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Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit
I love going to the MIT Media Lab. Being part of the MAS Freshman program, I spend a lot of time there. It’s a research facility that specializes in projects… -
Blog / MIT Life
Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.
Scene: Monday night in a green boarding house. Poetry books, cookie crumbs, and light are scattered across the dining room tables. There is a lively murmur and a beat in… -
Blog / Admissions
Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this
Hi Everyone, The MIT February Updates and Notes Form is now available on MyMIT. Wait! Before you fill this form out, please read some important info below. What is it?… -
Blog / Athletics
Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great
“I pulled a sophomore stupid” said my friend as we tried to finish up our last problem set of the year. I laughed, and felt my heart sink as I… -
Blog / Events
Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.
David Helfand: “Unfortunately we don’t have time for a formal Q&A session, but I’m sure that Neil would be happy to stick around for a few minutes and answer questions if… -
Blog / How to Human
Going Home ... but where exactly is that?
I’m currently sitting in the SeaTac airport, waiting for my flight back to Boston that’s been delayed for ~2 hours. One part of me is ecstatic to get back to… -
Blog / Academics & Research
An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP
Signing in from sunny foggy and snowy and icy and rainy Greenbelt, Maryland, down the road from Goddard Space Flight Center, where I’ll be interning for the next four weeks… -
Blog / MIT Life
Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers
On New Year’s Eve, my family went out to see Book of Mormon. When I wasn’t laughing, wincing, or wondering about the ceiling’s structural integrity, I was glancing over at the guy sitting next… -
Blog / MIT Life
2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong
This New Year, I want to try a resolution that would mandate how I approach the rest of my goals throughout the year: Should any of my goals fail, I… -
Blog / MIT Life
It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial
We begin with certain trivialities. *Resolution: A firm decision to do or not to do something; *New Year’s Resolution: On Jan 1, it means: I’ll go the gym starting tomorrow!!… -
Blog / MIT Life
Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year
★ To think That one year ago, MIT said “Yes, you can go.” My family rejoiced, my friends cheered. Looking back, I can’t believe it’s been a whole year.… -
Blog / Academics & Research
‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record
Nine days ago, I was at the Boston Logan Airport, and it felt strange–it was the farthest I’d been from the MIT bubble in months. When the plane took off,… -
Blog / Events
Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions
(DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise specified, photo credit for this post goes to Xiaoyue Xie ’15) Because many MIT undergrads live in the same dorm for all ~four years, communities are tight-knit… -
Blog / How to Human
“What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry
I like to pack light. Maybe it’s some combination of old hiking habits, suppressed middle school memories of having my roller backpack kicked around, or watching Up in the Air… -
Blog / Academics & Research
Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets
I’M DONE WITH FALL CLASSES! and am now back home in London, doing British things like drinking tea, spelling humor ‘humour,’ and hiding indoors from the rain. One of the… -
Blog / Athletics
The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation
You’re a first-semester senior and this is what Section 2 of your Undergraduate Degree Audit looks like: This is a very lonely situation, because the vast majority of your peers… -
Blog / Admissions
Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record
I’m writing this blog post sitting on my bed in my room at home in the sunny California Bay Area, where temperatures are above fifty degrees and the skies are… -
Blog / Admissions
Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions
*Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students. Hi everyone, The Office of Admissions is mostly closed for the holidays and not accepting… -
Blog / Academics & Research
YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!
Junior year pretty much ws a gigantic ride on the struggle bus for me… but more on that later! This blog isn’t about the lesson I learned this year or my…
