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• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / Life after MIT

  Boston, through the lens of my children Visiting Boston at 37 years of age was ...

  

  currently is, and I'm not totally sure how I feel about that yet. BUT WAIT ... . For the third time in four years I found myself in the greater Boston area. In 2022 I attended CPW and live-streamed a marathon cross stitch

  • by Snively '11
  • October 19, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life see what we're up to

  

  normal day, and post them on the website. To be honest, I'm not sure how ... It's 2am, I'm up reading about plane crashes (more on my classes ... 's yearbook (and, relatedly, the photography/design club) is hosting A Day in

  • by Piper '13
  • September 22, 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 / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  of the labs in the tunnels. I enjoy passing by quick performances in ... freshman year, I’ve lived on Beast, a floor in the dorm East Campus. While I ... . Places I finished building my loft! In the fall, during the week before

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023
• 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 / 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
• 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 / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  it would have been more effective if it had been, I don't know, funny ... slight rivalry between Harvard and MIT. Whenever I'm talking to prospectives or tourists, I explain that the rivalry is kind of a one way rivalry

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  end. It seemed like only yesterday when I stood in front of Lobby 7 with ... doesn't seem that far away from yesterday. Now, I just want to fill in ... MIT, I was surprised to find fliers in the hallways advertising for SAT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  because it gives me a captive environment in which I basically have nothing ... the issue altogether? You'd think that as an MIT student, I would have ... I've always said I don't believe in linear time, but this is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005