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• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  challenges set forth by various companies, all heretofore unknown. Then there ... . Still, enticed by the promise of free food, I roused myself and went to ... hours? We listened to the keynotes — one by a startup making smart

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  this! Classes CMS.701 Current Debates in Media taught by Ed Schiappa ... conglomerates (PRO) Efforts by the government to regulate content of social media are undesirable (OPP) "Fake news" should be punishable by law (OPP

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  . By the time I left the duty free shop, I had about an hour left until ... roughly three hours west of Berlin by train. Now, I pride myself on being a ... ways to make the best of the situation. By the time we landed, I had a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  UROPs. Applying There’s a nifty website where you can search UROPs by ... sediment and the microbes have no oxygen, the microbes survive by producing ... , the methane generated by bodies of water is generally written off as

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  25 students in each classroom and 8 mentors. Each classroom was led by ... and composure and I was so, so impressed by how she handled CodeIt in general. I slowly got into the groove of labs by the second or third week

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 4/14); new blog posts below 👇🏼

  

  final transcripts, and such may be impacted by the pandemic, and we will ... advanced placement exams offered by third party organizations. Instead, most ... sessions and tours conventionally hosted by our office, as well as the many

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 6, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  quiet. We by no means wanted to see any of our peers outside of our school ... make us uncomfortable by invading our personal space. People mockingly ... cycle where we were trying to go under the radar by hiding in our shells

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  ="alignnone" width="1000"] A peek into my week of October 1st to 5th, categorized by ... by, that we're somehow seniors now. He's working at a startup this ... . Spooky how fast time is flying by. I'm at this point where I don't want it

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  and phone line closures orchestrated by the government to control the ... mad.” As we wrap up this lengthy discussion of history, I am struck by ... federalism’ where representation is divided by region/culture, has only been

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  constantly am reminded by the opportunity cost of training and competing full ... of the ride, ice time, and coaching fees. Multiply that by 5 days a ... . Fortunately, I've also been supported by a few scholarships, including the Helen

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  competitions by taking a lot of old practice tests, so that many of the problems ... intellectually stimulating and abstract than what I encountered in high school. By the way, if you're at all peeved by the way math is taught in your high

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  our 2-number comparator works only 20% of the time -- since by flipping ... sorting accuracy by making each comparison, like “Is 2 smaller than 3 ... noted earlier with the “1,5,9” example, produce a sorted list by making

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  inspired to write this post by a tumblr question I received while in Ethiopia ... (as I said) being limited by potential contaminants or the effects of ... on how big the rainstorm was. Even by the standards of people living in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  ; The photo of supporters taken by Chris Welch '13, M.S. '15   ... indifference of our campus. His message was clear: “I [and by extension MIT] care ... statements by department heads to affirm commitments to student health

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  .  Water bottles! The red one was given out by my high school and has an ... am endlessly amused by what these say. (My favorite is, by far, “Don ... outlet by the light switch who watches over you, make a little birdhouse in

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  phase, and was so awestruck by the movies that I instantly wanted to find ... Sagittarius, one of many in a collection of star systems ruled by the Cosmotic ... it. By the end of my final year, I had enough of the pieces to begin

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  took off, Boston dropped beneath me, a sea of darkness cut through by ... ’ve seen all week. From the ululating screams of the women followed by fluid ... . However, by the fourth day, the snow morphed into some monstrous full

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  -long assortment of classes for middle and high school students organized by the MIT student group ESP (Educational Studies Program) and taught by MIT students ... species for use in medicine, agriculture, and history. The hope is that by

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  , Codex, won the Hunt, which means that by tradition, it was our turn to ... economy. Each year’s Hunt is a gift given by the previous year’s winner to ... spoilers lie ahead: Written by me: My favorite is 25th Annual Putnam

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  major by the end of their freshman year. If you're really, really unsure ... bound to your decision. To change your mind (by the end of sophomore year ... Fabric of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene. I read it in eighth grade, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011