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• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  fall semester, my natural, MIT-conditioned response is to rattle off the ... this entry: what is IAP? The one-sentence, in-a-nut-shell version that I ... working on my UROP in the Langer Lab - I actually wrote most of this entry

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  you write an essay about yourself? If the answer is yes to four or more ... either at my school or the local library that I could get to on foot in 10 ... … (in)tense. I haven’t experienced that much uncertainty in my life

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  applications in capacitors! It is quite the multidisciplinary project! What I enjoy the most about the work I’m doing is just relatively how little I ... actively participating in discussions on how to alter the experiment that

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happiness in threes

  

  Okay, so I just figured out how to add the Spanish keyboard to my OS ... involved using the WiiMote to control robots. http://www.iearobotics.com/proyectos/friki-apps/wii-servo-linux/wii-servo.html (As it turns out, "friki" is the Spanish slang word for what we would

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  next to it. Honestly, this is just an incredible sight in the middle of a ... architecture because the old architecture has bullet holes in it." This is not ... , like the one in Prague. This is actually a field of huge stones, and you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  Sale is a great opportunity to leave the busy world of MIT behind for the ... assortment of truly terrible paintings and sculptures. It is located in the ... , as a way to practice being outside the MIT bubble. Below is one of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  me when I was walking to class or sorting books in the library. Then I ... to eventually turn in the problem set incomplete. Basketball practice ... ’t click for me. I had to think so much on the court I could barely move. I

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  I'll remember to look at (like on the wall, or in my pocket most of ... during the pauses in my days since getting back to Boston (the river is ... primary reason is that I enjoy the feeling of spontaneity in a day. I enjoy

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  So, in Massachusetts, there is a law called “An Act Relative to ... discriminated against in public areas based on gender identity. One of the most ... are some groups to check out: Rainbow Lounge The Rainbow Lounge is a

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  this class. It is indisputably the most time consuming, soul draining ... , others I published elsewhere, and the rest I kept to myself, on napkins and ... pillow to the second it hits the pillow again, I am moving. For the sake of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  ’d be the person who answers your frantic phone call and then tells you to check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to ... of physics is trying to figure out which angle is which? I mean, you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  this free time to do more work. That's not the most healthy mindset, I ... reality is that I still don't physically have enough time to do all the ... only problem is that they’re all in Japanese and take me eons to read

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And now for the feature presentation… ...IN STEREO.Don't ask. It's an LSC thing. I don't really get it myself.

  

  off. The drive fits, but it doesn't take much for it to slide around ... scotch tape and then used it to secure the drive in place. So far it's been ... , on to very old pictures: The last lecture of 3.091 is pretty famous

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 28, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  about is the concept of “beginner gains” in the context of learning. that ... removes uncertainty, and in doing so shrinks the realm of possibility for ... the part i have yet to finish, and as a result i am usually discontent

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  I've never been to Seattle before. One of the things I love about college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month ... almost didn't want to eat them.   But as much as Seattle is

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  treadmill looks like.) This is the Porter Room. Back in the day it used to be ... checks in and out. The front desk is also where you can get your mail, find ... dorm collection, or borrow the pool cues/ping pong paddles/etc to use in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  's Admitted Students Parties. Tomorrow, I hope to answer questions. So, in the ... question! First up is Fangfei, who went to the Long Island Party: MIT has ... think so. And Ryan went to the Party in Philly: I went to the admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  loved this class so so much and wanted to ~ memorialize it ~ in some kind ... his building and tried to show us some people in the building. *fire ... One of my most favorite classes I've ever taken this semester is 8

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  representation theory part still eludes me the most. I feel like I will need to ... reflective of my learning in the class so I don’t care about it that much ... so much about literature and poetry. I found the class structure to be

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  is much pain in the world, but not in Concord Market." - Maddie L. '26 ... . Maybe it's existed since the beginning of time."][/annotation] Sadly, in ... freshman arrived to MIT, never having felt the warmth and tenderness (and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025