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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  school’s ultra-small math olympiad class, and spent a significant number of ... , a sort of climax emerged. I was on the path to being part of Nigeria’s ... time. I watched a few videos from MIT’s OpenCourseWare site, which hosts

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  the most challenging class I’ve ever taken) but four years of MIT’s ... good way). It’s one of the reasons why I’ve written so many blog posts ... [annotation note="Electrical Engineering and Computer Science"]Course 6's

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  in ways that impair walking, i’m sorry and i have no idea what it’s ... it’s a really nice day outside then i think you should walk slower ... . alan z ’23 also suggests being taller i. foot mechanics i think it’s

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Vicennial wikipedia says this means 20th

  

  Since my birthday falls somewhat close to New Year’s, I usually either re ... one I finished and edited in the length of one year. It’s shorter than ... capturing modern vibes (more on that), and now that’s done, and it’s… I’m just

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  Last weekend, I wrote “A Guide to Farmer's Markets". Here’s what I ... ! It’s like a piece of lunch meat!” and I cried when I was 5 years old in ... home from a friend’s mom because “he could hurt someone”. Except for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  September. You may have already seen Petey’s post Welcoming you to the new MIT ... world. It’s an incredibly beautiful space–modern, open, airy, and uniquely ... , the Story Wall just looks like, uh, a wall. It’s an approximately 25

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  , and local government law. Each week’s readings consisted of a set of ... ="115119" /] MAS.s63: Recreating the Past Taught by members of the Future Sketches ... , because there’s no way one computer can handle that much search traffic

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  , I’ve had my South African driver’s license for three years and was no ... . “What if… I just got a US driver’s license?” “Right now?” “Right now ... what they call the DMV in Massachusetts. Fun fact: In Maine, it’s called

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  least a few years after college graduation. And that’s okay. In fact, I ... …..why did I come to MIT?  Because it’s worth it. The struggle takes me places ... these short few semesters, most notably, this year’s pumpkin drop. It was

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  how starry the sky could be, and how blue. It’s almost ridiculously ... “small town girl who’s trying to make it in the big city” is overused, but ... am too old for this now.  There’s a fragment of something from

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  scheduling worked out. Turns out that 4.02A’s hours are flexible, but I got ... workshop[/annotation] and sometimes, cooking with people.  P.S. also playing ... read Fatima’s previous blogs, you know by now that I am somewhat fond of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  12-to-18 month Master’s of Engineering, only available to MIT EECS ... where about a third of undergrads are EECS majors, it’s a popular option ... yeah, and I grade things now, that’s different! The MEng program requires

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  . However— there’s a totally different logic around pole, where you hold ... trapeze. It’s fun going between different aerial apparatus, feeling the way ... end, if you’re lucky, there’s a quick round of sparring. We didn

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  this blogger does not exist join me in the uncanny valley

  

  . Monet’s painting). Then CycleGAN would spit out the contents of the input ... still some fun things to be done though :).  Here’s a look at the fake ... representations of the data’s features. Interpolation takes a weighted average of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  friends' things had accumulated in my room. A.'s water bottle standing on ... leaving it. P.'s winter coat, which she left in my room before heading down ... on for her drowsy walk from the fifth floor to the second. S.'s black

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to put together an ohms concert apparently we have a concert this weekend

  

  highest to lowest pitch). we use musescore to arrange songs; it’s a free ... king story was immediately after the death of simba’s dad. similarly one ... to accomplish (eg. it’s probably not worth it to buy a bunch of fish

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  mmmm wikipedia i ramble about my favorite wikipedia articles

  

  Technology Whoa, something in this post that’s actually related to MIT! Since ... -natured, often eliciting admiration rather than anger from the "victim". It’s not just the joke, but that there’s a warm-heartedness and a deep

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  have been to a few of Boston’s popular tourist sites. It’s been so ... Lobby 7 before it closes. It’s desperate because I hate walking in the ... Kathleen and I running to my advisor’s room to approve my schedule so that I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  Google Maps. But [annotation note='Of course, there’s other ways of getting ... ']sometimes 40 minutes of walking feels like too much.[/annotation] In ESP’s office ... much. That summer, with some of ESP’s members graduating and becoming

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  okay:("]pset cycle.[/annotation] For now, here’s a brief overview of what ... Interphase together. It’s really comforting to have a familiar face, especially ... of random things. Then I realize I have work and get back to it. It’s

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020