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• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  inspired to write this post by a tumblr question I received while in Ethiopia ... complicated water is. I created this post as a sort of quick-guide to water, and ... ; A spring in Warwara, Kaffa, where residents walk to collect drinking

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  ) senior capstone class, which is essentially a course on "How To Make Stuff ... . Making things work. Thursday afternoon: Swing by lab to finish up some ... the world, from so many universities, all trying to make the world a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  saying "Hey look! I'm published!" is really going to make a difference. It ... migrate over to the "Accepted Papers" section and happen to see a paper ... , I was feeling a little lost when they asked me to create an emulator

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  MIT tradition, complete with: - a performance by a top-notch band (it ... . As a result, I don't have any pictures to post. =( Anyway, the ... event and all proceeds went to the Cambridge YWCA, a shelter for abused

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  a cursed follow up to this post. note that these are based off ... energy for things you're passionate about. you're try to be a morning ... % chance you're a sick person to be around. you're laid back, can handle

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  miraculous by definition, I sometimes wonder — what does it mean to be a human ... than a hike. We were led by a wonderful ranger who pointed out all the ... cramps and paralysis, though when boiled, it is used to make herbal tea

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  to make uncontrollable noises and movement. For a career as speech ... and tiring week) to watch a Bollywood film. All I was really looking for ... with me past a good night’s sleep. Hichki (which roughly translates to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  a wee bit very overprotective. The program satisfied her need to have me in a rigorous academic environment and my need to be really, really ... , about a month after coming to MIT, my friend Hanna '10 and I started a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  remember walking up to the front desk, stomach full of butterflies and a ... possible. After attempting to wipe it up a bit, I quickly deposited it at the ... wouldn’t have to deal with the moving carts for a while (if only because

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  . MIT is competitive, but it’s not a competition. There are no judges to ... early. Then, refer to 1. Don’t apply as a fictional character. You know ... titles make you want to be their friend and classmate? Don't invent the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  2007 Mystery Hunt will begin! I'm going to try today's entry as a ... Hunt is a weekend-long competition at MIT where people team up to solve ... these four fun puzzles. People are starting to make significant progress

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  making a short list of things I missed about MIT and things I’m happy to be ... find a place that actually can make a living off Pogo stick classes to ... Somedays, I check to make sure my diploma is real and I didn’t just

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  students everywhere can get a chance to get mindblown by the awesomeness that ... pretending to be becoming the master of a new kind of swing/slide-jazzy dance ... !!) ;) It's a great way to get excited for college classes. There are

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  's a wimp. When situations get rough, she jumps on her bed to get as far ... out about auditions for a musical written entirely by MIT students, two ... following are true", she said. "You want to be a part of this once in a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  Latin, I’m adding a third language to my database this semester (and by ... even more by saying that there are many ways in which I am a “typical MIT ... phrase to NYTMITSISATEE?), because, well, I’m a n00b.* As in, I-can’t-solve-a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  well. So sometimes I sit in a cubicle 9-5 by myself without speaking to ... classes -> started talking to a producer while helping make Pure ... -optimal thing. But now I’m back, with a little less self promotion, to join in

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  (to this day!). So, to (hopefully) make it up to Anjali, here's a much ... completing a computer program to compete against human "Jeopardy!" contestants ... be invited to an in-person audition.  At the audition, you take a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14/19, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  and u become afraid and need to be rescued by our tech support i.e. a ... this now to make sure everything works for you. Strange things happen to ... I've stopped watching this video of a tiny hedgehog being bathed and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  traditions are a way of transferring spiritual energy from the speaker to the ... in a week of widespread nausea, largely because i kept expecting to ... . similarly, there was a period in college where i was focused on trying to find

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  -of-internship presentation to give, and my mentor had invited 30 people.   We have a ... anniversary, or goes on vacation, they bring cake to work. They send a ... you need to carry cake to work on your bike, then you sort of wish for a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022