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• Blog / IAP

  Where is Andorra? and other FAQs about my IAP Teaching abroad in a quadrilingual country

  

  addition to 7 local governments, one for each of the 7 parishes. I got to ... parliament is responsible for making the laws of the country. The parliament ... Barcelona) that is regularly agitating for independence. Andorra borders

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  usually goes on for a while. this is my first time playing in the hall tradition: i was a wingrep for 2E last fall, so i ran the game, but didn ... be used too easily for info): i think i'll be ridiculous and go with

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  !   I’m the lead story artist for Coco. I’m from Chelmsford, so I grew ... back in like ’99. Eventually I was there for like a year and all my ... was there for about three years. I was doing character layout which is

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  the winning team in 2013']different name for each year of its existence ... they’ve known each other for a long time. But instead of feeling excluded ... kicked out in March, our[annotation note="which we use all year round for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  WRONG NAME for the last YEAR. apparently it’s actually called a life TILE ... cash out at the end of the game in exchange for money–$10,000, $20 ... . Shenanigans are worth it not only for the joy in the moment, but also for the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  school. Yes, that MIT. The one that has swept the Putnam competition for ... , because it’s the epitome of brains and brawn. Contending for a national ... about it, it makes sense. Students come to MIT for the greatest possible

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  way possible for me to take a quantum engineering class and get over my ... year ago because one of the professors saw me working on a project for a ... chip in December, demonstrating useful error correction for the first

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  particularly special class because it is required for everyone majoring in ... converged again for this one class. Walking into lecture the first day was an ... research projects we would be working on for the rest of the semester. It

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  fun new interfaces for musical expression. Professor Ian Hattwick ... [annotation note="For our first assignment, I made a synthesizer patch that ... glue would dampen the triangles’ acoustics, Tetrahedron would account for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  inside joke turned into a source of pride for not only the fraternity and MIT, but for all of Boston, and it was soon commemorated as a public ... yellow paint out for a brush dripping green onto the sidewalk. Looking down

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  initiatives (misti) runs global travel experiences for MIT. they’re the primary hub for study/work abroad']misti[/annotation]internship on ... for a book? there’s the library   it simplifies life. ive enjoyed

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  supposed to just know where the lounge for our newly declared majors was, and ... it's already beginning to have an (albeit mild) affect on my life. For ... for graduate school. Which, to be clear, I deeply appreciate. It just

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Ranking Every Class I Took at MIT it's that time

  

  Peterson) This is actually tied for second with the rap class. I loved this ... the way in which I consumed media. For example, we'd look at The Batman ... media for the way that it is and do a 'haha superhero cool brain off', it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  Lansangan songs, but it's suitable for a lot of holiday season happenings. 4 ... for the pun pagtanda "to get older" and pagtanda "remembrance". 11 ... . It's their most popular song, one I'm comfortable enough singing for a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  SnowDays while you're waiting for decisions

  

  . Even if you don't close up the cut, SnowDays will close it for you. If you have a closed curve, you can find the winding number for each point ... it does that. For example, try making these sequences of cuts and see

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  design. this is one of those classes i'm taking for the fun of being with other friends in the class, my top advice for picking classes. i love how ... material changes every time it's offered and i can retake it for credit. this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  ever since I got back from my trip home for winter break. It's making me ... used to how quickly life can change, even if the anticipation for the change has been building for months or years. I knew months ago that my

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  writing gary wang’s wikipedia page why did I fill out the wikipedia page for the ftx cto?

  

   Gary Wang’s newly-created Wikipedia page. Gary Wang, for the uninitiated, is ... it out. Then I got banned from Wikipedia for vandalism. I’m not ... questions for me about what an MIT education should mean, what

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  for advice on how to make time for personal projects during the semester ... research and learning about niche startups and recruiting for tech roles when ... DISAPPOINTED upon hearing this - you thought for a while that they were going to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  Center this morning at 9.45 am sharp, the arrival time for "press planning ... time set aside for journalists to speak individually with Dr. Kornbluth ... and hear about her plans for her new role as our 18th president, and I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022