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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  . In the beginning of the month, I was struggling to figure out how to ... , and I would assume a similar percentage for Japanese as well. Learning ... realized that I would actually be quite bored there. My Japanese language

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  absolutely the right decision. I took three classes in my major this last ... humble about my test results. In 2.004 I was getting 90-95 percent on the ... didn't take it as one. My other scores in the class would be enough to

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  Signs that I would someday Do Science can be traced to when I was 6 ... rediscovered a diary that I kept in first grade. My favorite entry reads ... out. I thought that my friend Eric would find this amusing, so I took a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  The other day, I had a little epiphany that came to me in the shape ... surprisingly large part in my conception of self over the past two years. I ... . February 20, 2020: I write my name on a little piece of paper, sit in 10

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  was clear. I would get all As in school, continue learning programming ... 's Team 97 that 2007 FIRST season. I came in knowing how to write "hello ... to make your decision (in favor of MIT). Also, I've added some new

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• 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 / Life after MIT

  Perspectives from Deutschland Ich bin Anna und ich studiere Astronomie!

  

  stitching together a support network. In retrospect, I realize how important ... University of Marburg. In the morning, I will walk for twenty minutes to my ... ’t forgotten me, but here’s a quick review: I majored in physics and graduated in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  secondhand stories an allegory

  

  reviews, and i ended up falling in love with a few of them. then i found out ... time, i've never actually seen an improv show in person, just read about ... months of waiting, i learned that i got the role. in fact, i was lucky

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 22, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wryping styles wryping = writing + typing

  

  necessary, i end my sentences with a period. This is how I usually write on ... calculated, slower, reasoning System 2. I feel when I type in this kind of ... backspace quite frequently in search of better grammatical phrasing. I do

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 29, 2018
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  've been here for more than a month, I wanted to check in and find out how ... … Xian: I used to worry about being the oldest intern in our cohort, since ... 's people who've been in the industry for decades now. I can't imagine that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  have a test tomorrow?] So I, the gallant boyfriend, am stepping in to ... sophomore year I worked in the Aerospace Controls Labratory (ACL) and ... /c planes when I was 7, and I attended and competed in various r/c events

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006
• 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 / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  existence or what I was having for lunch the next day or what I would sing ... . Which is also just about the best thing in the world, now that I think of ... !xobile Time: 12:48 PM Subject: long story I had a dream that I went out in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• 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 / 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 / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  magic wand and have all my stuff moved for me, I would.) My boyfriend ... in A-Entry for the summer -- actually, strictly speaking, I had been living in A-Entry for my first three years at MIT. But I'm moving to D

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• 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 / 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 / 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