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  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  first experimental class in the “standard” 8 path. Most 8s take it ... analysis. They didn’t say “oh that’s interesting, but is beyond the scope of ... conducting plane. That’s not a practical problem. If I instead think of it as

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  saying… 9 am… that’s just disappointing. And if you are thinking that, you ... , and the lounge was giving away T-shirts that preceded Course 6’s ... everyone’s grades over unclear instructions. I swore to never do CS after

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  into the principal’s office to find a table filled with different Kazakh ... Kazakh snacks. It turns out it was another one of the school’s unique ... chemistry and environmental science to help clear up Kazakhstan’s atmosphere

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  between WOOOOO I’M DONE 🥳 and [annotation note="'It’s a terrible day for ... things in college (missed)   Let’s say I want to learn how to do Pogo ... ], but that can be hard to find at first in a new city. It’s still worth it

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  . And to be clear– it is my Actual Name– not “Preferred”; it’s the name I ... would be taking a spot from anyone"] “take” some other person’s spot ... situation"] McCormick,[/annotation] there’s a faintly yellowing paper entitled

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

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  third was to research ways to reduce emissions for a particular company’s ... [/caption] That night, we holed up in Josephine and Rick’s lab, munching on ... , however, I realized we hadn’t actually been given our mentor’s contact info

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  In this blog post, I’ll share the saga of the Class of 2022’s Ring ... Valentine’s Day evening, which felt fitting; one of the common jokes about the ... a long line of 22s in Lobby 14 to order my Brass Rat. There were a few

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  , and cooking, until the meal was served. It’s been two years now since ... initiatives I think will help as a member of my dorm’s government. I don’t think ... all, it’s easier to be sympathetic to one’s parents from a slightly

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  ] Today’s Opportunities? I skimmed through it and what caught my eye was ... wanting to talk about the classes, but rather what came from it. So it’s not ... go somewhere on Manhattan’s [annotation note="saying 'coast' for

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  graduation. I know what it’s like to move to an entirely new city and state. I should know by now that people come and go, and that’s just the natural ... . Everyone’s path is different and trying to recreate and mimic someone else’s

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  New Things I’ve Tried mostly experimenting with some looks:)

  

  , table, etc. But because it’s water-based, everything is easy to wash off ... accounting for my situation. Here’s what I failed to consider: I bought faux ... with practice I can get better. What’s a lot harder and intimidating is

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 9, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  , eventually. Ultimately, I took this class because I know quite well that 5s on ... hardest class, skipping foundational stuff, and mostly it’s worked out ... than I did in August, so that’s something. Chemistry We re-learned all

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  creating my schedule pretty much the moment this year’s events leaked ... figure out which events we all had in common (lol yeah we went OFF)Here’s a ... Bolly and Boba with Mirchi, MIT’s amazing Bollywood fusion dance team

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  allowed to paint their walls, however - there’s an origin story that’s been ... story after, but here’s the legend of how murals in EC came to be, as told ... , it reminds me of Tetazoo’s traditions like “pancakes,” or making baked

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  more accessible, they will improve everyone’s educational experience ... Professor Sachs could talk to all the instructors of MIT’s General Institute ... Content OpenCourseWare is one of MIT’s most famous resources, used by

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  '17's house and invited all the families. We also met up with two other ... . We drove down Isaac '17's neighborhood until we came across a suprise ... , forests, plains, deserts, and now swamps. We stayed at Arman '17's dad

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  MIT’s campus that brings over 250 students together to hack, make, and ... a hacker might need to prototype and develop their ideas: Raspberry Pi’s ... and down and across the top of the stag’s head and ears. 2:53 PM – A

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  ISEF! #winning pic.twitter.com/gK4jS2D8iY — Society for Science (@Society4Science ... hall, saying hi to some of the admitted 2020s who were there and ... Engineering Fair in California Rishi S. '20, "A Novel Method of Reverse

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  remains under your control is your essays. What’s important in an essay ... about your passions.” So you try to do exactly that. But it’s hard to go ... long it’s like a reflex and you no longer actively feel excited about it

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  computer and more actually doing things (“things” being a very broad term, it’s ... , namely Ring Dings or a different brand of Hostess Ding Dongs. Now it’s an ...  embarrassed. Nametag? While volunteering at the Seattle Children’s Hospital with my

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015