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• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  , sexual harassment. Like many, I’m heartbroken over the shootings that happened in Atlanta recently. I’m heartbroken as an American citizen, but ... .  When I heard about this latest attack, I immediately texted my friend

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  England snowfall surprised me. I was not prepared for how long the snowy months could last! But I find it very aesthetically pleasing. And since I ... campus, I'm glad I got a chance to enjoy the snow this season.

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  Instead of doing an overview of the classes I’m taking this semester, I want to spotlight a few of them because they are just. that. cool ... you think about it but really shocked me when I first heard about it

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  Dear Applicants, Each year at this time, I feel an overflowing amount of gratitude toward you - yes, you! - for applying. I love learning ... point. I admire your tenacity and your resilience through classes and the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  his homecoming tour. Keep in mind, this is a person I’ve been wanting to ... ? How could I miss something as paramount as that? (Turns out I could. Two words: SOLD OUT). When I casually scrolled upon his face on an MIT

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Events

  emergency blog post because Lilly Chin ‘17 just won Jeopardy and is also the greatest of all time "who is the spiciest memelord?" it's you

  

  answer:       I have been privileged to know and ... . But right now, I don't think I've ever been prouder to be an MIT ... campus last night:       I think one of the bloggers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 24, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  Yesterday, Friday, was my third day working at the Atlantic. I ... heavier. I spent yesterday in a newsroom, with the weight and force of ... . I spent the day scanning news sources for updates, any updates, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack to the Future all futures have a past, and all pasts have alternative futures

  

  , October 21st, 2015, I walked into Lobby 7, and was greeted by a hack; a hack ... current (and future) MIT students, I suspect, I loved the BTTF movies as a ... video, I wished we could save the future from the past. But then I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  These are cheat sheets. I found them in my backpack this last week while I was cleaning things out for the new semester, a gentle reminder of ... allowed five pages. I am convinced that there is an inverse correlation

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  disappearing into Terminal 3.14 at Logan Airport. Meanwhile, I have compiled a ... all that are feeling a bit nervous. Hopefully, I’ve addressed most concerns. I’ve mined content from all over the internet, including my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  Dear Applicant, it’s 3:14 am, and i'm sitting in a smoky kitchen ... music and a breeze of spring from the courtyard. i’m talking to a ... say to you. it’s true. i have proof from an admissions officer (from 50

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers

  

  month Ceri blogged about the MIT Maker Faire. Earlier this year Dawn and I ... students at MIT, and next week she and I will be presenting about our Maker ... month, after our first year of having a Maker Portfolio, I gave a talk at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  chagrined about those we could not. As a former transfer student myself, I ... were admitted: welcome to MIT. For those who weren't: I wish you the best of luck. I transferred, but if I hadn't things would have been fine

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  I'M DONE WITH FALL CLASSES! and am now back home in London, doing ... indoors from the rain. One of the classes I just finished taking is 8 ... writing our problem sets, so I thought I would share some particularly

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  I wrote the majority of this post a week ago, then slept, and lost my ... Saturday August 31. - I'm sitting in 4-237 (a classroom with nice tiered ... -Category Theory Please Don't Ask Me How I Know This -Save the Whales

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lace, Gourmet Candy and Dorothy an inside look into the most fabulous internship in san francisco

  

  this IAP?" "Oh, you know. I'm working at a startup in San Francisco ... my friends and I started looking for an externship (a short internship ... in New York to doing research in Hong Kong. Naturally I gravitated

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  I looked my interviewer in the eye, blinking away sweat from my ... have any questions for me?" I came prepared but wasn't expecting to learn anything new. After all, I had pretty much memorized the admissions

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  (Freshman Preorientation Programs), orientation, and sorority recruitment, I'm finally free to come back to the blogs (: It's not that I haven't been thinking of them. In fact, I even wrote a little outline of this blog down on

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  Earlier this year I had the pleasure to meet Walter Lewin at an ESG ... , Lewin turned an ordinary lunch into an unforgettable memory that I was ... ceased to amaze. But at this point I imagine you're anxious to actually

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  On June 1 (where my last post left off) I hopped on a plane and left Boston for the summer. One fistfight later*, I landed in DC, fully resolved ... seconds to waste. *Not my own. While I waited for my connecting flight in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012