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• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  , radios fell out of fashion. tetazoo I thought the ham population would be ... discover that nearly half of the entire hall have radios. On top of the ... , affectionately named “Dumbass Brigade”. When Josh first programmed the frequency

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  fire hose of learning was opened at full force. I'll try to sum the ... our impressions of the class and suggestions on how to make it better ... a lot of fun with the people at my table (yeah table 12!), it was

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  old homestead. It’s not a complete “Night of the Comet” (or “28 Days Later” for those sadly uneducated in the ways of cheesy ‘80s movies ... graphing calculator or Petri dish* and you can hear the distant sounds of

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  opportunity to put some of your thoughts in a textbook. I've had the distinct pleasure of having three UROPs during my time as an undergrad here. The first ... What's up? Yeah, it's the end of term, and we're all hosed. The week

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  ’s an entire website moderating the rental and upkeep of Tim. If you want a printable and check-able list of all the steps to becoming MIT ... itself. Beneath the plush exterior, there’s a whole infrastructure to keep

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  M[/embed]   At the time of the first viewing, my living group was scattered ... was the only place with a whole dorm of us. I came to MIT because of ... ('22) and Wesley Block ('22) on the history of the Institute, spanning

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  is not admitted to his or her first-choice school. In the face of ... , despite the small number of comments from parents, there is a large population out there of parents who are readers of the blog. While most of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  On the first Friday of my last semester, I had a choice between two ... rushed coffee break in the middle of the 10am-4pm seminar block. I have ... and Diseases of the Nervous System, 1-4pm—the final elective I need to

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

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  whole lot of food: Teamwork at its finest! April browns the meat, Rick and I put together the cheese mix, and Rob (just visible in the top of ... roll of aluminum foil and covered the first pan as Rick stared on in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  away. There's a whole region of the pika basement called Reuse, where ... Appearing shortly on the bench outside of the first floor nautical museum is a ... , I'm reminded of the times I said 'UROP' and my grandparents thought I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  have something for the first day of learning. -- basic life supplies ... a sunny day. Boston traffic halts with the first drops of rain ... . Commence the packing process! Frantic scrambling. Wading through piles of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  make it better. The first draft of that is here: [visually ... have a lot of "free time", free in the sense that you don't have that ... . Spontaneity was essentially thrown out of the window. By the end of the work day

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  First off, I'd like to thank everyone who comments on this and the ... request the name of some other nearby EC who'll be happy to talk with you. (3) Interviews and parts of the application: I've interviewed students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Revolution Some really cool things are happening in Boston

  

  I got my first taste of MIT even before orientation, when I showed up ... celebrity!!! On the FPOP, we got to visit the graves of many Founding Fathers, town halls where revolutionary meetings took place, and the first

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Years Through A Laptop Case a walk down memory lane

  

  year and graduation and "the end" all felt so far out of reach. I wasn ... couldn't be looking so far ahead. All I had in front of me was the present ... moment to the moment. Now, I have just about two weeks of classes left. In

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 10, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  video, Shruthi ‘16. She was one of the first dancers to ever truly inspire ... embracing. CK reminded us of the first time he painted his nails and how ... buckled and I knocked over a jewelry box. The clatter of pearls and gold

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  could I ever regain the excitement of the first 8.01 pset when problem set ... came the first major snowfall of the year. I ventured outside before ... The first sentence is always the hardest. At MIT, however, it came

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  of a pset), the situation isn’t any different. It’s a brand new, red ... the size of a tangerine. It’s nothing really that special—there were ... lanyard holds the key to my soon-to-be home, even if it lacks keys to any of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  It was the dead of winter in the smoggy capital city of Chile ... and plagued nightly by the severe lack of central heating, about thirty ... missing the fast pace of studies. Students also grew accustomed to the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  read the first chapter of Fun Home at the start of my junior year of high ... into their stream of consciousness. (This is maybe the first book I ... letters, and a list of all the books. S: will reread again and again

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025