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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  (I wrote this entry after spending three months working in Tokyo for ... patriotic?)(Oh, alright. Duh. President's Day.) (For those of you who don ... a little spout at the top for washing your hands when your business is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  school. Yes, that MIT. The one that has swept the Putnam competition for ... , because it’s the epitome of brains and brawn. Contending for a national ... about it, it makes sense. Students come to MIT for the greatest possible

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• 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 / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  inside joke turned into a source of pride for not only the fraternity and MIT, but for all of Boston, and it was soon commemorated as a public ... yellow paint out for a brush dripping green onto the sidewalk. Looking down

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  SnowDays while you're waiting for decisions

  

  . Even if you don't close up the cut, SnowDays will close it for you. If you have a closed curve, you can find the winding number for each point ... it does that. For example, try making these sequences of cuts and see

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  design. this is one of those classes i'm taking for the fun of being with other friends in the class, my top advice for picking classes. i love how ... material changes every time it's offered and i can retake it for credit. this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• 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 / 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 / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  to be a build lead for a project, and honestly i didn't contribute much ... appreciation for mit's collective coolness has grown deeper.) i recently beat ... spire that is a vibe. it makes me think about how it's so, so unlikely for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 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 / How to MIT

  Wandering through the Infinite 3.5ish years of wandering MIT, squeezed into like one month

  

  things that caught my eye. The Infinite, for those of you who haven ... day to go to the Stud for quarantine meal plan food. [carousel image1 ... exists for every major, and if anybody has found them. This would make a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 22, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  studying topics that weren't offered in school were perfect catalysts for ... the soundtrack for the ending scenes. These songs have come to ... life. Goodbyes are hard for me. They are a deeply uncomfortable reminder

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  experience than just sitting somewhere and psetting together for hours on end ... is an Asian fusion place that used to be called Thelonious Monkfish for ... fusion place in Chinatown that is known primarily for its HUGE whiskey

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  We spent our IAPs in two different states, for the second time. We ... interested in, but are not sure if you want to pursue. Or, it’s also great for ... ice skating party, where the company reserved the whole rink for the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• 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 / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  , being a beginner is scary. For many students (myself included!) the ... campus. My friend Priscilla L. '20 and I wrote code for the software side ... chance to grow. There are three trillion trees out there for us to climb!

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 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