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• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  In middle school, my first foray into robotics was with the FIRST Lego League. That was the first time I remember being in a school ... -ever Cherry Creek High School robotics team when we started in 2013. That's me

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  to have things sort of figured out in my mind, so I can say something ... , and in the last few months, I feel like I’ve lost my way more than I ... unusually light—probably because the variety in my classes (algorithms

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  I left for the 2017 Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships in Indian Trail, North Carolina, the qualifier for the US Championships in ... . Can't really take it while I'm skating in North Carolina? Here's a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  Inspired by Spotify’s year in review (with which I discovered I ... interesting(?) and noteworthy(??) statistics from my fall semester in a – perhaps misguided – attempt to sum it all up in a quantitative manner

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  How many days I have left in my parents’ home is approximately as ... torn. In the college home, I get adventures with friends, bright city lights, and academic pursuits. In my parents' home, I have my sister, the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  about environmental sustainability. In that post, I wrote:   This is ... background or training in judging people, I have been judging people for some ... able to transfer my experience judging people in admissions to judging

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  'll be trying to atone throughout April. In the meanwhile, here's a story ... dining-discuss@ were still fresh in the minds of undergraduates[1], yolo ... exciting time in the world of particle physics. A week or so before, I had

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  this year in affiliation with MIT’s Course 8 (Physics) department! Though ... is loosely stated as such: “For every student sitting in a library ... , so I'm not actually publishing a paper. In all seriousness, in the past

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  Hey there!  Haven't seen you in a while.  And by "seen" I mean "you ... do one at the time, since I was dangling off a cliff in Utah and had ... that I've gotten via email/FB message/owl post in the past few months. 1

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  choices that come in the form of Freshman Learning Communities. Because most ... Learning Communities were created to allow you to branch out in these classes and learn in an environment that better suits your style. The problem

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  letter to MIT, I glimpsed a beautiful future in which all of life ... (which all had the same plot, in case you didn't notice by the time you ... of stairs in two hours on Friday night. That's 12 times up the tallest

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  but think of the time in high school that my friend Allison was giving blood to get extra credit in AP Bio (no, really) and she passed out in the middle of it, in the process missing the first hour of our ultra

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  for something I don't understand or do you mean "Techer" as in ... "technology" in the more general sense. "Life of a Tecker" was the title of my ... welcome in comments or email. If you suggest something I really like, I may

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  footage to illustrate MIT's place in the world and its swift rise to the ... portrays MIT in a way that is familiar to students past and present, and yet ... the institutions we have today is monumental in viewing MIT with more

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

  

  Gala, our student-run fashion show! Originally conceptualized in 2023 as ... yearlong effort, culminating in one joyful night of celebrating art and design at MIT. In fact–today’s the day of Gala 2025: April 27th! Setup

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • April 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  in Political Science. Two and a half years ago, after graduating again ... recap of what I did between graduating and becoming a full-time artist (in the most non-linear path I could find on Canva): Somewhere in there

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  in writing Last semester I tried to get all my writing requirements out of the way by taking two CI-Ms (communication intensive class in the major) and a CI-H(communications intensive class in humanities) that

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  The Craziest 3 Days of Soccer Ever broken records, halloween practice, and senior day!

  

  season conference title, but to beat every single team in our conference ... lift in our temporary Varsity Weight Room. There is a special weight room ... in the temporary weight room. At least we did it in style! [carousel

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  we had learned in that unit. Kanji characters and hiragana were still swimming in the back of my mind as I scootered across the bridge to my test ... interview in Japanese conducted by my professor, where a partner and I were

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  there. When I returned, I was surprised to see someone in my seat. I ... . In the process of him sitting in my chair, the seat flipped down and ... breaking it, and offered helping in any way he could. I was baffled by the

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 7, 2023