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• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  , which I came to appreciate over the two years that I did this research ... things, then you can write down equations to plug into a simulation, and ... resources that MIT promised, I was excited to start doing “real work”, and the

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  COPENHELL a giant metal fest in Denmark 🤘🏽

  

  to the next pictures from there if needed!) https ... . The screaming kind’s pretty cool.” Last week brought me to Copenhell, the biggest music festival in Denmark dedicated to metal. Tickets have

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  -cambridge to pick up a desk that jeff bought from someone for $10. it's a nice neighborhood, and the sun is starting to set, casting a golden glow over the well ... , pulling out my phone to try and find the picture i took. it turns out it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  the things i hate and what they say about me

  

  , like if they’re busy or have a bunch of personal issues to work through ... to talk to me but are choosing not to because they assign low priority to our interactions i hate when math and cs students call sciences

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 9, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  When I was younger and went to Disneyland [annotation note="Yes, weekly. My family had an annual pass since we lived close to Anaheim and it was cheap at the time so to entertain my three year old self and my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  “I’m going to UROP this summer!” I told my mom over the phone. Later ... said, “Aren’t you going to Europe?” “No, that was last year. There’s a ... thought I was travelling to Europe. I did not understand why, until I sat

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  meetings in the ready room, a room next to the shooting range itself. On the ... talk about the air pistol itself. The aim is to learn to shoot precisely ... 's quiet enough to shoot without needing ear protection. The class is nine

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  from September to December, while the Spring semester is from February to ... of hard to describe IAP because people are just doing wildly different things during it. Some of my friends chose to have an extended winter break

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  , I sat down with one of them, Kevin, to talk about his room, which I ... fitting microcosm of the larger spectrum of things MIT tries to capture. I ... they want. Kevin has found a way to capitalize on this freedom to make

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  program at MIT, and I myself got to know the program a little as their ... before I came to MIT (not even as something done at other schools), but ... great option for anyone adMITted who wanted to consider it (and now, a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  announcements. But where to add value? Right now we're in a strange time. A time ... respectful, thoughtful, and in many cases difficult to answer. Especially for someone like me who is new to this business. When I think about it though

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  A few days ago, I scrolled through my camera roll to find an old ... recorded when I was talking to my parents about college decisions. To spare ... about some of the things I did to avoid thinking about decisions

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  according to the concentration of those molecules. Right now, I'm trying to ... try to submit it again, but maybe i put it in wrong at the fasta level ... stuck in a loop, constantly going back and trying to find a better

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  on the street.  We meandered down Beacon Street and stopped to watch ... friend of a friend’s place, surrounded by students from BU. We set to mingling, shouting to be heard over the music.  We went from that house to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  My roommates and I haven’t had an outing for a while, so we went to ... since the last time I went to a science museum was in eighth grade, it was ... pointed MIT out to us, so I knew it was close, but I didn’t know it was that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  placed at exactly the distance it takes for your body to warm up, so that you have to stop and lose that heat and start all over. But then, when I set my alarm for seven am yesterday and stumbled up to snooze it

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stitch n Bitch: Quarantine Edition a tight-knit community scattered across the globe

  

  allowing her to see me binge dining hall food.[/caption] My freshman year, I ... time, I didn't want it to be true – who wants to spend a whole year ... the arts. At one point, I mentioned I had always wanted to try

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  “Greater Boston Area”) While at MIT, I’ve been able to hang out with a lot ... where the boat leaves and returns to. And the MIT Ethiopian ... enjoy meeting people from other schools and getting to know them. At MIT

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  The other day I was talking to someone new, and he asked me what year ... people start to become super jaded. Have you gotten to that point yet?” I ... underclassman excitement, feeling tired and cynical, not bothering to remind

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  MIT Office of Digital Learning designed to facilitate awareness, deep ... , traveling to Taxila, where roads and civilizations come together. A professor ... intimidated by the great scholar. Just last week the king had stood up to honor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016