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  A Trip to AfroTech My Recap of the AfroTech Conference in Houston

  

  the first of two days at the convention and were met with lots of lively ... battery was drained, I grabbed lunch with a friend at one of the many food ... ="National Society of Black Engineers - An organization that works to support the

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  after quarter after quarter. It reminds me of a conversation I had at my ... puzzles from an issue of P&A Magazine together. The last time the Puzzle ... I ate dinner at Dumpling House with some friends. It's only been a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  . Oh, boy did I learn about the importance of sleep. For me at least ... productive, and feel more satisfied and less frustrated at the end of the day ... Well, I'm 45.6 smoots of the way across this bridge we call MIT. The

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  /7. In case you're curious, I've seen all of the above, or at least very ... : "Did you have to do the lab by yourself? no lab groups? Speaking of which ... individual, not as part of a group. However, you are allowed to collaborate

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  five things I love about New York welcome to New York, everybody walks in New York

  

  directly at the end of my block and just one of three within a 15 minute walk ... (The subtitle is from my unpatented and unholy mix of the songs ... alone and spent a lot of time with myself, and as others have mentioned

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  a bad idea. Most of me viscerally cringes at the idea of doing another ... semblance of order instead of confusion-despair-and-fear, and suddenly my ... particle ping-ponging inside of a box. I also want to get out of this box

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  can't always have all the information! Sometimes you're at the point of ... to write good blog posts; you only need to have the appearance of ... with a table of contents Open strong and generate excitement by giving a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  months. I spent one night at home, then drove down to the South Bay to compete at the 2018 US Championships. I came in with a nagging hip injury ... ! Some of my friends I've skated and competed with growing up qualified for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  of dirty laundry. I print out my p-sets for the week. While I’m at it I ... Today, I will p-set. Really. I wake up at 7 am. I shower. I try on four different outfits before deciding which combination of shorts and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  offer, and if it is right for you. I can think of at least one excellent ... 't make sense to major in, say, Literature, at MIT (which I sort of agree ... this time! You will arrive on campus ahead of the upperclassmen at the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  where it lives in my mind and peering at what lies within. some of this ... . being at mit has helped me come out of my shell more than anything. i'm so ... , since my parents are overseas and i'm in boston, so most of these old

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  113 days. As of yesterday, I am officially a second semester senior ... month of this year in Europe, studying abroad in Madrid before going on a ... of London, Paris, and Amsterdam. It was the perfect reset before coming

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  : Dream of the Red Chamber (at Harvard). Dream of the Red Chamber, or 红楼梦 ... I’d intended to write this post the first day of classes, but was swept up into the chaos of starting the school year, which has been a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  I've had dial-up internet for as long as I can remember. One of the ... campus-wide WI-FI. I always had this sparkling image of me, sitting in ... internet, most of the links were broken and the info outdated. This is my

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  at all costs. The basic algorithm that resulted in the election of ... , resurfacing under the guise of progress. At this very moment, police ... conference is happening all weekend. check out the livestream at

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  things (I remember seeing the display at the beginning of the semester and ... enjoying the laziest IAP I can muster. I sleep until at least noon every day ... "Look at at all this free time I have! I'm going to fill it to the brim

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  ’ve taken at MIT: every week we’d write a poem in our own time and then read it out aloud during class for a round of feedback. And that was it! I ... ,”  my coworker coos, recounting his afterwork escapades between sips of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  some guys tend to just fling themselves at MIT (I imagine this kind of ... figure we can each only type fast enough to catch half of what he says, so between our two entries you'll get either ALL of what he says or half of

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  flurry of confetti at any given moment. Gosh, this is so cheesy I could ... piece of art that changes every time you look at it. I wonder about the ... blog tab of the school website, not even bothering to look at other tabs

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  size of a printer, except that unlike my printer at home, they do what ... opened my backpack, pursing my lips at the sound of the zipper. A friend I ... campus for the first time. The novelty of that comes in waves. I love

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021