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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  Lobby 7 on my way to take the 3.091 (Solid State Chem) midterm. Quick ... Infinite, weaving through people to get to Building 66. 14:05: Made it just ... time to look them over--we got material to cover. Today it’s line

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW LiveBlogging Project A big experiment.

  

  you used to register for your MyMIT account so I can verify it ... past with great success, and I'm looking very forward to this year's entries! I've decided to add to the CPW coverage by creating a CPW tumblr

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 3, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  “regret” every time I make a choice, I’ve found it much more useful to ... lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There ... ’t make a specific choice when I think I need to make it, there will be a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  . Life’s entropy continues to increase. It’s a paradox: the more time I ... certainty is wildly oscillating. You can not compute the derivative of its ... 's responses than to construct a decent exam. It’s an exercise in multitasking

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2019 everything from autobiographies to magic the gathering blog posts

  

  hard to explain what Homestuck is quickly, but some of its themes are ... . Instead, it seems, I can eat. I've always liked food, but now I'm bent on ... growth. It’s a gripping narrative of how abuse can affect someone so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 30, 2019
• Blog / Events

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

  

  mixed, it was time to bake it. Hence the name "baked ziti." I grabbed a ... I can go crazy making it this weekend, take lots of pictures, and tell ... insane about AppleBake. We're so into it that our floor shirt has this cute

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  doing homework. What do you have to show for it? What monumental task will ... Senior Thesis are surprisingly flexible. It can be as short as fifteen ... or Senior year. The topic must be relevant to your major, but can be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  to work on the hunt. so i was looking forward to it for quite a while now, and it's traditional for people in my living group, floorpi, to ... floor, i realized that… i mean, that was okay. i talked to friends. it was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  hesitation). However, it turned out that Cam's story had more to do with MIT ... will be too. I hope that my story can be helpful to you. This is what MIT ... dad's lap learning to use lisp to generate silly sentences. This story

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  actually does something useful--it took me 20 minutes to come up with that ... (supposedly) the world's third largest shark fin in its lobby. Thanks to Matt Mc ... entry. Don't go to China Pearl; it doesn't have a shark fin. The first

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  idea in itself. It would take a period of getting used to, but we know ... initial difficulty in getting used to it. I’ve also heard a few people ... encouraged to use in official communications. The title is a little misleading

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  's yeast (is it dead or alive? I can't tell), I tossed Loaf #1 into the oven ... nary a mine since bidding goodbye to the tender age of microwaved pizza ... prototyped during the Vietnam War to sharpen the reflexes of future army

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  . Alternatively, you can use a tool like CourseRoad or FireRoad to plan out your ... from, and I even have some tips on how to use them effectively. First ... makes it really easy to explore. Do you need a course 2 class that counts

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  disaster, and it's just too early to tell what the best course of action will ... to work with you and accommodate your situation as much as we can. I ... affected in the Gulf Coast in our minds and in our hearts. It's an emotional

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  it was: One Thing I could throw myself into, that I actually WANTED to ... astronomy you're interested in. It's important to see how a different mentor ... future graduate student Anna who knows how to focus on a project and see it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  my world seemed relevant all of a sudden. Props to you if you can see ... My computer reminded me of what we're all thinking. Independent ... wondering why it’s been so long since I last updated you with anything. It’s

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away

  

  /conflicts can occur. We were designing this game to be used within the context of ... wee lad, so I wanted to get back into it a bit over the summer. I used ... . I like to pan-fry salmon, but it can be hard to find time to do that

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Have you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file? Well, now you can--thanks to a HackMIT project.

  

  . Then, using some nifty image processing, it allows you to remove that ... trapped within an image. You can see it in action on the Project Naptha ... Fill). The only question really left is--can it do Captchas? Signing

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  you can. These recipes are normally quick to make, and don’t require ... will definitely not make it in time to grab a donut. But, free food can ... and what you want to eat for the next 4+ years. For some, it’s as simple

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  started, I went to Amsterdam and Vienna with my brother and aunt. It was a ... all. I want to be cool, too, and it sounds incredibly lame when I say it ... am not cool. Go to class; it is not cool to look like you're not trying

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016