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• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  for MIT. I had never rowed before college, but I fell in love with the sport and can’t imagine my MIT years without it. I am sharing my story ... : Growing up, I never thought I’d become a college rower. I was a swimmer in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  git history: As you can see, I started this project in early March ... , but in the end I'm happy with how it came out. I rewrote the chess ... boards. Play on it here. You can play against the chess engine I wrote as

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  On Sunday, I moved out of Senior Haus for the first time in two years ... at home ever since. I've been in my house for what I think is going on ... comfortable, is really not necessary for your bed. In fact, I fear that it may

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

  coffee table. And then I remembered the bulletin boards in the Infinite Corridor. I can't seem to make it to my office in the morning without ... director and I had to email Chris, who was in the middle of committee still

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Re-halloween Reuse, reduce, recycle, remember not to leave junk outside your door.

  

  machine in Random Hall's basement, so I couldn't wear it. Thus, my intent ... episode in which I spotted a motorcycle rearview mirror lying by a parking ... during orientation, I staunchly refused to buy any edible matter, to the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  make it yet. i can ignore the deadline and process my feelings in the ... until i can listen to it. in practice, no news is urgent enough that i ... , when i'm on edge and i'm worrying and things are on my mind, i can keep

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  because I've accidentally included my foot in this photo. What you can ... minutes before lifting, I sit in a corner and nibble on a breakfast cracker ... robot as thanks" in return for 15 minutes of my day, and because I am a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  I do not know if I have mentioned this on the blogs or in public, ever, but I am actually majoring in mechanical engineering. I went on a ... Potter earrings,” said my little sister.  In truth, I’d thought of zero of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  to dedicate. But simultaneously I think how much effort you put in ... humanities major at MIT. So I thought I'd wrap it all in a neat little blogpost in an attempt to talk about it. What is 21E? I am not the first

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  is that the problem set solutions can look like this. Keep in mind, I ... humanities at MIT is non-trivial. In fact, I have just proved this fact in such ... that the humanities don't unfriend me on Facebook. In my endeavors, I am

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  ’s Women’s Soccer team! I was the first in my family of four kids (who all ... . I’m a senior in college now, meaning I did my recruiting process ... outdated. This is how I went about the college recruiting process for soccer

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  I’m finally in my last semester as an MIT undergraduate, and the ... related to photography. I’ve taken plenty of HASS classes in my day, but ... at least results in good photographs). The other classes I am taking

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Writer’s Bloc

  

  (and I know you're out there) can buy it here. Dylan is currently hard ... story. Wow! I also have a friend who wrote a one-act play that was ... acquaintances from MIT who are also writers of various sorts. Before I came to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 20, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  sauce came from a can; how he counted in Spanish when he went up the rows ... off. During fall the producer and I met up intermittently in different ... same. I started going out with strangers when I was eighteen. I was in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  dance." Cynthia O' '16 and I swooned in our seats and ate free shish ... 'm qualified to be here because I am a black man in America, and that does not ... 'm not here to get you to buy a CD. I don't care if you come to my next

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  skeptics out there), I can’t say whether or not MIT is unique in its ... another life. So I indulged in the visual fantasies, especially when I came ... products were worth buying. I’d finally developed a healthy dose of marketing

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  up going in very interesting directions. I almost wish I’d had an older ... This past March, a few days after my birthday, I spent a Saturday ... Math, and classes you might not expect, such as How to Plan and Execute

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

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  .009 makes me (and how I can't stop thinking about it). Sorry it's been so long ... class in the sequence, 6.0001, because I did a bit of coding in middle school (before getting too busy in high school), so I took the Advanced

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  activities, so I didn’t participate in it, but seeing how much fun everyone had ... seemed to be every dorm but the one I was slated to live in for the next ... I had individual friends in Maseeh, I’d figured, dorm culture wasn

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  towards sleep at -9.81 m/s^2. In 12 hours, I will be in class. For now, I ... I never thought of writing in public, only one integrator remains. He ... Name I Will Insert Here After Someone Recognizes Him in the Comments

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009