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tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts
- by Nisha D. '21
- January 18, 2019
Hello Internet! I’m briefly poking my head into the blogosphere as a respite from a very busy IAP (which I’ll hopefully get to blogging about eventually…). But since I don’t really have anything interesting to say about IAP yet, and I couldn’t think of a single unified topic to write… Read More

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soul searching at CES 2019 a non-journalist's take
- by Abby H. '20
- January 15, 2019
Last weekend was CES 2019, an annual convention in Las Vegas that I didn’t even know about until a couple of my friends told me to register to go to it with them. It was described to me as a showroom-type thing where companies set up booths to display… Read More

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Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine
- by Kathleen E. '22
- January 14, 2019
I can’t sleep in. I don’t have any early-morning obligations – I just naturally wake up very early. I know, it’s a nice “problem” to have 01 Except for when I sleep too little the night before, because… Read More

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On Reconnecting spending winter break in India
- by Afeefah K. '21
- January 13, 2019
My parents were born under kerosene lamps. In a place where monkeys taught children to spring from the blue-colored cement roofs onto the fields of crunchy-green grass. A place where the laughter of children playing in the streets blended with the crowing of roosters. The perfect alarm clock. A place where… Read More

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#In Touch With The Roots

#India

#photography
6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present
- by Kevin S. '19
- January 12, 2019
To set the mood: You and me – shallou Looking back 2018 was an incredible, incredible year. I learned to be comfortable with being uncomfortable, a foreigner in distant lands, comfortable with uncertainty as I took my life day by day, moment by moment. 2018 was a year… Read More

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The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?
- by Jessica Ch'ng
- January 9, 2019
You’ve done it. You’ve hit submit. Now what? You might imagine that your application goes spiraling into a dark, anonymous vortex, and after 2.5 months of chewing, a faceless algorithm spits out a decision. Or you might wonder who on the other side reviews your application. Read More
0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete
- by Shuli J. '22
- January 4, 2019
Well, I’m 45.6 smoots of the way across this bridge we call MIT. The end of this first semester aligned perfectly with the holiday break and the upcoming new year, a time when I’m even more reflective than usual. I spent the first four days of break doing absolutely, very… Read More

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Balancing ice skating and MIT

Kevin Shum ’19 is a two-time winning U.S. Collegiate National Champion in figure skating. Off the ice, he’s a computer science major and one of our awesome bloggers! Follow his journey.

‘We can make sounds you can’t imagine’

Growing in popularity, MIT's music technology program is attracting students eager to build and use the next generation of tools for making music.

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MIT’s Independent Activities Period

During IAP, a special four-week term each January, students are encouraged to explore activities not possible during the semester. Among this year's 600 offerings: Beekeeping 101, a crash course in stand-up comedy, and a seminar on the evolution of the modern discotheque—dancing recommended but not required.

Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT
- by Ben O. '19
- January 3, 2019
So quite recently I made a post on Facebook about a few things I had experienced as a black person at MIT, and I put it in the form of the popular ‘Subtle Asian Traits’ page that has been making its way around the Facebook. For those of you that… Read More
Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo
- by Nisha D. '21
- January 3, 2019
The end of the semester has come and gone, and although I meant to make this post well before the new year actually came around, a short trip to India drained me of all motivation and I basically just sat around for two weeks swatting at mosquitoes and… Read More

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5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief
- by Kevin S. '19
- January 3, 2019
TO SET THE MOOD: Cologne by Haux The last few weeks of every semester is chaotic, nerve-wracking, and stressful. As I took my last midterms, handed in my last rounds of psets, and demoed my final project before the last day of classes, with… Read More

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2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life
- by Taylor V. '19
- December 28, 2018
2.009 Product Engineering Processes. A senior capstone class option for mechanical engineering students (aka gotta take one of them to graduate). The premise of this class is to ideate, design, build, and present a brand new product by the end of the semester. 1 Unifying theme. This year the theme was Danger,… Read More

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On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…
- by Mimi S. '22
- December 27, 2018
Hiiiii allll!!! It’s been far too long since my last post! Let me update you on my life since October! First, I’ve passed every class that I’ve finished! Yay! Seeing the P on my report card brought me tears of pure joy. No, not that kind of P. The pass… Read More
I wrote a whole post on Halloween and forgot to publish it So here's 2 months of blogging in one post
- by Jamie C. '19
- December 26, 2018
Happy CROMMMMBUS season (like christmas but.. not) On Halloween night I wrote this post and forgot to click publish so I’m going to add a bunch of CROMBUS content and some other stuff to the end and put it up ITS HALLOWEEN. I’d slept an hour in the past… Read More

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Just toying around In 2.00b, students get to design their own prototypes for the toy of their dreams.

Some wholesomeness to start off 2019 This Chinese four generations meme is so pure.

How many digits do you know? Asking MIT students to write as many digits of π from memory as they can.

An IS&T congrats to admitted students Congrats to #MIT2023 from Information Systems and Technology.

Yaoi!!! on Fire MIT's fire-spinning take on the hit anime, Yuri!!! on Ice.

MIT scientists try explaining climate research to first graders HBO's VICE News did this segment with some of our researchers and some very smart kids!

sloths eating vegetables amelia t. '18, who has a sloth tat, sent this video of baby sloths that got her through many stressful finals

click here for hug a good site to bookmark as midterms approach (thanks @lulu!)

A day in the life Youtuber (and MIT junior!) MiTechGuy took us through his packed day as an AeroAstro student.

Helping kids in need Many MIT students serve as counselors at Camp Kesem, a week-long program for kids whose parents have been impacted by cancer.

Great glass pumpkin patch More than 2,000 handblown glass pumpkins made by MIT Glass Lab dotted the Kresge lawn last weekend to bring in the fall. 🎃

Boston’s LGBTQ history MIT community members learned about historic LGBTQ landmarks around the city while following the trail of the first-ever Boston Pride parade.

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Just toying around In 2.00b, students get to design their own prototypes for the toy of their dreams.

Some wholesomeness to start off 2019 This Chinese four generations meme is so pure.

How many digits do you know? Asking MIT students to write as many digits of π from memory as they can.

An IS&T congrats to admitted students Congrats to #MIT2023 from Information Systems and Technology.

Yaoi!!! on Fire MIT's fire-spinning take on the hit anime, Yuri!!! on Ice.

MIT scientists try explaining climate research to first graders HBO's VICE News did this segment with some of our researchers and some very smart kids!

sloths eating vegetables amelia t. '18, who has a sloth tat, sent this video of baby sloths that got her through many stressful finals

click here for hug a good site to bookmark as midterms approach (thanks @lulu!)

A day in the life Youtuber (and MIT junior!) MiTechGuy took us through his packed day as an AeroAstro student.

Helping kids in need Many MIT students serve as counselors at Camp Kesem, a week-long program for kids whose parents have been impacted by cancer.

Great glass pumpkin patch More than 2,000 handblown glass pumpkins made by MIT Glass Lab dotted the Kresge lawn last weekend to bring in the fall. 🎃

Boston’s LGBTQ history MIT community members learned about historic LGBTQ landmarks around the city while following the trail of the first-ever Boston Pride parade.

MIT water war: east vs west campus MIT students battle it out on Killian Court during this REX tradition

What does a pixel sound like? A new project out of MIT CSAIL uses deep learning to isolate the sounds of specific instruments in videos.

A robot with moves MIT’s Cheetah 3 robot can leap and gallop across rough terrain, and even climb a staircase littered with debris