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• Blog / Uncategorized

  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  in 2.008, a meche class known for its final project: to manufacture 50 yo-yos. Mills can cut in 3 directions, (X, Y, Z), which makes them useful for cutting shapes into metal. In this case, we’re talking about

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  In case you haven't heard, MIT has a new president-elect! This ... able to make it to whatever he had in mind, sorry! He replied "okay!" but ... to attend in person." I was now press! I straightened my coat and tried

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  data diaries inspired by Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec's "Dear Data"

  

  in a crowded coffee shop for a few hours. Conclusion: As expected ... Assumption 3. Notable events in chronological order Winnie and I Bluebiked to Star Market (off map) in Somerville to restock on frozen fries

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  papers for [annotation note="seminar in advanced undergraduate research"]6 ... floor in despair and baking cookies for my [annotation note ... glad people showed up because talking about electrons going zoop in space

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  It Lives. can i be nostalgic yet?

  

  permeates the air, almost electric in nature. It was one of the first things ... echoed in my bones. As I looked around, I saw others marching along ... difficult to follow, too hard to keep in time with. Erratic. Flighty. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my room an evolution

  

  year, I lived in a double in New House. My side was colored yellow and ... carpet to match with my roommate, which in hindsight was not the best ... semester lol. Still, that blue carpet served a critical purpose in the nook

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  hey. it's christmas season in mit. i was never a big fan of christmas ... think about it, it startles me how much performing arts there are in mit ... classes will have one or the other, so everyone is busy in some way. on the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  media is, in fact, drinkable. It comes in a whole range of pink colors! It ... ??: 8/10 In reasonable quantities, probably. It doesn’t have ions, though ... this up in the microwave — super-pure water will superheat and explode

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  further until I was eventually in the deep end. When I jumped in, I remember being suspended in this void for a few seconds, my legs swaying back and forth underneath me while I tried to propel myself up. Keep in mind that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  's triangle. this single figure, in isolation, looks like pacman facing downward. but in a group of three, it gives the impression of a triangle overlaid on three black circles. in particular, the triangle can look even

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  You'll recall in this blogpost I talk about joining Greek life and ... love the sorority a lot and I love the people in it. I often go back and ... , semesterly dues every month, the possibility of having to live in the house

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  In my very first blog post, I laid out a list of the goals that I ... borked the 30s. In my defense, there were certain ~ points ~ in my MIT ... limited on campus semester in which I really didn't walk through the 30s at

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  No one marks you five minutes[annotation note=" in MIT time, classes ... mischief every time I jump on at 9:05 am. Fix my home-cut bangs in the video cam while the chat room explodes with questions. I’m scribbling notes in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever

  

  lived in a dorm, participated in lots of student activites, and went to physical classes. now, i'm living in a house with some friends, taking ... things down when i've had enough. this tuesday, every person in my house

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  Somehow, I've explored more of Boston and Cambridge while living in ... ;       Zinnekan Belgian Waffles A cute cafe in Harvard ... " align="alignleft" width="225"] finished this in three minutes flat

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  GET A BIKE very important psa

  

  worth it. i lived in Burton-Conner, the fourth dorm down Dorm Row, so i ... "]Lobby 7,[/annotation] so if i needed to get to a class in Building 16 by 10 ... 've left around 10 and gotten to class in time!! what about the infamous 15

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  four years ago when we were seniors in high school, and we're sure many ... , first picturing ourselves in the 10+ companies we applied to, and then in ... in Nisha’s Spotify post, because we don’t use Spotify, but if we did

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  places around and at mit godless and holy

  

  great things about MIT is its location. You're in this hub of great ... busiest and bustling cities in the world, Boston. During my time here, I ... years. In these past months, my friends and I have discovered our fair

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  the most academically challenging places in the world. Many frosh make use of PNR in various ways, where you'll often hear phrases like "It ... to take this midterm? I pass with a 40% in this class." PNR

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  phones back in Cambridge that we've gotten some inquiries about our essay ... begin thinking and planning in advance, which I respect and value (one of ... yet know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019