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  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  didn’t think I was a “real” physics major because I liked hands-on work ... equilibrium and how to cope with that.” In a similar vein, JLab is “systems aren’t ... wrong with the instrument. I looked at a reference point and didn’t get

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  on a stage in black and red Performing in the MIT Monologues

  

  monologue. I didn’t slow down, even when I reached a certain line about a ... that you couldn’t make out faces, just the glimmer of eyes. I took a ... and sit in a big circle on the stage, underneath the red curtains we

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  In less than a week I'll be hopping on my flight back to Boston, and I'm so excited that I'm just about ready to kiss the Logan Airport ... [annotation note="is this okay to say in a blog? let's hope so

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  the Q&A at the end[/annotation]. Admittedly, I wasn't as big a ... of that isn't quite possible right now? Jacob: "A space for holding ... will also be no rehearsal on Wednesday, February 19. There will be a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  , "the network" wasn't a test network back at Ascend. It was the Internet ... maliciously? Security's a much larger part of the modern web, so this wouldn't ... A non-negligible number of people reading this were probably pretty

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  of my required biology restricted electives. Since I'm 7A (a sort of ... Developmental Neurobiology. This is a 9-unit CI-M that is essentially just giving ... have been Doing nonstop. I think it might be a personality thing. I tend

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  ^"Every patch is a memory, every tear has a tale. These are the ... instant rush of novelty that consumerism thrives on. And hey, I’m not ... memories and stories, the same way that a certain song can conjure up

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  pineapple fried rice. It wasn't a large serving and tasted average, I'd say ... different country each time. - While I'm here, a few more interesting sights ... This past weekend, I went to dinner with a group of MIT and Johns

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  exclusively facedown and the last one optionally faceup. You also get a t ... , the swim test went virtual as well. If you were a Senior that hadn’t ... I wasn’t in the worst boat—some kids didn’t even know there was a swim

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  Like Allan, I'm obsessed with taking notes. I'm also obsessed with ... quickly (she was slow.) Having handwriting that you enjoy looking at is a ... class notebooks. I've also found that it's a lot more fun when there are

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  was all fine with me. If for any reason you didn't get a call, you really didn't miss much, especially if you're already a dedicated reader of ... helping out from 6:00 to 11:00, with maybe a half-hour break in between to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Beaver Nation An intro to athletics at MIT

  

  DIII, so it’s rare that we directly compete with them. As a result, it ... ’s basketball team turning up strong! If “athletics” isn’t the first word that comes to mind when think of MIT... I don’t blame you. In some ways, it

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • November 12, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  and had a hunch that only my display was broken. I wasn't sure if that ... Media Lab, a classmate accidentally shattered my laptop screen. While I was with my group presenting our project, I left my coat on a chair

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  , but I did a little researching and found out that I'm not the only ... Last Thursday, Bob Silbey, a professor in Course 5 (Chemistry) and ... .111 (Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems), so we weren't exactly best buddies. In

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  that window shade! I don't know why a printer cable is dangling from ... is a TechCash reader. Most vending machines aren't so handily equipped ... to poke around a bit before heading over to 7-012 (a room I pass on a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  these graduation requirements was “But I’ve got a ton of AP credit…won’t I ... ). That’s about it. (Ok, I’m exaggerating a little bit. You can get general ... is not quite like a placement test because it doesn’t let you skip

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  part) Part 2a: okay fine I'm not done talking about math yet-- but give ... , but I couldn't explain the proof to someone on a walk. And because (for ... in a more accessible way (e.g., this blog). I don't know. Perhaps that

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

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  settling in for an hour long T ride DO NOT eat a McGriddle right before, the ... , what are my chances . . . .) Number one isn't so much of an issue with a ... to have a translation with them if they aren't in English. 4) You can't

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  email from BC Desk (that isn't this one) notifying you of a package ... the different parts of a fancy multi-course are, and now I’m just ... put this comforter inside a duvet cover, and also I’m too lazy to make

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  (Guest Post) esolangs oh man

  

  Hello world! I’m Song, I’m currently a freshman here at MIT, and I ... can be said about a good number of esolangs. I’m sort of working on a ... intrinsic meaning are whitespace characters. Anything that isn’t a whitespace

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 5, 2022