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• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  ) clubs I’ve been a part of (both by being in leadership positions, and in ... life or how much you'd learn in each class. There is so much learning ... academic policies, which will be in place next year! Rona and I, both on that

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Money

  ew taxes the new zealand government owes me money

  

  Today I finally filed the tax returns I’d been putting off since March 2018. From September 2017 to August 2018, I lived in Auckland, New ... . . . well . . . it seemed annoying, and I wasn’t really sure how much the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  taking catnaps and eating cookies. I've managed to get a few experiments in ... Ohhhh, finals week. This year, I have the distinct pleasure to only ... , since I had one on Friday afternoon and the other is Thursday morning

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Revolution Some really cool things are happening in Boston

  

  neat historical sites in Boston. I signed up for this FPOP because I ... (liguid nitrogen truffles? How did I miss that?!). I challenge you to read ... Orientation are quite similar. In fact, the reasons I admire the Founding

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  -da! (Oh, all photos in this entry are courtesy of my Mac's webcam since I ... to walk how we want it to. At the end of the month I'll try to write a ... Well, my two weeks of no IAP agenda have come to a close and I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  this blogger does not exist join me in the uncanny valley

  

  up my alley in terms of what I do for my UROP, so I gave it a shot this ... because I was in front of a plain white background, but the model didn't quite learn how to disentangle foreground from background (i.e CJ

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  to New York City with me. there's also the fact that I'll be in Africa this summer; I'm interning in Cape Town through MISTI, which is both ... rid of my belongings, which felt odd since I've collected so much in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  borderline uncomfortable in terms of workload. We'll see how well I can keep it ... finishing the new paint job in my room, which I'm happy with. It's nice and ... * Then, it was mattress dominoes time. I mentioned this in my last entry

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sororities @ MIT- Become a part of it! Come to the first day of recruitment on September 1st to learn more about what…

  

  in mind, I would really encourage incoming female freshmen to at least ... where some of the sisters live (for example, I still live in the dorm ... member: “No one in my family had been greek, so pretty much everything I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat the heat in the Z Center Pictures of the MIT gym

  

  . There's also a huge indoor track field, but I couldn't get in because I ... rink in the winter, but was no longer there when I took pictures) and the ... This morning I went for a miserably hot run along a busy road by my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  existed. I had never known anyone to compete in any of them, or even ... beyond   While in Almaty I also made some time to visit the local ... accredited postsecondary institutions in America. I spoke to ~30 local Kazakh

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  them out, I always find them extremely valuable and interesting. So–in ... decisions about what to include, where to put things, and how viewers would ... constellations of objects and events in time.” Without spoiling too much, I

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 18, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Post-finals stress? Oh, it happens. Trust me.

  

  . Also, I'm going to be in Madrid in 4 days and still don't have an ... 're up to over ten bucks! How crazy is that?! Ben, I think you really are a ... I was lucky enough this semester to have only one final exam, which I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Things change, but the friends remain

  

  this in the only way I know how :) [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIxbyMxSrcM[/embed] PS - As I read the previously published blogs, I see a bunch of us have picked up running. I guess that's what happens in your late 20s and 30s.

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  :00 am alarm seemed just way to early) I arrived in Seattle in time to go ... too. So now I find myself on an airplane in the early morning heading ... the next ten days I’ll be in Sacramento, San Francisco, Lafayette, and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  the sodium-lit image appear in the bath of developer, I pretty much left ... Association. In addition to photography classes (I usually take one a term), the ... closet). Since I spend most of my time in the SAA darkroom (I practically

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  is a thing, I asked Christina to write up a brief history of how this ... Graduate Program in Science Writing; another was Caroline Mak '18, who had ... initiative. Because I was involved a bit at the beginning, and because I think

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  goes, like, ten feet in the air and has seat belts that I suspect are ... If you weren't aware, REX (Residence EXploration) is going to be in ... in the courtyard, which temporarily becomes a sprawling playground of 2

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  . Got it. Ok, how do I fill this form out? The form has fields for you to ... ; put it only in the subject section like this: Java I (taken at B ... that is required of all students (including those admitted or deferred in

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  were up at 3 am doing [insert mundane thing here]?" I wish I knew how ... , in retrospect, and I hope that I'm able to participate in at least one ... exploration"]REX[/annotation] was a week. A week. In just that time, I forged

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020