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• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  with "Washlava," a laundry platform consisting of IoT-connected machines ... )"]part of the building with no elevator.[/annotation] It wasn't a huge deal ... host summer residents[/annotation] or [annotation note="I didn't have a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  practical jokes. But I'm going to build up the suspense a bit longer, because ... questions in a separate entry. Read it all here. Number 2: If you haven't ... Sometime late last night and/or early this morning I received a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  is that I haven't really found a solid pset group for this class, but I'm ... much of the lab as I can in one sitting. Since I haven't been in a coding ... class is fine—I'm mostly taking it because it meets a lot of major

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  scale: the lines are 30m, or 100ft. 6.02 am: i wake up abruptly from a ... help out a friend, also at recitation, who hasn't finished the lab yet ... is our last lecture, but i'm a little less sad about this: i love the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  /Cambridge! During the school year, I don't have a lot of time to go out and explore ... Live! I'm sure some of you have heard of Walter Lewin? If you haven't ... actually able to (: I've also been cooking/baking quite a bit since I'm

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  disappointed that this year's didn't include a couple of things on last years ... Every new freshman class gets, in their Orientation folders, a little ... curiosity, I picked up a copy of this year's edition, and found that I have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  . It's a vicious cycle. Even when I'm hanging out with my kids, I'm ... It's that time of year again. I have a love-hate relationship with ... community. (This last one is a bad idea - with such a low admit rate, it

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  awesome. She gave a speech in pretty bad English (I don't know why ... know, I know! I told you I had been political lately. I'm not actually a ... So, the past week and a half or so ("has it really been that long

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  four colors of paint in my hair. Anyway, it wasn't a problem because my ... , colored in a bold New Orleans with Mango Tango accents. Mangoes don't grow ... throwing a blog entry opening party, where you can get you picture taken with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  . Unfortunately a few sleeping bags didn't weather the weather in the driest of ways ... said it, because there wasn't much sleeping going on. I'm still baffled ... mathematical set "inside". But that's not (entirely) true. In fact, there's a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  soon. I'm also happy to announce the arrival of a new blogger, Evan ... ! Mad props to Stanford students - if I lived in a place that cool I'm not ... ." :-) (As you guys know from these blogs I'm a big fan of college reps just

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  the explanation of what a derivative is. 2) I'm exactly the other way ... . I like algorithms and drawings, not actual objects. I'm a CS ... help. nehalita said: Those psets scared me. A lot. =) Don't stress about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  I’m writing this post after recently finishing a year-long stint at ... if I’m living a truly passionate life, where I’m earnest and courageous ... covering everything from Kanye’s visit to Harvard’s design school and a birth

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  (because I'm not president anymore woooo 🎉). It was a useful chance to ... I'm given to understand that at other colleges, students actually get a luxurious full week off between the end of classes and the start of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  top bunks and walk across. I'm at a bad angle here. I don't recognize ... ...the character has a name, but I'm not sure what it is. Nick '09 is a Japanese ... where every week feels like a hell week in some way. It's also been quite

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  hour? A friend asks me if I’m going to [annotation note="8.01 is ... going to lie: I’m failing pretty badly. Still, I can’t stop smiling. The ... , and a D pr lower (which would be a failing grade) doesn't show up on any

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  advertising riding lessons. A few accident lawyers were distributing free t ... pattern, one I still haven’t figured out a response to. In machine shops, I ... understand. I’m good at saying I’d rather figure out a process on my own

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  I’m rewriting my number one rule. Maybe I shouldn’t call it my number one rule, because I can’t really decide between the two, and I’m not ... FOR THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS: BE HONEST!Don’t think I’m insulting

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  was expecting it. The last time I moved, a few months ago, I didn't even ... , and I didn't really get anything done besides pushing a few commits. I ... this weekend, and I haven't really prepared for my classes yet. I'm still

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  , since I hadn't had to do a lot of the stuff on the test since 10th grade... the good part is that it's like riding a bike and you can pick it up ... ! Did you hear that I got into MIT?" (I'm so subtle. It's a gift.) And he

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005