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  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  synthesizes graphene 24/7. (Graphene is actually quite hard to synthesize so I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  This semester, I took three classes. Two of them were math with my soon to be Ph.D advisor, and the third was with Marah Gubar– an amazing professor that I’ve…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  Paige B. '24 for helping with the questions and to everyone else for

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  Unfortunately I don’t think I will be talking about the duality between points and lines that Andi alluded to in his post on duality (though maybe I will later this…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  part 1: impact One of my strongest core beliefs is that the answer to the question “what is the meaning of life?” is not “to change the world,” at least…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  One of my favorite places on campus is the Metropolis makerspace. It’s where I learned how to 3D print, lasercut, weld, and fiddle with electronics. It’s where I realized that…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [guest post] time passes from spirit island a board game that i picked up 3 years ago is now my life

  

  [annotation note="cj: speaking is lumia n. '24"]i've[/annotation] known cj for 3.5 years now. though the first 6 months it was very much not closely. of course, that was back when i was a prefrosh and didn't know him

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  said. 23. The Kingston Trio – M.T.A. 24. Billy Joel – We Didn't Start

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  if objectively speaking i'm unqualified to do so   2.4

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  After **quite** the hiatus,⁠21 *Checks watch* wow I was a sophomore last time I posted... yikes it would probably make sense to say what I have been doing and what…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  This is the fourth and last part of a series, consisting of a lightly-edited compilation of notes from my cross-country train trip from Boston to San Francisco. If you haven’t…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  This is part three of a series, consisting of a lightly-edited compilation of notes from my cross-country train trip from Boston to San Francisco. If you haven’t yet, you should…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  This is part two of a series, consisting of a lightly-edited compilation of notes from my cross-country train trip from Boston to San Francisco. If you haven’t yet, you should…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  Last week, I took Amtrak across the country, from Boston to San Francisco. Along the eighty-hour journey, I took some notes about what I was up to, what was happening…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  would go away after March 24th (mid semester) passes and I could take a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  This post includes an in-depth and personal discussion of the November Rule. I recommend these posts for more reading/information on the Rule itself, though I will also be detailing what…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  Earlier this summer, sitting at a bar in Berlin, a friend and I made a bet. I had been telling him about my research interests and my desire to stay…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  a day in my life as a MISTI student ft. research and friends

  

  As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m doing MISTI-Germany this summer and living in Berlin. MISTI is a really cool program that gives MIT students support to live and work abroad for…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  i. I took thermodynamics last fall, where I realized that a bomb calorimeter was actually a pretty good analogy for my life, and then I decided I had a problem.…

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  I wrote a blog at the end of last summer subtitled “so many different ways to feel lost:” I feel lost on a much deeper level than ever before, and…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022