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• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  to some fixed point on Earth, you're all moving - and fast. It's all about the frame of reference that you use. When studying relative motion ... involve an embarrassing, toddler-y lack of coordination. Moving on.) Now

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  us scattered in 17 rooms on the first two floors of New House, one of ... : Come for a great night of international dinner, featuring cuisine from ... , you'll get to interact with a sampling of the most active groups on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  of use, and they're not intended for long distance running. I ... have won the "Best of Boston" award (given by Boston Magazine) in the ... basically wanted me to run an entire workout in each pair of shoes. First, I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  huge fan of joy's work ever since i read her blog post on inclusive ... now she's at the center for civic media, working on projects that ... had the distinct privilege of chatting with her last week and we had a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  my soaked pants on the central stove results in the lovely aroma of ... opportunities freshman year? Proceed) At least 1 out of 16 student bloggers agree: everyone should travel* at least once a month (from here on abbreviated as

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  lunch, featuring my ridiculously good view of the Boston skyline ... transition at once. All of this abstract, though. Aimless musings on an aimless ... , kind of? I feel aimless, but in the best way. Life goes on. Things are

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  you a puppy. I awoke from uneasy dreams on the morning of July 4th at 5 ... awesome, and had been reserving a spot on the Esplanade right in front of ... for orchestra easily enough, although it's not on my copy of Queen

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  featured puzzles were just some of my personal favorites. In a few days I ... -credit class that meets twice a week for an hour and spend the rest of my time ... meets for 9 hours a day 4 days of the week. That sounds like a plan

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  your last semester of high school and keep on being your awesome selves! ... I returned back to campus on December 29th, and as the Amtrak approached Boston South Station, I spotted snow on the tracks! As I stepped

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  Background: I love writing. I love building on thoughts I can’t put ... and acknowledge yourself and your growth, say goodbye to this stage of ... willingness to handle failure Hands-on creativity Intensity, curiosity, and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  be the most important of my life, yet they felt so uninspired on the ... like on paper. Each little essay is a snapshot of you as a person instead ... briefly thought that the "oxygen" at the end of the word CITGO on that

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  of beds dropped on the side of the road, cheap furniture selling fast ... ’s a college thing but part of me feels like I’ve gotten away with mischief every time I jump on at 9:05 am. Fix my home-cut bangs in the video

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  's already been featured on the cover of Popular Science magazine for having ... perform in high school largely falls on the shoulders of each individual ... a perfect score of 800 on his math SAT, and he’ll finish somewhere in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

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

  

  a 3-D printing company and gave a lecture on the uses and failures of ... had intended to weld the single pieces on to the back of the big piece ... lights and turned my lamp on. All in all, I enjoyed the process of this

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  of the Show on G4 tomorrow, they're doing a feature on Mystery Hunt ... of the staff, less time-consuming work on the students' part). First ... Well, my two weeks of no IAP agenda have come to a close and I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  Criminal,” appeared on the windows of my usual second-floor study spot at the ... that such public relations have on the ethics of the Institute ... ’s opening celebration to speak as an authority on the future of computing

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Everything Everywhere All At Once a free early screening from lsc and a q&a with the directors

  

  . It features an interesting take on the multiverse. During the Q ... purpose or some greater understanding of what the fuck was going on in my ... This past Sunday, I walked out of an early screening of Everything

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 29, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  brownies featured on Oprah were a disaster in my hands. But, if there is one ... . Because I truly, truly do. No, I can’t tell you my favorite flavor of ice ... the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  - why, that IS Ace of Base playing on my boombox! Tae bo, anyone?) - it ... Ace of Base on?" I'M TOO OLD FOR THIS STUFF. ... I recently bought a pair of rollerblades for $8 from the Garment

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  off of a huge pile of boxes, each conspicuously with the word "TOYS" on ... dotted the MIT campus, urging people to get to 6-120 as fast as possible. Following the advice of the scientists and heading towards 6-120 you may have

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008