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• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  ill; don’t let this be you.   Why not? Because the unfortunate symptoms include: Feeling quite hot, but in a 100°F kind of way Fatigue, surprisingly unassociated with a heaping workload Being miserable (much more

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  change. I'm by no means bored with MIT but you can see how a year across ... From EC to Trinity Hall Last year First East was graced with a ... enthusiastic 6-1 major with a propensity to semi-conductor electronics, Rob was

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  sorted on the tools table, but here and there is a drill, a crescent wrench, a measuring tape that someone is going to come back to. Every color of ... -inch plywood instead—that stuff bends! You can’t use that for a floor!) After we

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  . There's eight courses spread over a 120-hour canvas; I'll probably drop ... indecisive is that you should sign up for all the classes worthy of ... (a devout math major who watches Jeopardy, not that this is relevant

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  this term, which is a pretty normal load. Those of you that wanted a ... 's also my advisor - in case you didn't believe the "you, too, can have a ... , so when I can't, I scour the internet for a quote that's moderately

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  town. I am very aware that I come from a place where the only thing you ... one of those experiences where you come away with distinct feelings ... , I think, is universally agreed upon to be an age at which you

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  ! All of my fire-related videos live here. Below is a reel of some skills I've learned (you can even hear Petey SM'13 saying "woo!" at 0 ... developing countries). They can be used instead of modern fuel sources in

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  support staff there should you need a little help). See the sights! 5. Touch ... kind of place where I want to be: a place where you take your talents and ... , everyone there is capable, and (here’s where it’s different than

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  there. It's dark and a little cold, although a little is gradually making ... to unspool from the rest of my body. I need a break, and luckily, I can ... . We knock on what we think is the door; a woman surfaces and tells us we

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  is a Really Good Journal.) But anyway. Since the completion of the ... , you have a DNA that encodes a protein you're psyched about, and you put ... cell dies. There's another flowchart here. It's a little short on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  this summer is living a fangirl's dream. I'm working with a TMG project called SandScape, where you have this tray of beads or "sand" that you can manipulate. A sensor above generates a 3D model of the sand, and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  go to Verdes at 2 am, I can talk about why Verdes is placed where it is ... retailers to sell it for as low price as possible, so that there is a higher ... from two very different ways-of-thinking. My dad is a nerdy engineer with

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  too. Hope all is well for you! I'm not sure if I'll have regular ... , and Sam is awesomely posting this for me. My group has been here for just under a day, and we are staying in a guesthouse near the capital for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  fateful night during a Phineas and Ferb marathon. What exactly is cream soda ... ’s version is less creamy with a light, rosy/floral taste, while the Japanese ... to how prevalent creme soda is as a flavour in South Africa. I grew up

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  much of a continuation of the fall as possible, or you can do nothing ... a weird time. A lot of people say IAP is one of MIT's best offerings ... 't agree with either of those sentiments. I like to think IAP is a sort of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  previous night. That’s right—a class where basically all you do is socialize ... spend time in anther country. It’s difficult to justify spending a ... amazing pictures of Spain here!). Second, there’s a pretty hefty program

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  there is not much we can do. We may try our best, but our best might hurt ... kick out the people in control. Are we buying into this? I am a very old ... can still eat it, but I will fall asleep very quickly. That is not very

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  about, but if you tell me, I will, but my lack of blogging is not the ... incredibly hard to get where you are. You've stayed up late for projects ... had an incredible experience thus far. No matter where you go, the work

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  there is a distinct possibility that PUF has been hanging out in the ... This is PUF! I obtained a temporary cat this summer because Ilani A ... lives on Black Hole in Random during the year, where they have a tendency

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  that “home is where the heart is” doesn't always feel helpful; there’s a ... you wanted to change. Taking root and settling down is hard. There are ... , because you need to breathe and remember that there is more to life than

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025