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• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  that the most important thing is to listen. This might seem obvious, but ... indicate to you how the car is operating, how much the driver is slipping ... from the design stage to two annual competitions in May and June, where

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• 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 / 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 / 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
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

  ; something in which the only constant is change because time marches forward ... one of the reasons I love dawn is it reminds me that the sun will ...   that doesn't mean I don't matter I'm no insignificant blip in the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 7, 2024
• 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

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  . Basically, the end goal for a lot of people in biology is to become a PI ... stayed in the field is because I still want to help people, and I have ... MIT is, at the very least, interesting when it comes to biology. You

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  quickly realized that hair is a nice way to keep your face warm in the ... fall is exhausting because the end is in sight and you're actively making ... take long showers. I can watch cable TV on an actual TV. My car is in the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• 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 / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  (supposedly) the world's third largest shark fin in its lobby. Thanks to Matt Mc ... ," and so despite the 8-inch purple gash in her leg, Ruth was determined to ... Boston, anyway. What I'm getting at is that the trip down to Dim Sum was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005