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• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  , looking at the other cruft blog posts[/caption] As one of the least crufty ... underwater basket weaving. I’m pretty similar to myself at graduation other ... club, it probably isn’t too difficult to try it out at the beginning of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  ” Explanation: The word ‘trivial’ is SO common at MIT. I don’t think I ever heard ... c = 0. People at MIT use both definitions–[annotation note ... have no explanation, and was *this* close to throwing said mushrooms at

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  advisor exclaimed as he looked over my registration at the start of the ... any of these at MIT, unfortunately)[/caption] Oscilloscopes are ... at any given point during the game, which I’d then “flatten” into a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  architecture of MIT's campus, lies a pub. it opened in 2004 and was used for at ... =”Council for the Arts at MIT”]CAMIT[/annotation] to create the installation, most ... , at times spending a full day on just one second. it definitely shows

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  Make a Lamp! and cart the pieces of it from IDM to IDC, the forge, Metropolis, and back…

  

  thoroughly impressed by everyone's lamps at the end. This blog covers my design ... the Fabcreator laser cutter at [annotation note="one of my favorite makerspaces! Consider this blog a tour of labs at MIT"]IDC[/annotation]. This

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  requirement for MIT. All students must take 4 CI's during their time at MIT. Two ... could have done better. I am always amazed at Marjorie's criticisms ... interesting. I decided to do it on my friend who is really, really good at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  I’m looking at how I stumbled through this maze before. A Brief ... materials, but could have put more time toward refining those skills. At the ... more to do. At the same time, I only had [annotation note = "for the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  becoming a more distant person, you can also reduce it by getting better at ... , used to get 'em Now you're getting fucking sick of looking at 'em.” such ... some friends over iap (aka january at mit). one of the more awkward

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  everything is actually going okay and i think that's pretty cool

  

  that because first, i don't feel bad right now. like, at all, i guess ... wake up at reasonable hours. i enjoy things like playing spirit island or ... guess. three I miss having sex but at least I don't wanna die Anymore, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  I steadfastly stuck to...at least I did until this class. I talked to ... shifted over time. At first, listening to this new wave music was an act of ... was skipping meals), and while it was a positive experience at the time

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  deckbuilder, you'd draw cards from your deck at the beginning of your turn, have ... pinpoint where you went wrong. Anyway, I'm bad at transitions, so here's the ... these Coppers from your deck. This was counterintuitive to me at first

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  . Starry Night in the style of Mango[/caption] I stared at the solid black ... flourishes in every corner of MIT. When I dropped my stuff off at my host’s dorm room in East Campus, I marveled at the student murals that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  Rules You are a student at [annotation note="which stands for Missouri ... was chosen by all the players). I mentioned at the start of this post ... student at MIT. You have 100 points to allocate across three categories

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  Wednesday, the 17th. Day 0 - 6/13: I woke up at 5:00, threw on some clothes ... accompanied me to the airport, along with my dog, Snickers. At this point, I ... . Luckily, LFE has both an intriguing plot and [annotation note="Lookin' at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  who are committed to learning French at MIT. You spend two weeks in ... at the entrance by Germain Louvet, a “star dancer” of the Opéra de ... étoile at the age of 23 as recognition for his standout performance as

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  consistently interesting times. At the same time I was in school, Boko Haram, a ... should look at each of them and, somewhere in the back of our minds, for ... best at starting conversations so making new friends was very difficult

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  didn’t help me at all when I was actually writing my essays. If you are ... . Focus your application on some of these points. Or at least keep them in ... enough at it to really love it, but then the feelings of ~*~passion

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  bootloader. After three days at the mercy of How-To Geek and Super User, I ... business at home to raise money for college. Choosing a laptop for college ... at the beginning of July. They gave me an estimated repair time of two

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  Ben's room "more soulless than any dorm room I've seen at MIT." I haven ... , and most importantly, get all the babes - or, at least, a large ... 't build a loft, or at least the room wouldn't be as open." It's fairly rare

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  the time to do these hacks. I mean, considering someone is awake at all ... hacks? I've heard about the MIT balloon popping up at half-time during the ... mainstream culture. If you've heard of hacks at MIT, you've probably heard of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005