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• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  closed my eyes, waiting for the pain to go away. An hour later, I woke up ... texted a friend to ask for help. I stood up, keeping my head as still as ... . Fifteen minutes later, I stood up and left to see my friend waiting for me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  to generate moves for any piece is to just look up the possible moves ... website. I am incredibly proud of Raymond and have been so excited for this ... beginning, even being there for the night where Raymond started randomly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  the way up, but not for a particular reason any more palpable than the ... , and warmed up for a few minutes since we were a little ahead of schedule ... for me to psych myself out. Lucky that Takuya was nice enough to wait up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  school record for the 400m sprint if he woke up at 7am and trained every ... because I didn’t end up watching the lecture recordings for the days I ... going to my [annotation note="it was a bit of a shock going home for

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i stole a vhs player! and other old things i’ve acquired over the last 2 and a half weeks

  

  the VHS player show up on the tv (it had to be on channel 2 for whatever ... to get out in the near future, but for now, i want to share what I ... to MIT campus. I went there a few weeks ago and ended up buying a VHS

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  ended up 42nd. For Round 2 and 3, which were chosen to be school and ... you up and asks for donations to an undergraduate fund. You have 1000 ... For five weeks this summer, I competed in dormspam-the-game, a series

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  interning or working for the fam (which, by the way, adds up to 40 hours a ... anxious. For a little bit now, I’ve been taking stock of my anxiety levels ... ’s much more helpful to ask Anxiety why it’s acting up instead of ignoring

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updating my blogger bio because its no longer accurate

  

  interview prep, I've come up with a pretty cohesive storyline for me as a ... ’ve happily called it home for the past 17 years. However, I’ve now been yeeted ... realize it’s pretty difficult to sum up a personality in these brief

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Take Care of Us asking for change

  

  with every day that comes and I want it to change. For those of you who ... band-aid of sorts for students, as they got beaten and battered during ... rest but instead filled with playing catch up. Professors have been

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  infinite corridor is total chaos as tourists and students battle for placement in the hall, the dining halls are back up and running, and the ... and with a full schedule. Here is a look at how I am keeping busy for

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  $50000 grand prize in the search for hidden figures contest. i've been a ... now she's at the center for civic media, working on projects that ... ALGORITHMIC JUSTICE LEAGUE the CENTER FOR CIVIC MEDIA the MEDIA LAB

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  …" Those percents add up - not just in the homework component of your grade ... on homework anymore - psets are essential for learning concepts and ... the more you skip class. You're paying for your education anyway - why

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  they could come up with. To celebrate the start of the weekend, a ... Ideas, so I approve. East Campus has been buzzing and punting for the past few weeks in preparation for this weekend's events.  You can see the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  for the frisbee at a full sprint. I came up with the game-winning catch ... WE INTERRUPT THIS BLOG POST FOR A BRIEF PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ... leaving for school in the fall, and since it's unclear when we'll have the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  Hockfield joined U.S. President Barack Obama in calling for a "truly historic" new level of federal funding for clean energy research. The event came as Congress prepares to take up the president's budget, which calls for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  up having to explain how bathrooms work here, so I guess I could give ... for all the dorm bathrooms (which I'll leave to blog readers to describe ... here! That goes for you too ladies, naked guys standing just 6 inches

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  ironic.) I went to the MISTI building for a wrap-up meeting from my IAP ... claimed to be any good at this updating thing, okay? (But for real, I have ... really cute thing my boyfriend/girlfriend did for Valentine's Day!" that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  yoga/stretching type exercise to get us loosened up physically, and maybe an improv activity to get us loosened up mentally. Then we get to acting. Every week we're responsible for memorizing a monologue or a scene

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  time to blog about a nice little semi-formal event that wasn't just for seniors. Also, be warned that another installment of this entry may crop up because JKim was around for this too. Burton-Conner had a dinner cruise

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  we went to Sunny’s Diner (just up Mass Ave) for a good ole’ artery ... opportunity to blog! I’ve wanted to write a “Day in the Life” entry for quite a ... could be in three places at once!) 7:45 AM: Woke up and immediately

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007