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• 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 / 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 / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  couldn’t work for more than a few minutes at a time without getting ... it was a cost-cutting move and that i didn’t like remote school and ... did it because i thought i couldn’t handle a full courseload during the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  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 / 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 / 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

  ★★★★☆ 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
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  It's been a while. Hi. (This is a long post, but you won't complain ... a blog about revolving doors at MIT. I don't know how these things are ... previously looked at the study questions for about half a second, that is. Don't

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  wasn't like the other moms," Cristen said on a recent afternoon at Union ... did well in school. She says that she doesn't know why. She shares a ... was a shock. "I definitely felt different," Cristen said. "I didn't know

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  is like taking a drink from a fire hose," right? (If you haven't, I ... -on." Coincidentally, I didn't delete an email I received a couple of days ago just ... clock hands* "AH I'm going to be late!" (my first class was a language

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology a non-comprehensive analysis of the 95 tabs I have open on my phone

  

  a University of New Mexico Physics site, but I'm glad it is "Sonnet ... , because sometimes I need a bit of an emotional/ego boost when I'm feeling ... playwriting MFA programs. I'm now thinking that I'll push that decision off a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 27, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  (Danny here—a friend of mine reached out yesterday and asked if I ... peers. We wanted to share a snippet of our experiences and reach out to others like us. Hopefully you learn something! (For anyone who doesn't

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT XC, looking sharp In which Maggie unveils the most awesome flowchart ever!

  

  Now, I know I’ve had a tendency to bury the lede a bit, (although I ... today I’m going to shake things up and show you what I’ve got up front ... before going out to dinner. Running is a great sport, but no one ever chose

  • by Alina G. '11
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  The weird thing about quarantine is that I'm actually being better ... doesn't cut it for my social battery anymore, so I make an active effort ... activation energy for doing so was dummy high and because I didn't want to miss

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  goes on. Getting all three to work together wasn’t going to be a cakewalk ... is honestly a bunch of engineers who aren’t socially savvy. We are here to prove them wrong. Every time I mention I’m a Electrical Engineering

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  slept like a baby with my head propped straight up in a brace. If it wasn't ... we didn't go to the space needle. First, we went on a duck tour of ... WE INTERRUPT THIS BLOG POST FOR A BRIEF PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010