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• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  I loved living in Macgregor. Every weekday, I woke up at 6, brushed ... :30 sharp, clad in sunglasses and head-to-toe rain gear, I yelled at my teammates to start warming up. By 6:50, I would be perched in the coxswain

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  of amazing as well. First thing in the Fall, I'm trying out for both ... . There were 8 admitted students in the central Texas area, plus an admitted student from Houston who was visiting his brother in Austin who I happened

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  City Strangers a comic

  

  text in the art for accessibility (and because my handwriting is very mediocre): I’m living in New York City this summer. Oh stranger, it’s … a lot ... , but I'll try to find my peace in this sprawling city, in you.  You

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  write. I'm hoping to come back soon, but, in the meantime, please accept ... 'd paint you a walk along the river, in this nimbly crafted post; I'd tell you how I love this place, about its gentle paradise, all in prose that

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  kids at the playground, and a trio of middle school boys in neon orange masks. I hadn't been to that park in forever, which isn’t all that surprising, given that I’ve only lived in Tucson half the year. My cousins

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  I feel like I’ve been involved in science bowl forever. In 8th grade ... can, [annotation note='speaking of buzzing in, RIP to Alex Trebek, who died 1 week ago :(']buzzing in[/annotation] as soon as they know the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  's something that I've simply convinced myself to be true, but MIT in fact does ... shifts in perspective that make a huge difference in the way you feel: Midterms really don't equate too much in the grand scheme of things. Work

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Anticipation a little something to keep you company

  

  a time. Because today is special. Because you'll never be in this exact same place in this exact same moment feeling exactly whatever it is ... remind you to listen to the world around you. To the rhythm in your

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  dad is in the front seat; I'm in the back, sharing space with enough bags to make our car dip just a little bit. To my left in the line for ... entire life is in this car, pretty much, if you leave out all the friends I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  on our plates as well - training to become officers in the United ... around campus, dressed up in our Air Battle Uniforms (you know, the green ones) or in our blues (they’re quite spiffy, I know). You probably didn

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  rushed coffee break in the middle of the 10am-4pm seminar block. I have ... speaker, it’s one of the most knowledgeable speakers in the field! Seriously ... of the most important people in the world in the field of animal models

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  student in the Aerospace Controls Lab. He was the electrical systems lead of ... seat electric race cars. Over six days, in three countries, we met with ... -built formula cars in the world. FSAE is an international, collegiate

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Iron Man is a 15-year-old MIT Student and lives in my freshman year dorm

  

  as Iron Man in the new Iron Man comic series. Jeff Dekal / Marvel   In Invincible Iron Man #7, it was also revealed that she lives in the same dorm I lived in freshman year, Simmons Hall. There, she

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  most of these t-shirt bearing tech companies in this reality. Instead, I ... if any companies 1) interested me or 2) would be interested in a CMS/7 ... I'm not going to paraphrase all of that in text. But I think the most

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  classes for junior fall. One of the classes I'm in this semester is 6.042, or in regular-speak: "Mathematics for Computer Science". It. Is. SUPER ... math in high school, when I came to MIT, I became disillusioned both with

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  my lunch. C) Tech Catholic Community's annual fall retreat in ... visits MIT E) It was an unusually gorgeous day in December (it got into ... friend Maita '13 (her feet featured in Fig. 1C) decided to add a little

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  .  They weren't just any birds: they were Angry Birds. In 2.009, the ... each develop a prototype of a product that can (and in many cases does ... siege weapons this week in preparation for the pig battle

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  In a world...where engineers want to become leaders...3 students must face the truth...about engineering leadership. As I hinted at in my last ... three of us took in the first week of IAP. Joe, who is the Chairman of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  have 4 large windows that I normally open to let the breeze in. I like to turn on my music and just nap in my bed, forgetting about how difficult ... come in for naps themselves (MIT students LOVE naps). My best friends

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blog Entry: Recession Edition At MIT, your spoon is too big.

  

  In times of economic crisis, Random Hall perseveres in upholding the ... decreased in a geometric series. It is predicted that Paul would have finished ... “too hosed” with homework to participate in the social event, eventually

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 21, 2009