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• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  Hello everybody! My name is Katy and I’m a senior studying electrical engineering (6-1). Joel has kindly let me write a blog post for him about my ... a cabin in New Hampshire, and skiing all day every day. Yeah, I

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  built a radio telescope that could fit 57 tennis courts. Bell was put in ... you can't just stick your eye into a radio telescope; nowadays ... stuck using a pen chart recorder. It spat out a hundred feet of paper per

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

  ms paint sidequest by kayode and caleb on a monday night

  

  grip and switch a lever back and forth. It’s attached to a beam I’ll call “The Arm”, and a base I’ll call… well I don’t really have a name for that ... two rubber bands to create a one-way door to catch hold onto the levers

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  The Summer Science Program (SSP), which is co-sponsored by MIT, is a ... collaborate to complete a meaningful scientific research project, learning the skills they need through a series of challenging lectures and problem sets

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  turning back time now your clock can follow the right hand rule!

  

  doing some math and a lot of camp. Mickey Mouse™ won’t tell you this, but Mathcamp actually beats Disney as the most magical place on Earth. With a name like Mathcamp, you’d assume we do a lot of math. And you’re not

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  Modernity. It’s a class focused on Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Brazilian ... intensity, bouncing from adventure to deep discussion and back again. Here’s a ... Brazilian British Center (BBC), a building of white marble surrounded by a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  Office gave a presentation about adjusting to life in the alien environment that was the United States. As a chronically online Gen Z-er, I’d already ... atrocity of the American version for about a month. That all changed one

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  eleven. Not right away. It takes a few days, weeks even, sometimes even ... a college campus (and at my alma mater no less) exposes me to random ... phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  , melting just a patch of ice. I could see the water rush and tumble from my ... very cold it is outside. Two shirts and a hoodie were overkill every ... until eight, I saw someone running outside in a t-shirt. She looked rather

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  past fall, just days after arriving on campus, a bunch of freshman girls ... , piercings are a rite of passage. Aside from being super cute, my piercings are a symbol of my individuality. They're a celebration the independence I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  really came into my own as a MIT student. And I did, I think. I enjoyed the ... these. But this retroactive brainstorming is a fruitless exercise, and I ... Joon is at coding, but it's cool to have complete agency over a project

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  radio station, WMBR. It was a completely spontaneous decision; I had never even made a playlist before, and my voice isn't really the best for broadcasting. I showed up at WMBR orientation in early September 2016, became a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  the one where i talk to ameer what is real again?

  

  Danielle, Grant, Christine, Julia, and then in the middle is a giant, egg-shaped table with a puzzle on top. Five or more days a week, eight or more hours a day. That was us. And then…one day…it wasn’t… Everyone went from

  • by kellen manning
  • April 9, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  I'm a proud resident of Burton-Conner, a lovely dorm with nine floors ... .."][hopefully][/annotation] be moving back in as a senior, the dorm won't be the same. Some of the ... painted-over walls. Each floor of BC has a number of murals that are

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  college is supposed to be a stepping-stone to adulthood, where ... and beautiful enclave where it's okay to fail at being real adults, a ... ’m still adjusting to this environment, but i don’t feel like a functioning

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  President Reif during Commencement, or simply walking down the street as a new adult. For now, my life hasn’t changed. I have a summer job at MIT Admissions and commute to campus every weekday. But it’s a summer arrangement

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  2016 through a partnership with the MIT - Italy program of Dr. Serenella ... ’Agata Bolognese a first MIT graduate-- Patricia Das, Mechanicals Engineering, Class ... .091 = “three-oh-nine-one" There is no apparent logic to this. But when a group

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  Worrying and Love MIT A shocking confession: one time, I almost transferred to Harvard. I even had a recommendation lined up from a Harvard ... , my dorm, and the opportunities I got as a rare HASS major. I stayed

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  documentation more than a month ago. There are a bunch of long, thoughtful, well-considered posts I've been meaning to write, but, like Phoebe, I'm a bit hosed right ... weeks. It's taking sort of list form because I'm a big fan of lists as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... ’t worry! If you are a finalist – congratulations! We’re excited ... next? A: First, you should create a MyMIT account. Then you should

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016