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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  MIT that reiterates the theme: MIT is home. Yes, it can be hard. But despite everything, it’s hardest to leave. So what’s the third year like ... . Science is pretty amazing. And when it comes to amazing science, Professor

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

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  Room, for teacher registration. To be fair, it's no less chaotic in here ... my pizza horizons - I used to be a strictly mozzarella, or mozzarella ... - and the best part is that I can accompany it with a story from my summer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it’s ok…you can get up and immediately continue on…” - Guts (actually

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  have been to a few of Boston’s popular tourist sites. It’s been so ... to Starbucks for hot chocolate when I don’t make it to the cafe in ... was my first time going to the basement/lower level, and it was so

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Blogarhythms! All-blogger a cappella? Nope -- a CPW event!

  

  to first check it out. MIT seems to be littered with free a cappella ... readers of less-geeky news, it's hard to avoid the "Hey! I know that guy ... , please forgive me -- I hate to call upon internet memes, but it fit too

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 18, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?

  coursework can leave students feeling hosed. So it's only fair that students must pass a swim test in order to graduate! ... Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  compiled a packing list for students here, to be used with caution. Some ... essentials for you the student to pick up at the store through Pack & Hold ... campus. -- a swimsuit, if you wish to beat the required swim test and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snowpeople & a hammershark more post-blizzard sights around campus --

  

  some quick shots of all the snowpeople-and-other-things in sight. They ... : -- <3! (full credit to whoever built these!) -- P.S. I'm currently scrambling to finish the Sketchbook Project (introduced in this post), and this

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 15, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Food We Made! a photo dump of non-aesthetic pictures

  

  specifically set aside a day when we were totally free to make it. Something that ... summer to make it. It was worth it! We ate the whole thing in the matter of ... ), but loves this strawberry rhubarb pie, we knew we had to make it. It was

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 29, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  are you from? what are you thinking of majoring in? It got to the point ... [/annotation] in something else I dunno — and preemptively held it up to anyone I ... realize how strange this phenomenon is because it’s just oddly important to

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  important than ever to look at life from new perspectives, be it the tip of a ... and wouldn't need to hear it from us. Well, we exist to promote ... Admissions blogger is its Editor-in-Chief? [answer at the end of the entry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  can be like that too. You have to appreciate small things when they ... people should deny themselves happiness when they can find it ... would say, take time for yourself, because otherwise it's hard to be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  ="Yes, weekly. My family had an annual pass since we lived close to Anaheim and it ... sense of it. It was simply a train that wrapped around Disneyland to help ... it to all of Random and Loop smelled like durian for a whole week. It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Alone some thoughts on spending winter break in mit

  

  looked quickly at a map, and committed not to open it unless I got lost ... , it’s not as if everyone’s going to go home, right? I thought that maybe ... break, expecting to be mostly alone, knowing that it’d be really different

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  that for another time.) One of the reasons I was drawn to MIT was for its ... drills, and everyone I talked to had done tons of robotics, and it felt ... ) are able to take some of the wood and reuse it for their own ends. When

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  planned for 2020, but regardless I think it's good to always set goals! Gym ... 't really the point of this. It was to read 5 new books, but I think I'll give ... excited to do showcase with it, but unfortunately due to covid we were

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  brand-new ELL. It’s fun because we get to think outside of the box and try ... . At 1:00 on Friday, it was my turn to lead the simulation. Under the ... , but it took a little longer than expected for the budget to be divided

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  art; it was more me struggling to learn how to use 3D modeling programs ... screen protector), and best of all, reasons to draw. After all, it was ... this semester has been a lot better than the last. It’s nice to know that

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Shoe Technology out of the MIT STrIDE group

  

  incoming hazards and obstacles. The demonstrated use case is to avoid ... algorithm-based sensory attachment that connects to any footwear insole, uses ... inventions in the world. Radar, modern lithium-ion batteries, canned soup, and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  dont want to write ah

  

  of the time it was because i couldn't be bothered to get out of bed. i ... that's like the successor to firehose. it's still something i've been thinking about a lot, and i'm trying to involve frosh with its development

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 11, 2023