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• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  defense, I was very jet-lagged because it was 3am in Madrid (where I spent ... in mind. It was magical. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the technical classes. I do, but in moderation. In fact, I’m a huge fan of my one

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  bay area parties well, two of them

  

  in the last two weeks, i've been invited to two parties in the bay ... , sure. more variance in age, with what i'm pretty sure were prefrosh and ... was what people talked about. the conversations i had in this "sf party

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in Burton-Conner! What you won't see in the i3 video!

  

  I found an old clip on YouTube that I uploaded a long time ago that I somehow never blogged. One day, Adelaide '09 and I realized that we both had pirate hats, lab coats, and light sabers (I know, right?). So, what

  • by Snively '11
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  stairs. It was beautiful in a way that I can’t really explain. Anyway, I ... “dorm culture” was a thing. I wasn’t (and still am not) in any MIT 2020 ... which dorm they think they’d best fit in. I'll admit that a few of the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  COPENHELL a giant metal fest in Denmark 🤘🏽

  

  ’s shoulders throw up in the port-a-potty toilets get in the mosh pit I ... expected none of this and took it in with glee. I ran into the first shop I saw, pawed through band shirts that I’d usually find only in the back of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  in the past months, I have felt the impact of various people around ... my friends are genuinely the sole reason for my sanity in a time where ... Punjabi dialogues that I just couldn't figure out (I am not really fluent in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  . But I can't find that check box on part 1, only on part 2 (where I did ... portfolio, but I have no means to send in the pictures of my work. Can a ... , November 1. I'd like to field some of your last minute questions here in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  psyched about brains. When I was in 8th grade, my mom brought home a copy of ... more importantly, my freshman year in high school I briefly dated a ... /astro. We broke up. He didn't get in. He was devastated. You may see where

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  ’ll start knowing where things are. There are only so many intersections in ... was walking in the basement below the Infinite Corridor and I briefly ... helps. The place really, really helps. It's not quite MIT until I can walk

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  feel like I'm in that situation, I keep running. I tell myself it's all worth it. I take it all in and try to just do it. Sometimes I fail ... limits, that we can understand where they fall. Over this long and heart

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  can be myself, where I can find happiness. ** I am from the Northern ... consistently interesting times. At the same time I was in school, Boko Haram, a ... ideology where religion was being equated to terror, but many of us in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  . I was taking a bath (not really sure why this detail sticks in mind ... accused me of witchcraft, I was a sophomore in High School, tutoring a seven ... . I was getting a tuberculosis skin test, which I needed in order to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  thousand of miles and an entire country away (in Toronto), I can only send my ... , where every school in the entire county has been closed. San Diego County ... size of the fire and frequency of water dumps), I can't help but think

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  Tumblr is where I put a lot of this reflection. In particular, I seem to ... trying to be positive. Still, I don’t believe in blanket statements. I like ... on the internet, I was surprised in the last couple years to find an

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  number is not 100% set in stone. I am not yet sure how many bloggers will ... transition, we can trust you. ;-) If you wish to apply in the RA round, the ... questions? Just post 'em in the comments and I'll update this entry

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  months and reflect on what it meant to me. Living in Boston I spent most ... one AC in the living room, under which I conveniently situated my desk (Alysse didn't mind, since she worked in a lab on campus). I would wake up

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  weld. I can set up in minutes now, steady and sure. Many more projects ... in and weld your seat tube. This would be very simple had I in fact ... is bad). So I came in to D-Lab and did a lot of practice welds, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  Design and Manufacturing I (2.007 in nerd-speak) involves two ... .72), where students work in groups of three or four working to solve a problem ... challenge that can always be met. In his lectures, he starts with a problem

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  So like Mitra pointed out in her blog this week, this week MIT ... activities and stuff that I'd want to do, I decided to get all my homework done early and take my free Monday off to get ahead. And so I did. Cue the fun

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  really been patient. When a big event looms, I mark its approach in a big ... explains the “bawling, puking and hair-pulling” antic I mentioned in my ... later, I went to my high school where Pi Day was being celebrated. I spoke

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013