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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  tinged with a deceptive dearth of day to day drudgery (how do you get a washing machine up stairs? why doesn't my apartment have a pot rack?), her ... now-me in the heart with a blast of nostalgia or inspiration that stings

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  a similar version of the question, “Do you care about this life ... sometimes do), but moreover, the constant exposure to a system that affected ... choose to do this in their essays (and we ask about a hardship or challenge

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  At the start of the semester a close friend of mine gave me her loft. It was a big, nervous change for me because I am not only change-averse but also terrified of heights, but it turned out to be a fantastic idea

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  about doing a language and want to learn it really well, go anywhere and ... . While we all waited to fight at tournaments, Kristina would do her Chinese ... on Facebook, Gchat, or Tumblr, there’s a good chance it’s from her. I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  , over, say, four months, then you have a lot of updates to do. And if you ... semester, there was not so much time for feelings. I carved out a few hours ... came up with is like this: if you have a phone with a bunch of apps

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I am slowly going insane This is your brain on AI-generated videos

  

  .5940 (TinyML) lecture: the class was holding a competition, with AI development ... was trying to create a benchmark for evaluating AI-generated videos, and ... semester running a ChatGPT-like application on a [annotation note="The same

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 6, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  Last Thursday, MIT Medical had a walk-in clinic at Walker, where MIT community members could walk in and get a flu shot. I was initially a bit ... the past. A bunch of people in our hall told me to get the shot. It

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  writing out these numbers, we do it by (XXX)-(aaa)-(bbbb), a set of x ...   I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a ... different combinations using these digits to express a manner of things. For

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  have stuff to do at work. Unless you're working 16 hours a day plus ... having a little bit of down time in your typical day. Especially if years of pulling all-nighters at MIT have trained you into a super

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  January, of course, is IAP. "Independent Activities Period" is a ... relaxing deeper into the bubble than ever, into a special world only ... the fall semester, barely able to believe that I passed and do not in

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  , you know, i've already spent two and a half semesters divorced from a normal mit, and i didn't want to spend one and a half more. it was a tough decision, but for some reason i feel like i already knew

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  for it because, when else do you get to take a day trip to see a famous ... One of the groups we are a part of is Arts Scholars. This is a group ... events and is a great way to join an artistic community at MIT!  One of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  at stuff and that’s alright. My inability to draw or do a pset doesn ... A 21st birthday has significant significance in the U.S. because you ... available to everyone in most other countries since they were a preteen. I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  free time that I have. Here’s a picture of my bookshelf that has grown ... semester was kind of in a lull period in terms of work, I vowed to finish a ... the end of the semester and fifteen more the following semester! A lot

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

   recently won (!!) with a set of extraordinary women in NASA. Maia is currently ... accounts, so if you ever find yourself laughing at a funny MIT tweet, you can ... fumbling to turn off the recorder in the last few seconds. Despite going to a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  graduating. You do a quick calculation, and realize that you have had an ... a meeting." Me: "Do you know when the meeting will be over?" Swim ... You're a first-semester senior and this is what Section 2 of your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  are a group of people at MIT who do this sort of thing all the time ... As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water thinking about the life decisions I've made to lead me there, I noticed a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  , founder of GK (center); and a few other GK staffers. Do you really need a ... over to England to visit a childhood friend. I've spent the past week ... traveling I've done this summer finally reminded me of a guest entry I meant

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  Class of 2013. A few months ago, Cam asked me if he could do a guest blog ... in my life a true passion. Do I know what the rest of my life will look ... it is, in short: Nothing to do on a Wednesday night? Call Shane, go out

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Benzene Back Take it to the lab!

  

  have time to do laundry before finals. I mean, what? Here's a lovely ... 'm actually officially no longer a freshman (woo!). The amount of things I have ... have left after finals. So, I'll put my feeling-like-a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 24, 2007