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• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  now I’m nostalgic for the academic buildings at night. I miss eating ... ’t spend any time on campus. I'm tired of moving around, but honestly, every cross-country move was worth it, including this most recent one. I’m glad

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  programs! I’m super excited to have him as a thesis advisor because he’s done ... : Working on my thesis: I’m having trouble with implementing code to access ... : aka, what I’m doing right now! Preparing to TA: I’m TAing 14.02 this

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  'd think that these rituals played a different role. I'm no anthropologist ... , worship, prayer. I'm not religious myself, but I wouldn't dismiss the value ... , you know, something something structural functionalism.) Four And now I'm

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  way down - I'm not into e-readers or reading through PDFs. But, again ... , and it ended up being worth it, cause I'm gonna be PUBLISHED WOOOOOO!!! (blog post coming soon) I'm not sure what motivated me to be way better

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  I’m also interested in math-related things that aren’t directly math ... higher and higher, but never reach infinity. (Again, I’m interested in math ... guess, although I tend to downstack quite often. I think I’m decent at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  it, but now that I've seen how impactful it is, I'm hooked. When I ... own computer is quite the feat, and I'm so proud of my peers for what ... get to places. I'm also pretty excited to see all the places I never got

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  first "tech-y" job. And occasionally, since I'm a legal adult now, I get ... .[/visually_hidden] [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM[/embed] As soon as the ... _hidden]A photo of me at the Museum of Science is shown. I'm in the Mirror Maze, so

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  .172- 11.011 changed my perspective on my moral compass, what I'm good at ... and helped me define what I'm really interested in. "the weight ... , who go to an NGO school. "21M.600 - It fundamentally changed the way I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  that much, except for sometimes pretending I'm reading papers on an i ... one who had Windows, and he literally just looked at me and said "I'm ... what I was doing while I was doing it, but it worked! In fact, I'm

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  -and-coding heaving schedules I’m used to. In a way, it’s really nice—I’m being ... of text, and the fact that it’s in French, I’m pretty easily spending ... called a CI-M—communication intensive in your major—which means it deals

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  , where I’m being a lot more ambitious: Fiction: China Rich Girl by Kevin ... --ambitious, since I’m leaving for Ethiopia on August 6th and was in China until June ... Alibaba Corporation. I’m going to be honest and say that I don’t think I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  think 25/31 is pretty good, and even a month later I’m still more ... thesis. I’m not sure exactly when that happened, but I know why. For a ... human being—to bring them into the world. I’m told that this is a

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  looked at you with furrowed brows and a surprised look. Why? Why I’m ... . There were other variants—“I’m not interested” and “Please I’m busy” and ... ?” I’m not very good with public speaking. Heck, people have a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  . It was a beautiful week. Now, I’m back to the usual battle with ... plot I type up doesn’t feel like a world I’m creating. It feels like one I'm discovering. These people, with their dreams and their stories

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  M. '14 magically made the projector work. ESP SECURITY: I LOVE YOU SO ... exoplanets (which entails talking about pulsars, which I'm always very happy to ... Robots What is a Narwhal? The Architectural styling of I. M. Pei How

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  I’m in my room, clacking away on my laptop, my fingers slowly ... different positions. Sometimes, I work sprawled on my bed, usually when I’m ... guess it’s one born of euphoria. I’m done with midterms for the semester

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  was around three a.m. on a Tuesday morning when, weak-eyed and drained ... from noon to five p.m., and I got back to my room feeling somewhat ... understand what’s going on…” It was close to three a.m. when I slept, waking

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  -core temperature (you can tell I'm enjoying my biology class). If one of these ... and torpedoed it around firmly, screaming, “HI, I'M (blank)! NICE TO ... conversation less...usual. Person: Hey, what's your name? Me: Hi, I'm Vincent

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  way of saying I'm leaving. Yes, this is a goodbye post. But don't worry ... ! (And maybe the return of m_quinn but hopefully not.) So, in usual admissions counselor fashion - I'm going to use this last pulpit opportunity

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  design pitch. I'm currently taking the Course 20 (Biological Engineering ... concert. I return home and feel like I'm forgetting something. O RITE (get it?), I'M LEAVING THE COUNTRY TOMORROW MORNING. Frantic packing ensues

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013