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• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  decided to "deep clean" MacGregor. This meant that, for the first time in ... ton of good reasons for choosing MacG, but this was supposed to be one of them. I ended up having to pay for a storage facility in the area

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  opted for a coach seat—so I’ll be sleeping upright for the next three days ... train track maintenance, I’ll be sitting on a bus for a stretch of my ... a wonderful essay about the color blue: “For many years, I have been

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  : However, some of them, usually the problems that were stepping stones for ... “result” of each group reported to a manager. For any given group of 3, the ... CEO. For instance, suppose you have 9 test subjects, whose responses

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  )-funded program under the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) umbrella. It ... "rotation measures" for each millisecond pulsar (MSP) in the globular cluster ... value for each MSP in the cluster and then have fun comparing them and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  action would be to e-mail my professor and my TA. After procrastinating for a few hours, I finally hit "send", and away went my request for ... for their help during the semester, etc, and returned to angsting

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  . Inspired by the wildly popular TED talks, the “TIM” in TIMtalks stands for ... motivated for the summer! According to Anjali ‘12, the Director and Founder ... positively impact our students. That was one of those ‘ah-hah!!!’ moments for

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  Assistant at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and I still stay ... intellectual mancrushes of mine are as profound as the one I have for Professor ... winners of the Hunt, he and his team created the challenges for this year

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  Ocean away. I was ready for new streets, new faces, new classes and ... , signed up for every activity ever, and enjoyed rushing around from one ... speaking a word to anyone (no time for words), rushed back out to my next

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  (Apologies for not posting lately, life has been spitting in my face ... has to do with the fact that for almost my entire life I’ve had to deal ... registered within 3 minutes of reading that e-mail. Who was obnoxious for the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  I had all these entries planned for the next few days, but all of that is going to have to take a back seat in order for me to document to ... school kid for his lunch money. Well, I couldn't stand for that, so I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  -In As we gear up for the second STARS (Small-Town and Rural Students)@MIT Fly ... behind the scenes to open applications and plan for the Fall 2025 STARS ... 20 high school juniors from small and rural towns nationwide to MIT for

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

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

  

  -MIT-student fashion, I forgot to respond.  For context, I’m chomps - a foodie and '25 ... the T for all my cafe hops, so my location references are in relation to MBTA stations. If you’re looking for a cafe with delicious food… This is

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  year. What more can you ask for? Tonight is the [annotation note ... -the-scenes for the capstone projects themselves, and this blog is instead about the ... excited. (watch the livecast here if you want to join us for the ride

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  updates cook or get cooked - summer boston edition

  

  every facet, and breaking it adequately becomes the feedback loop for your ... culture and hack the systems they build for you. Very fun stuff and very ... /Quantum - 18.901/8.04 This duo was a bit weird. I was taking 8.04 for the first

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 30, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  each part of my life since I left this school. Too bad for you if you are ... school that is known for them (however, I was at school 2 months ago and they seem to have closed?). I no longer have the stomach for it. Well, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  deeply. I’ve been wanting to have this group project experience at MIT for ... public a LOT of times: for MIT Monologues, where I wrote and memorized an 8-minute monologue; for a club where I teach oral storytelling; and for 2

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  welcoming environment for students seeking greater arts visibility on campus ... because they're really expensive, but could be handed out for free at the ... about the issue this semester than in the past. For a first-time event

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  for help when necessary. I’ve also learned a lot about my past, that my ... acquired standards for friends). But what hit me the hardest was I realized I ... ?” “For the hell of it. Oh man, my mouth’s getting numb,” they say, reaching

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  other institutions, so this might be much easier for me than those at ... for various computer science groups because I want the job opportunities ... to company sponsors for thousands of dollars, then disburse that money

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  note="stands for Amateur Radio Emergency Services. I still miss them a bit."]ARES[/annotation] for fun. When I was in high school, everyone I ... into my radio, I was happy about something radio related for the first

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 25, 2023