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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  email me and I'll get to it when I can. Please put "Question about MIT" in the subject line (it helps Google sort my mail). Read through, enjoy ... huge variety in what people wear to class and to what extent people care

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  . Disclaimer 2: This description is the product of 2-3 hours of Google-ing and ... explanation is in the next section. If you ARE familiar with it, skip ahead ... , etc. In my last blog post, I said that I would write up an explanation

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  to decide which dorm I wanted to live in for my first year at MIT. I ... thought it was awesome that the rooms had sinks in them. 2) Maseeh: because ... ended up in Maseeh and I liked it so much, I have stayed here all four

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  before I sat in Bates Hall for about two hours and made progress on my ... heel of my foot started hurting, like there was a small lump in my heel ... .0002[/annotation] pset and turned it in without passing all of the tests. The thing

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  hall food and by the greater Boston food scene in general, and resolving ... . As I grappled with changes in my career and my personal life, I used cooking as a method to anchor myself to reality, as an attempt to rebuild

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  ..."][/annotation] Like, seriously. Here’s the string of live-texts I put in my sorority ... plane So i might lose that luggage I look at her, tears in my eyes, and ... :30am flight Bc now it leaves at 6:45 And I'm in comfort seating because

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  shaped or for sharks??? )? Come to Blahaj FAC tomorrow at 5 pm in Talbot ... while Blahaj has achieved local celebrity status by posing in every other ... artist in their own right. [caption id="attachment_90772" align

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  i. my first extended stay in the san francisco (henceforth abbreviated as sf) bay area was last spring, when i lived in the city, specifically in the nob hill district near downtown. i didn’t know much about sf

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  apart! Not just [annotation note="we’ve done that already in previous semesters, and are doing that this semester (more on this in the next blog ... happened: Sometime in November, we got an email sent to the Art Scholars

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  Resources." This post expands on CLAAASS to discuss MIT Academics in general ... ), 8 HASS subjects (including at least one in each category of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and 3-4 subjects in one department to attain a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  say in this post, but I think it can all be best summed up with “I love ... that big a deal). There was a knock at the door, and she wheeled in the ... on the airplane. One of the options in the weirdly niche selection was

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  importantly I won’t be hanging out with my family in person :(( For those of us ... of friendship✨ and ✨the power of cook-for-yourself dorms✨! In fact ... Friendsgiving cookfest on Sunday, when everyone is back on campus, but in honor of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  note="and i must clarify with the pain in my heart that i now also ... at blogger meetings and occasionally wave hi in the corridors ... , with a when2meet. in true mit fashion, this attempt turns out to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  walking around, with no psets or deadlines in mind.) In the summer after ... longer needed to consult Google Maps at every turn.  After each session ... : I didn’t go in completely new–I’d attended a wheelthrowing workshop

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  AARRRGHHHHH!!!!🏴‍☠️ (Pirate Post) A Review of 21M.299 - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys

  

  I mentioned it in a previous blog, but this semester I took a class ... ’s taught by Professor Joe Maurer, one of the most knowledgeable people in the ... be in the social sciences (or something like that). This class counted

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2024
• Blog / Events

  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  Stark, the John Harvard statue, and soon, my classmates. In the several months leading up to Premiere, RingComm had been moving in silence. standing on business, even. working on the ring design in private. In order

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  number of reasons, I really like how this turned out. In this piece, I talk ... resulted in "weird" conflicting feelings I think are interesting to hear about in a performance piece. I didn't include the numerous amazing and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  boxes in Saran Wrap. Inside the boxes, I carefully loaded all of my ... , which I framed and padded with my winter coat. Then, in a thick black ... 02139. My flight was set to leave in the morning from the B terminal of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  you may undergo a process of re-adjustment in your place of origin ... for so long that you have it all figured out. One week in, I was back ... ?"]first midterm[/annotation] in 7.012 this week. I spent over 5 hours in the shop

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  We’re sitting in my room doing pretty much nothing, because I guess we’re lame, or because there’s not much to do in the first place. It’s a Friday night, but campus is quiet in the summer. My door is open

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015