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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  he was. I learned a lot; Professor Lander was great, but we didn't have very many people in the class (it was ~200, at a time when 3.091 had so many people that the lecture was even broadcast into another room). A few

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  A few days ago I got back from what I can only describe as a four-day fever dream. Here’s a diary of everything that went down during GELcamp ... up in a remote New Hampshire cabin with 40-ish people from MIT and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  glow. I’m sitting on a cold concrete slab, where the tides would normally ... , the glistening sun rays dance on the water and, behind me, a night ... for the ride, whether it be to try a new cafe or jam at a concert. Those

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Events

  dtyd weekend all party, no planning (for once)

  

  this weekend was a hectic one for my living group. [annotation note ... final act of the CPW closing show, we had a lot to get through to make ... 's, a popular rooftop bar in Harvard Square, to catch up with some friends

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  This winter break, inspired by a chaotic night hiking trip ... clambered over boulders until we found the peak, looked out over a wide and ... I have a car. I had some daring plans to go hiking every other day

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  Alan and I have been taking a class together this semester: 21W.740 ... class. This is due to a few reasons: Firstly, I have never had a semester ... is a somewhat privileged position to be in (and given some of those

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  board games with them. you live in a place with a high density of people ... weekends, there'd always be events: a competition i'm helping run, a program for high school students i'm teaching for, a party i'm attending. there

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  A lot of my time this summer has been spent in transit. I take the ... Amtrak train, and more recently a day trip to Providence, RI also via Amtrak. One day, it suddenly occurred to me that when I'm on a train, I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  The other day, I had a little epiphany that came to me in the shape of a glassblowing metaphor. When I thought about it more, I realized that although I haven't done a lot of glassblowing, it's played a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  school were impacted so much by the pandemic. I hosted a mini virtual CPW ... . valid! I'm a member of one of the two classes that experienced an in ... virtual events as part of CP*! one time, not a single prefrosh showed up :D

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  In the spring, I bought a polaroid, walked around campus, and took ... posters for events from more than a year ago hanging in the infinite. Worse ... have been to a few of Boston’s popular tourist sites. It’s been so

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  really fun to dive into; and I'm a frosh on [annotation note ="pass ... have a focus on writing and speaking, and we've got to take one each year ... aware of the world. Ancient Greece is the fodder for many a modern

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  THE FINAL FANTASY 7 REMAKE IS OUT since 6/15/15, i have literally lived for this moment

  

  Those of you who have been following me on the blogs for a while - or ... . Now why am I making this blog post all of a sudden? For those of you who ... characters, new writing, and just overall making it into a game that will be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  it was a PROCESS. And looking back, we probably made some mistakes ... yeah, here is how to (im)properly get an independent study, a sequel to the list we made in this post. Come up with an idea for a project

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West

  

  provocative in such a volatile, fast-paced media world. Obviously, he's said ... , THIS IS NOT A GOOD TAKE ANYMORE SINCE HE KINDA SUCKS!!!! Specifically, I ... 's question regarding [annotation note="Kanye recently held a Sunday Service at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  A few weeks ago, I took some much needed vacation time to attend ... Stonewall Riots – a momentous occasion in US history that many argue sparked ... community. This reminded me of a conference I had recently attended, where

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  Registration Day, which is always a Monday. Although classes don't start until ... -back events, your friend UROPing halfway around the world catches a red ... twelfth grade, I felt like I had always been a twelfth-grader. Similarly

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  When I introduce myself in new groups, a lot of times I bring that up ... the inline skate community, one of my first images of a “rollerblader ... until I got to MIT my freshman year. I got a pair for $25 with kneepads

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  the first posts by our first-year bloggers. There’s a common theme: MIT ... ’ theme last year too, same as the year before. I've only been here for a ... ’m already in love with and in a place I’m so proud to call home. (Alexa J. ‘20

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  application, and 69 completed it. A few days ago, Lydia, Kris, Michael, Ceri ... butter”. I design and sew my own clothes, including my winter coat, a ... scientific potential with creative vision to build a campus that was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015