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• Blog / IAP

  IAΠ wherein another blogger deposits her January photos (but this time it's in late February)

  

  For a good portion of my first ever IAP, I explored ancient sites in ... horses and other quadrupeds (note: these were in every museum. I took ... ;     this was in nafplio and I just thought it looked pretty

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!

  

  would otherwise be too tedious/painful to do in 2D. I’ve been self ... bunch of pieces (which would be super tedious to do by hand in 2D), I ... didn’t know that I was going to be in charge of this year’s Pi Day video

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  This semester, I'm living in New Vassar, the newest undergrad dorm on ... 'm not sure it has a vibe yet. Seeing how new the dorm is, I thought I ... never intended to live in a meal plan dorm. I'm kind of picky about my

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  back where I started - at the check-in counters. Turns out that my gate ... ! Me: I...yesss? I...I guess so? (I guess I have DNA in all parts of me ... 'm playing sine waves in the shower. i sincerely apologize and if you need me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  , I realized that it would probably be in my best interest to take the ... importantly, in one piece. I immediately crashed when I got back. Snow is ... . Kresge Auditorium. Hayden Library.  A quote I found in front of

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  ? In any case, when I heard that there would be a demonstration involving ... course in the MIT Glass Lab, where I spent eight weeks learning about the ... to thousands of degrees in the furnace. Talk about defective! I tried

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  , you can't write that down You know I tool, it's there in black and white ... grade is comprised of 4 exams. I've been getting A-'s in the exams in that ... " entry - I just got confirmed to be in San Francisco this summer from the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  the Spire post two years ago, I had 67 hours in the game. Now I have 300 ... in my Steam library that I'm working through. The trouble is that I ... incremental game I've played, is how well-designed the core mechanics are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  As I mentioned in my last entry, Change.org is running a competition ... challenge in question, and how; [4] What networks exist between these players ... . In Round 1, people came up with 7,783 ideas. Only 87 (about 1%) made it

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  It Be—but I didn't consider myself well-versed in the Beatles ... 't interested in them enough to take an entire class on them. In May, I watched ... their music in the Beatles' earlier albums. With this, I was able to gain

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  thought that it'd be imposing of me to ask if I could get help from her in person -- much to my surprise, she asked if I wanted to meet her in person ... contributed to MIT in so many ways that I wouldn't know where to begin. So, I

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  thrown in whole, peel and all. Overall, I know how I feel—frankly, bad ... circumstances in this blog post would be particularly different if I were at any ... every muscle in my body already sore, regardless of how much physical

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  questions would you want to ask your future classmates? Like I said, we ... I've got applications on the brain. Last week, we posted the blogger applications; this week, I'm modifying the Maker Portfolio for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  would be in college and mostly have the ability to go wherever I wanted ... and being neck deep in stuff (which I would honestly still prefer over ... , would my friends and I have woken up at 4:00 am to drive for 4 hours to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  were definitely my stronger subjects in high school, and so I figured I ... in mechanical engineering -- actually I got two degrees. I had so much ... . And then I was commissioned in the Navy, and I did underwater ship

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  fare. So here I am, riding along through Central Square. I’m in the ... and started riding again. Otherwise I would’ve been late. Turns out ... 16 or younger, so I would’ve gotten off with just a scolding. But I won

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  towards the end of high school, my friends and I would religiously check the ... 't know how to use my camera.) And although I had a lot of fun sitting with ... would've done something else with it. And at this point in your year

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  what I need. It’s the first time in the last two years that I’ve stopped ... company I’m interning at put us up at a very posh apartment-style hotel in ... rises, I can spot the hills in the distance. One day, I’ll snap out of my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  -TAWN-Yuh (like “Tanya” with a “Na” in front! Or so I tell people so they don’t call ... skilled in the art of hip-hop dancing; math is my absolute worst subject; I ... thought I’d be now, MIT would be the last place I would have said—if I

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  Growing up, I loved to mock tourists. Precisely, of those who would ... childish behavior. How clueless was I? [caption id="attachment_86641" align ... the softest and calmest dusk I had ever seen. I watched it in awe for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023