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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  affiliated with the department through a major, minor, or concentration. You should also check in with the professor in the second week of the semester ... additional computational thinking requirement is being considered, along with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  Spain as we could. Logistically speaking, I stayed in a homestay with one ... with the intention of posting them formally on this blog so some of them ... to shoulder with children on ladders and umbrella toting adults alike

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  on one of those rare cold days, with icy sheets of rain washing the ... navigated the labyrinthine marketplace with the ease familiarity bestows on ... , screaming for my mom. Muddy water pounced on my legs with icy strength. A few

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  've been doing with my life and which flights of stairs I've fallen down this ... cold with nothing to read about, though. (Speaking of, why is it so ... men and women who live with and depend on each other. One can always

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  ” friend. Ok, ok, that's a statement with MANY caveats. There are so many ... quantitatively true: I am not as smart as my friends. It’s evident even just with ... help with a pset problem, when they had to explain it four different ways

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  rage, as explained by thermodynamics I had a bad day and soon a thermo exam

  

  tasks, I can't like anything with this level of worrying and meticulous ... that doesn't really work with this analogy. So imagine I'm a bomb, and if ... energy can be modeled with a similar function: ΔG(ratification) = ΔH

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Post] DesignPlus A super cool and awesome first-year learning community ft. Gloria and Teresa (we're not biased)

  

  advising, a non-credit option in which advisees simply meet with their ... combine weekly exploratory classes with normal advising; and learning ... and bond with fellow classmates. There’s also an emphasis on making and

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 26, 2025
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  with the data Figuring out what rural and small-town means isn’t as ... , right? The USDA provides further guidance with maps. [caption id ... small town.” These communities are incredibly diverse, each with its own

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  , and stories, so without further ado, I present you with Note: I use ... MBTA stations. If you’re looking for a cafe with delicious food… This is ... selection geographically and gastronomically, you can’t go wrong with these

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  , visiting family in Delaware and New York, and traveling to Cape Cod with some ... thinking about this upcoming year. It feels brighter on campus with a ... heavily on each word, so bare with me as I'm trying to get back into the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  flowers of fire and light making art with printed circuit boards!

  

  way the flower imagery bridges rigid geometry with the living and ... each other. Pins labeled with the same name indicate that they will be ... schematics mean that at this step, Kicad only lets you connect two pins with a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 16, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gala a premiere event celebrating fashion, arts, and culture

  

  , it has released an issue once per semester with full-page spreads on a ... could experiment and engage with fashion since the dress code was "formal ... commemorate the magazine's release with an event much bigger than a casual

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  carrying something with me. This baggage. This idea that in this single era I ... shut down completely. Where I'm normally so in touch with who I am and ... 'm happy with the new people I've connected with and friends that I've made

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  checkboxes this semester in a list

  

  with my wing  at next house, each floor is divided into two wings, and ... replace all k sounds with t sounds but that didn’t last long for obvious ... is L"]alphabet.[/annotation] obsessed with our pink frog plushie, we

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  do with as you like. Most doors have been painted and painted over who ... would look good with my limited abilities. After some trial and error, I ... ="74954" image3="74957" image4="74939" image5="74961" image6="74875" /] With a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  relationship with food, health, and fitness has always been rocky. I don't know ... found a metric that determined how acceptably fit I was and stuck with it ... entertained the idea of pursuing sports seriously. I had a brief stint with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  knot again my spread for Infinite Magazine Issue 9

  

  Last summer, Kidist and I wrote about our experience with Infinite ... got chosen. There are so many cool places you could go visually with chaos! I couldn't wait to see what everyone would do with this prompt

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 20, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  seven hours with Kinematix and 1-2 with Mocha, so I'm dancing more than I ... left with few options. I thought about my position on Mocha and realized ... weren't able to dance with the team. due to this stagnation, I no longer

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  of assignments and exams with no true idea of what my life would be ... opportunity to help a nonprofit with a technical project, as well as a software ... to meet some incredible people. Last week, I got to chat with another

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  hazy mid-semester days what i've been up to lately (mostly, psets...)

  

  up on Saturday with two full days to myself, feeling confident that I'll get through my to-do list with time to spare. ((Spoiler alert: I don ... . I'll start with the things I know I can finish in one sitting

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 2, 2020