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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  roots in my father’s nation, Ethiopia, and my mother’s, China. I consider ... !) (and also hands and feet, in case that wasn’t clear). I speak Chinese fluently; I can communicate pretty well in my dad’s regional language, Kafa

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Lost, Hosed & Confused I got hacked today.

  

  You know how in Saturday morning cartoons, there's usually some guy ... happened to me today. After my 24.900 lecture this morning, I decided to take a brief nap in the student lounge off of the Infinite Corridor. When I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  on friends / minsan in which i ramble about friendship

  

  , and I collapse in a couch at a lounge. This was, in fact, how their quad ... classmates any more, because they were all in college. How every time I hung ... are rolling around suitcases. We would be travelling to Princeton in two

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  a few seconds in my brain), I deduced the entire plot of the film ... , no, I am not one of those people. Not just because I’m busy and generally dislike superhero movies, but because I know exactly what will

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  ' return to campus, I reveled in the laughter and greetings heard down the ... . How supportive are MIT faculty in encouraging students' ideas? What research opportunities are available? In preparation for a visit program, I

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  emotional wreck, but I think it’s just something that comes with being in a ... old me. There’s change in the air too, and with every breath I take inside the MIT bubble, I feel myself growing in so many ways. I want to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life or something like it Apparently this blog is supposed to be about my life. So here's some stuff about…

  

  allowed to drop a class without penalty, was last Wednesday, so I'm in all ... finished in January. I have a lot of neurons to image on the confocal ... bathroom. Of course, according to Murphy's Law, I passed two professors in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  out." In my sleepy haze I grabbed the marker from him and went to the ... would work. I was half asleep when I wrote it. Faith is hard to come by ... battles too, no matter how poor the odds seem. I slept like a rock for 2

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  where I would stay the night in case all the busses ran out of room ... presentation in the same week, I'd never been so behind on work. For Thanksgiving ... the alignment of three celestial bodies in orbit. I was deep in the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  semester, I haven't had time to process it all. In lieu of a more thoughtful ... to some...[annotation note="I count in my inbox at least eight or nine ... of variety in my cooking, but i like it, so whatever" /]   I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Top Ten of All Time; 2024 Edition ft. Barack Obama aka Minesweeper Monday EP 2

  

  In this episode, which was most certainly posted on a Monday, I talk about making a pizza, and how Simmons hall doesn't have a sheet pan in any of the 6 kitchens, but has a muffin tray in every single one?? None of

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 7, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  have studied a foreign language... the only languages I studied in high ... not much I would rather be doing with my time. However, I am afraid ... want to hear. Should I consider answering in a more conventional

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  jazz, I've been picking up some info on how this particular Boylston St ... two women conversing in Spanish. And I generally throw in a bit of Tamil ... about how annoying it is to be sick. I like it at this Starbucks! It

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  yet. We'll know when they do. Already, I'm aware of how ensconced in my ... that spills outward invites warmth with it. Kamoya and I head in, closing ... -up pidgin English, as I take in the apartment. I wish him a happy birthday

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  In August I celebrated my four year [annotation note ... Student Financial Services. Essentially, in the months when I’m not reading ... Preview Weekend In the fall of 2017, I introduced a new set of brand

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  cool enough to make me continue in the physics track, so I showed up for ... feel it with physics, too. There must be some reason I made room in my ... which was just singing is now in shards on the table, speaks to how

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  I don’t believe in quantum physics. Yes, I know that all the math ...  real. I simply refuse to believe in such strange, unintuitive physics that I ... mechanical). And I suppose every chemical reaction in my body keeping me alive

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Finally back in the office! When we last left off, I'd just finished ... day, which was neat for me because I was actually born in Philly. My ... 't already. Yum. Tuesday I woke up and drove to East Brunswick HS in NJ to

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  in the math community. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to ... entire AoPS crew are doing. I hope that if you're interested in and excited ... plurality of whom where students in grades 6-10. I spoke briefly to the group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  I have been reading applications for 5 days in a row. Well, I took ... Sunday. One would think I'd be efficient at it by now, but I'm still ... - that I'll get faster with experience. I wish Matt would offer a seminar

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004