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• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  from being relieved of having to work on a 10+ year old sun machine ... Several things happened last week of note. Monday was the first day ... presentation in the same week, I'd never been so behind on work. For Thanksgiving

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  Growing up, I loved to mock tourists. Precisely, of those who would take about a hundred pictures of the most random things you can imagine ... the Charles River and stop in the middle of the road to take a picture

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  's view of New York: they forget the rest of the country. And while you don ... seasons can be in New England. This is nothing short of a Monet, and it ... through the test again, I plopped down the sheath of papers down on the desk

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  coming so quickly. we've been planning for rush since the spring, of course ... administrative things and stuff. and there's a decent amount of that, like writing ... lead on the project i'm working on knows how to cad and do physics and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  Today, the Class of 2020 graduates — virtually — from MIT. On a ... Minneapolis are deeply disturbing in themselves. And of course, they come on the heels of highly charged incidents, from Georgia to New York, that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  ' versus 'shown' takes on new dimensions.  This class feels like a new ... ="aligncenter" width="1000"] notes on converting Fahrenheit 451 and Do Androids Dream of ... strengths of the works we read, as well as the limitations imposed on authors

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  lot of experience, and if you have good, quick feedback on mistakes ... In the CollegeConfidential discussion of my blog post The Difficulty ... basically, it's a perfect setup for the Illusion of Validity Why is MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through ... in, from my lab-mates, from my friends...and so on. Maybe it's not as personal as face-to-face conversation or talking on the phone, but it's handy

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  everyone on your hall, it's harder to initiate new conversations. On the flip ... based on their mutual interests. Because of this, the culture is more malleable and based on the vibe of the smaller social units. This appeals to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  fulfilled a pre-thesis requirement). On the first day of class, my classmates ... 't. I’ve mainly worked on the first of these so far, and already learned ... , on the history of early international students at MIT, with a professor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

  

  enough (I planned it), this happens to be the first day of classes on ... I will want to look back on at the end of the semester to see if this excitement is just first-week delusion or the start of a new chapter in my MIT

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  . My first article on the implications of the new Internet domain names ... architecture to media. And since then, I’ve been embarking on new adventures ... , researching, among other commitments. I was not ready to take on the idea of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  first time now[/annotation] because of the new BBC/HBO television ... Longtime readers may recall that I am a big fan of the His Dark ... thinking about the branching paths we choose to take (or not), or how our new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  crying and sitting in silence and really experiencing these new emotions of ... of having to explore and understand this new, complicated facet to my ... the house instead of disaffiliating because I wanted to explore this new

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  had to have plans to do something, to explore some new part of the city ... on the 'reading is very important' train."]with the explicit goal of ... the fear of trying new things or of mild disappointment; you have to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  weather machine, and invigorated with the excitement of a new batch of nerds ... Another CPW has come and gone, and with it the throes of prefrosh staring wide-eyed with smiles plastered on their face being carted from free

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  on January 31st, but close enough"]the month of January ... colder than Boston, I'd never gotten to stand on a frozen body of water ... whirlwind for me, and since we're now in the midst of the first week of the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  night, after seeing the new banner for the Class of 2011 Facebook group, I ... matching you with an MIT student host for CPW. With a record number of you expected for CPW, and a large portion of the campus hoping to serve as a host

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  of your comfort zone, whether it is trying a new activity, or ... I’m officially on winter break. It’s hard to believe that the craziness of the semester is already over, that I have completed my finals and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on Aero/Astro?

  new Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel, the largest, most advanced U