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Blog / MIT History & Culture
G(e)e^ks
First, a couple of questions answered. Vidal Carlos Garza asked ... you to someone who can)! That's part of why I'm here! He also asked ... of my blog is, in fact, part of a quote from Neil Gaiman's novel -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Brahms & Tomorrowland (2015)
Recently, I've been spending a lot of time in the Lewis Music Library ... is almost always warm and quiet. I wanted to share pictures of the ... , the Lewis Music Library started giving away free sheet music. Dozen of -
Blog / Uncategorized
winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity
culture, with tons of readings, movies, and museum visits each week. The ... taste of what I’ve done. [caption id="attachment_85363" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Sao Paulo is full of murals -- we saw this one on the drive -
Blog / Academics & Research
school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks
's one i had the misfortune and privilege of taking three classes with ... of the projects were interesting and enjoyable to work on i. harmony and counterpoint i (21m.301) 21m.301 is one of the early music -
Blog / Academics & Research
First Days in NYC
externs of any in the entire program -- NICE. There are freshmen, sophomores, and juniors here, and we come from all sorts of majors -- Course 2: Mech ... , etc. The project I'm on deals with mutual funds. Since so much of what -
Blog / Admissions
And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.
It's almost May. For those of us who are not on the waitlist committee, May 1 (really May 2, since May 1 is a Sunday) marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next. From an admissions perspective -
Blog / MIT Life
The Small Things I Like About Autumn A short reflection on a colorful season
Autumn is arguably one of the best seasons there is, especially here ... colors of fall leaves mixed in with the unique and historic buildings ... but don't really take the time to recognize, so below are some of the -
Blog / MIT Life
the world is blooming! and so am i?
with the colors of a tree: from green, to orange, to white, to pink, and ... ’s orchestra room door had a textbook version of these posters for their concert ... ="aligncenter" width="300"] btw this is 35 sheets of 17”x11” paper painstakingly de -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural
Since coming here, I've had two items at the top of my bucket list ... finish one of these last night! Borderline is a project that started in 2017, where students cover the walls of one of the campus tunnels with -
Blog / How to Human
Spirited Away Guest Post By Freshly Alum'ed Wasay A. '19
*to set the mood* [playlist ids="44803"] The floor of my room is a bit of a scattered mess at this point. Some of the boxes are full, but hell if I know what’s actually in any of them. While I finish packing the -
Blog / People & Identities
On Reconnecting spending winter break in India
fields of crunchy-green grass. A place where the laughter of children playing in the streets blended with the crowing of roosters. The perfect ... place that they would return to, holding the hands of their American -
Blog / Academics & Research
[Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México
While some of us have spent the first week of freedom from classes ... (likely) pause. Speaking of patterns, Patrones Hermosas or Beautiful Patterns is the name of the curriculum that is being taught in all of these -
Blog / Academics & Research
It Ends My last last day of school
start at the stroke of midnight, at the sun’s first rays, or at whatever moment I finally decide to roll out of bed? As a college student with a ... regimented to be useful when attempting to frame my life in increments of “days -
Blog / Academics & Research
MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks
my 15.565 Digital Evolution: Managing Web 3.0 class, we learned of the ... is stored, accessed, and shared across a network of servers on the ... "Google". We learned that this mode of computing is not all that different -
Blog / Events
Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness
laureate, a spiritual leader, and one of the foremost advocates for peace and compassion, but because he has an uncommon way of both disarming and inspiring people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three -
Blog / Extracurriculars
How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.
training class that is. Never heard of the Edgerton Center Student Shop ... what kind of tools they have, they have mills, lathes, bandsaws, drill ... take pictures of the machines (: In the meantime, in order to orient -
Blog / Events
Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours
greatly enjoy eating, and I also enjoy eating great amounts of food. When I ... salad, a baguette, and a pie-tin full of spaghetti with sausage, and ate ... . At my advanced age my pace of eating has slowed down somewhat (though I -
Blog / Admissions
Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need
’t updated it lately. It’s not because I’m tired of writing- I’m not. And it certainly isn’t because of a lack of material. I have more material than ever ... . Some of you brilliant prospective MIT students know exactly what I mean -
Blog / Events
Camp Kesem! It's magical.
Exactly three weeks from today, I'll be done with my freshman year of ... , finals...), and several doses of caffeine lie between me and that fateful ... ' :) This might sound familiar to those of you who have been reading the blogs
