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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  I joined GEL because I want to be able to implement my ideas in the world. And people are half that equation. Last Friday, I led my wonderful ... plan for the next 6 months. At the end of 70 minutes, I had to give a

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  to fly. I'll admit, I googled "get cape wear cap fly" to find this ... While you guys anxiously await admissions decisions, I have one piece of advice:  smile :) I wrote this entry a few weeks ago, but wanted to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  slowed down. After running at 75 mph for the past year, I barely walk at 3 now. And while it still feels insanely weird to be moving so slowly, I ... there, that is. My January looked a little differently. In fact, I’d say

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  form of pork I find to be often more delicious than bacon? Chinese barbeque pork (or at least, that's what I think it is -- browsing google ... while I clean up this potential PR disaster; if I don't, Chris and Dave

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  Sights Las Vegas: At CES 2017, my friends and I networked with ... reality. I did that at both the Innovations Showcase and the Upload afterparty. There, I got to meet with virtual reality experts and learn more

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  the department  It’s been exactly one month since commencement, and I ... September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in ... , I love to tell the story of how I never imagined coming to MIT

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  I'm now halfway through my undergraduate career at MIT, which means that there are new factors informing my class choices: 1) I only have four semesters left. 2) I have to declare my concentration (every MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Weekend of Hacking three events, one weekend

  

  MIT, companies ranging from the likes of Facebook and Google to smaller companies ... extensively by Ceri in her excellent post MIT Mini Maker Faire, I won't go into

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 24, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  checking Google Maps. After nearly a year here, I’m starting to know ... This summer has been busy, this summer has been full. I’ve been writing, and working, and meeting many people. I want to preserve it, like a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  As regular readers of this blog know I love to bike. It's my primary ... to exercise. Hooray! Hooray for bicycles! I'm also very risk averse ... admittedly is a baller - so I also love the Charles River Bike Path, which runs

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  ” calendar so I would see a completely blank slate. Google Calendar was stark ... . Instead of spending time in school, I’d have to find other things to do ... my decision, I spent a lot of time sitting and thinking. There’s much

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  maintained on a Google Sheets doc. Someday, I tell myself, historians will ... the sense I got from friends on social media was a general consensus of ... its tail’s end, I find myself optimistic for 2017. There are at least

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  wednesday at wai & aina (liveblog) and leaving the mit bubble

  

  their heart desires"]IAP[/annotation] plans. When I let him know that they ... time here at MIT and, thus, he wanted to know if I'd want to spend IAP ... . Since I absolutely adore Noah, I of course agreed immediately and, from

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • January 21, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  Remember the plot of The Matrix trilogy? Neither do I, which is why I ... ). Small wonder that I still recall those warm-hued summer days with a mellow, hazy sort of fondness that I usually reserve for Dali paintings and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  really excited, and decided to apply. Here's how it works: I went to http://web ... So I shared my blog entries with Alicia, the MISTI-Spain Program ... could mention the MISTI program?" Uh, duh Laura. Sometimes I wonder about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  landed a summer internship with Google, got two A+’s in classes I had ... I’m in my Uncle’s home in Virginia, typing the word ‘word’. And now ... files. One of them contains a lot of documents that I definitely wouldn

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my ... later, I am now pursuing a minor in Theatre Arts at MIT. I, like many ... ? I understand people’s motivations more clearly. Body language, tone

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  in my head. I was experimenting with large format for the first time ... Art Association’s Speed Graphic. I loved the results: The fine ... enlarger. I fancied seeing what an 8x10 negative would look like, but the

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  I competed in the Green Building Challenge as part of this year's Bad ... ="aligncenter" width="438"] I couldn't have done it without them![/caption] My team ... placing third, with a total of 103 climbs! I climbed the Green Building a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  The Classes I’m Taking This Semester [in order from least-to-most edible] 🪀🚑🔥📚♟️

  

  hello this is a blog. right now. rrahhhhhhhhhh i wrote this blog ... don't worry, I'm cool and awesome and never stop writing ッexcept for when I don't post. Whoops. [I'm also too tired to do all of the footnotes

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 8, 2026