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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT

  

  [annotation note="usually around finals season, in which I choose a show to ... rooms! Walk around enough to get around without a map I have been to ... can walk to *some* places in Boston without a map...but probably as not

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  had one more mission to fly and we wanted to re-fly a mission as well in order to score a little higher. We were on the clock--the weather ... ) for three laps around the course in as short a time as possible. We knew

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  . . ." Since getting to MIT I've been a part of several riots and a flash mob ... this entry until I could get a bunch of pictures and videos to along with ... during lunch when a friend of mine ran over and said "You have to watch

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  quoted in a recent Bloomberg News article on stress & college ... : schedule] 800+ students & alums came to Kresge Auditorium last night to ... : MITAA, Melis] ESPN.com's "Page 2" mocks MIT's football team... [read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  enough to get in before you checked online, and your friends and family all ... come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing ... to your interests. And share those! They're probably awesome! -Sleep

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  vintage curtains from their grandparents in Poland to repurposing old ... raffle tickets to win prizes like a Patagonia backpack or a Hubway ... were able to incorporate a variety of textures and patterns by weaving

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what they do, think, and feel. MIT was one of the first universities to have
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  , repositions itself, and eventually comes to rest in a place far enough away from ... , but it can take you half a day to reach your destination, and you are ... , I figured the holiday season would be as good a time as any to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  five cookies in one sitting will most likely lead to a tummy ache ... starting spring of my first year. What’s the point? 1) I get to declare a ... transition from high school to college can be a tricky one, but you were always

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  While I'm working on a longer post, I wanted to write a quick post ... window into the kinds of things I was interested in three to five years ago ... interesting to look at. I tried to pick things that are all relatively short

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  had a lot of time to get there. i head up to the third floor of building ... did not immediately know how to get to 35-225. in retrospect, i do know ... someone to ask you questions after your introduction. that class, i learned

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually ... interested in INSPIRE, how should they proceed? A: To start, all you really ... in your history class, or even a book you recently read. Come up with a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  you try to take them in your luggage out of the country, you can get ... , to get some things off everyone’s chest and provide a safe space to ... situation. For a month, my father would try to call home only to get an

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  , with a break for lunch. In the morning, I managed to get some work ... [/annotation] organized an event in the dorm courtyard to show Ring Premiere, a yearly ... work despite the [annotation note="extra is a strong word here. to be

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  hereby invite you to partake in this multi-course meal: a curated selection ... broken, all of them are too short, and I like to use my phone in bed (don ... now I use one in bed, one for out-and-about, and gave one to a friend

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

   size (i.e. how many) points there are in the shadows of $A$, can we get a ... going to present in higher dimensions). I.e., the number of points in $A ... an equality, and here is that example: Take your set $A$ to be the set

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  time better (thanks, iCalendar) and how to use a mop (apparently you're ... is fine, but in the last few months, I've been trying to step away from ... end of last semester. One of my final assignments in a literature class

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  Public Service Center to intern with a non-profit in Hawaii on the Big ... was created to local businesses gathering their interest in a venture ... to create a "Think Local First" campaign^^ for this island. I’m working

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biochemistry at its finest!

  

  giant lecture halls) to watch Yaffe cover crazy amounts of information in ... that prevents you from bleeding to death after a measly paper cut ... platelets congregate to repair the cut by creating a clot. What you may not

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  sophomore year, shortly after I declared a major in [annotation note ... change of major form. I declared a minor in computer science to put my previous credits to use. 5) You are now in your new major Last spring, my

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019