of do-re-mi What do the Sound of Music and the MIT class 2.009 have in common? Musical talent, obviously.

An MIT shout-out from Chris Evans A hack in honor of Avengers: Endgame made it all the way to Chris Evan's Twitter feed!

MIT grad student develops algorithm to capture black hole image That image of a black hole you saw everywhere yesterday? MIT grad student Katie Bouman made it possible.

The Try Guys try out AGNES MIT AgeLab Director Joe Coughlin helped the Try Guys experience old age with his Age Gain Now Empathy System (AGNES).

From Killian Court to the Touch Rugby World Cup Paul Ayers got his start playing touch rugby (yes, it's a legit thing) at MIT. Now he's repping the U.S. at the World Cup in Malaysia.

A never-ending Pi Day comic This comic from MIT IS&T is irrationally funny. Happy Pi Day folks!

MIT student develops a real-life sorting hat The hat is made of non-invasive electrodes that capture a person's brain activity and uses machine-learning to detect what a user is imagining.

Cute lil’ snowblowing friend MIT engineer Dane Kouttron built a remote-controlled snow blower so people could clear snow without having to go outside.

GOODBYE OPPY This comic about the end of the Mars Opportunity rover's existence gives us ALL THE FEELS. RIP Oppy you were the best robot explorer we could hope for.