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• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she ... for Undergraduate Research OPportunities. As my family demonstrates, it ... so grateful for my lab. This blog is about how I found my UROP and what

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  way possible for me to take a quantum engineering class and get over my ... year ago because one of the professors saw me working on a project for a ... chip in December, demonstrating useful error correction for the first

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  writing gary wang’s wikipedia page why did I fill out the wikipedia page for the ftx cto?

  

   Gary Wang’s newly-created Wikipedia page. Gary Wang, for the uninitiated, is ... it out. Then I got banned from Wikipedia for vandalism. I’m not ... questions for me about what an MIT education should mean, what

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  for advice on how to make time for personal projects during the semester ... research and learning about niche startups and recruiting for tech roles when ... DISAPPOINTED upon hearing this - you thought for a while that they were going to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  Center this morning at 9.45 am sharp, the arrival time for "press planning ... time set aside for journalists to speak individually with Dr. Kornbluth ... and hear about her plans for her new role as our 18th president, and I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  they asked me what i would want to become a magician in, and for a while i wasn’t sure. most technical work doesn’t feel like magic to me - for ... outside what i thought the realm of possibility was, and for the first time

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The seniors are tired but the frosh are fine

  

  pretty lights, and we're building a rollercoaster for it, and I'm not a ... feel guilty for not doing enough, and the Aquarium Puzzle Hunt is ... 'm responsible for making sure it happens, and I didn't know I could be so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Cleaning A psychoanalysis of the recently deleted folder in my notes app

  

  how my luggage didn't arrive to Boston for four days. Then, I wrote ... far, I've deep cleaned my dorm room, put in necessary work orders for ... app, which I use religiously. For the most part, I open the app, open a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fangirl Moment kinda silly, kinda wholesome

  

  was for grad students/postdocs/researchers/profs to nEtwORk, but I was ... a staple for the part of China my dad is from. The food was great, but ... working closely with this past year. We chatted for a bit, also commenting

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Senior Week On The Blogs!!! oh no, we’re all so old

  

  Well would you look at that, it’s finals week at MIT.  Which means that for a few of your friendly neighborhood bloggers, it’s also our last week on the blogs. *cue all of the sad faces and crying emojis* Writing

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  stationed at the front desk in room 3-108 for the last 20 years. If you called ... school teacher who wrote asking for a poster of MIT to hang in your ... beaver gisel made for jessica ch'ng when she left the office (pc jessica

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Is it a video? two assignments from two classes

  

  and won't be for a while. I did not submit any kind of portfolio, but I ... ..."]subjects[/annotation] but mostly because that semester ended up being really busy for me ... than you could have ever imagined, which feels nice for some reason. My

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  prompts for the forthcoming cycle, so I'm posting them. I want to be clear ... simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words or fewer) Although you may not ... , etc. (200-250 words) Describe the world you come from; for example

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  now you are the invisible daughter for your mom.   Distance is to ... App, The one million “I miss you” through texts, And the longing for that ... . Because for a few weeks a year the now-not-so-tanned girl will return, And

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  ’s start with high school. For us, MIT was our dream school. We obsessively ... other schools, and for the first time in high school, we did. When we ... scoured Activities Midway for art-related clubs, and we went to the CMS and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  if rupi kaur went to mit milk and funny

  

  follow you i wish i knew your name but for now i’ll call you by your

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Psetting on Campus ft. an updated mapping system

  

  them up eventually... If you have any suggestions for other places you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 4, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  upbeat music to get hyped up on my march over. Pray for me. Thanks.

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ITS SPOOKY SEASON (complete) A spoopy piece of content every day for the month of October.

  

  It will usually be a meme but maybe I'll find an article or something idk. Thanks Jessie for this idea 10/1 10/2 10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 10/10 10/11 10/12 10/13 10

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 31, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  to visit improv shows and eat hot pot. For our second to last day, we took long walks between campus, the Museum of Science (free for MIT ... campus, but it’s perfect for me. No other dorm gives every resident their

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018