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• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  fall I made the mistake of solving problems with my study group without ... other end of the spectrum where I did all of my psets entirely by myself ... studying the night before, I would take care of everything else so that I had

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  it's about time I tackle some of the more difficult things for me to ... , however, a freshman only lottery over IAP. I was one of the lucky ones to ... taking 6.145 at the time and I wasn't sure I could handle the commitment of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  MIT! For many of you applying EA, the deadline is fast approaching! I ... week away (*cough* *cough*). And I waited! Then, the week of the deadline ... 't be, but it is! And of course, the normal anxiety that comes with

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the National Institute of Standards of ... picture? Those are zinc oxide nanowires growing on the edge of a silicon ... building block of the simple nanoscale world. Nanowires can be used as a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  asked him, please, to tell me how to be a writer, the good kind, a serious ... -Nehisi's spark-making June cover story, The Case for Reparations, and Roxane Gay's Tumblr. Lifting weights, riding bikes, making things out of clay

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Sensations On Having Feelings

  

  past it like some of the giant ideas in this area. I had no beginning and I shall have no end: the beam of light stretches out before and ... incomprehensible. But, perhaps the best reason I can give for my love of Ladies and

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 9, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  training class that is. Never heard of the Edgerton Center Student Shop ... take pictures of the machines (: In the meantime, in order to orient youself to some of the machines I mentioned, you should take a look at the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  . From the murder of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, to the tragic ... a million times. Vincent's post showed some of the worst of what ... such as Black Lives Matter is one of the most important developments of

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  moped alone. During this period, I decided that the responsible course of ... January 4, when I returned to campus after winter break. *The TA of the ... first of two very profound e-mail moments. Out of the blue, I got a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  ROTC Color Guard was something along the lines of, "You see that man over ... in the Air Force." Both men instantly had my respect. One of the many ... leadership training is probably somewhere at the top of that list, but that's a

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

      After several hours of discussing so many good ... enthusiast, lover of her homeland’s native birds, and always on the lookout for ... Rico, and a writer of heartfelt birthday letters to her friends 🎂

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cute! an MIT mood meter – Are you smiling today?

  

  Infinite and tracking the intensity of smiles passing by. Students walking ... face. This mood meter is part of the MIT150 Festival of Arts, Sciences, and Technology (FAST) and is one of four mood meters installed by the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 16, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  Memorial Drive side instead of Amherst Alley because I don't quite grasp the ... talk to me, none of that would have happened. I never was good at ... pretty tan! How was your summer? me: Good. I went to the beach. pgf: Oh

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to ... certainly cannot substitute for the real experience of being on MIT's campus ... Institute of Technology. The context of my trip: New York City is a few hours

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Cooking with Cami learning to adult part 1

  

  supplies, ice cream, and a couple of snacks on the way. For dinner, I ate ... yogurt I don't have the measurements, unfortunately, as I just kind of ... couple of crepes. (Note: I wasn't letting it cook long enough. In the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  treasury of comedic novelty photoshoot experience to pieing the bloggers in ... on the harsh overhead lights of an interrogation room, illuminating a ... the tense scene. In slow motion, Tim waddles over to a table full of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

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

  

  On Sunday morning the Design/Build/Fly team rolled out of bed at 6:30 AM, roughed up and ready to fly on the last day of the competition. We ... began making the very unhealthy-sounding buzzing sound of an electric

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

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  loved the niche I found here, and stayed because of my friends, my hall ... else—with a spice of the technical in the liberal arts. I'd miss seeing ... joy of the subject. It can feel lonely at MIT in general—at least where

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  friends, but everything was worth it; Mocha Show was one of the most incredible experiences of my life and I cannot WAIT for the next one. [caption ... choreographers, so I'm going to get a lot of the technical training that I never

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  ;         A helpful hacker forwarded the text of ... also Einstein's birthday) and the imminent constitution of the rest of ... transferring to one of the state schools that had admitted me the first time

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016