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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  If you missed part 1 of the Fredventure, be sure to check that out in addition to this post. We also recently performed our Brazilian music at MIT ... first stop was the Museu da Amazônia (MUSA for short), where we got to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  this week, but I was just never really in the state of mind to finish ... worried little kid, because we all had to line up at stations and get our ... for two hours. I misread my major in haste and accidentally went to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  classes i was interested in but didn’t have time to take. one of those was cognitive augmentation (mas.s65), a class on using technology to augment human ... . it turned out to be a very inspiring class that truly expanded the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  (that is to say, pretty much incoherent but inexplicably awesome anyway ... day to mastering the subtle art of falling sleep randomly in public ... particularly stunning occasions come to mind: -As part of the Discover

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  just another roof to pass. The Frosh counts the days until departure from ... school), the Frosh can say, “I’m not going to finish this homework,” and ... /No Record basis, and she is allowed to slip. But the lengthy vacation will

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of ... 't shake The feeling I might make A difference To the human race ... the musical then transitions to a song entitled "It Sucks To Be Me" so let

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  last night working on my ICE-T ("ice tea") problem set. To answer James ... is hard enough), a fuel cell that could theoretically be used to power ... hydrogen, because that could explode and kill you while you're talking to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Tag In which I do a YouTube thing for a (bonus) Halloween vlog

  

  college life sometimes. My dad decided to send me a surprise Halloween ... the holiday, and before this year I didn't really have enough time to ... watching too much Sleepy Hollow. My friend Fejiro O. '18 also carved an owl

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I figured it would be cool to take ... Introduction to Astronomy Looking for Care of Magical Creatures, try 21H.909 ... to Weather Forecasting Looking for Ancient Runes, try 6.875J

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  optimization. It's a nice change to be reading and writing so much, but we ... delayed her trip to the hospital to give birth because she was so engrossed ... Short Stories Description: Introduction to the short story. Students write

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  we named 2124 cities of the world fridays with 4W

  

  Nicole H. ’22 and I quote, “Do you have time to waste?” He pulled up the ... entire world.  They tried to name all the cities in the US. I wasn’t there ... around 2:30 am, after a game of trying to name all the sports teams in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 29, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  eruptions bring to mind the old tales passed down from our elders. i’m from ... talk about volcanoes, and my teachers have been old enough to remember ... enough to have been through the worst, but it was near enough that they

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  -violent spiciness. The next day, much to the shock of my personal fan club, I ... in Internet Explorer. I'll try to fix this soon, but in the meantime, I suggest converting to Firefox.] [EDIT RELOADED: Manually fixed. My

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  this by using a microcontroller to amplify the sound, much like an ... .) and various sensors (accelerometers, capacitive sensing, etc.) to create ... encourages us to go wild with our imaginations, as long as the end product

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  psychopomp? The answer is about to be served implicitly atop an egocentric ... relentlessly upon Cambridgians' freezing bodies, the confetti to its gleeful ... visibly permeates Cambridge, and hike to Voltage Coffee, whose abilities

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  important to floor culture, so this is pretty tragic. Thankfully, efforts to ... murals may be restored. Also, sliding wall panels for students to paint on ... 's living communities. And that's why I'd like to showcase/preserve some of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too busy to blog much lately. If you get through it all in one sitting, you're a ... had to laugh out loud when the presenter hit the button and put the live

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  the clubs I have gained access to. Brain and Cognitive Sciences ... about the Brain to appreciate humankind and the self. Cats: specifically ... want to write to finally put my social science skills to good use. My

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  clubs and activities. They also learn about the resources available to ... , what it means to be an MIT student, and how to find support and push through hard times. We even have a play put on by students to provide useful

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Postcard From The Green Building postmarked july 5th

  

  Yesterday I took photos from the top of the Green Building. MIT sprawled far below us, the lines of its normally inscrutable architecture recognizable for once as the Hacker's Map. Even Stata finally made visual

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 5, 2013