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• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  protochess differs in the approach, though. The first step to writing your own ... , antidiagonal) to and from the relevant 8 bits. We can use the first rank as a ... . . . . . . . bitboard = bitboard >> 2 * 8 //Shifts the bitboard down to the first

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  weaved through the horde of students in the Infinite to get to lobby 10 ... , most recently in 11.124 Introduction to Education. I loved hearing about Haley’s experience teaching Splash, a weekend for high school students to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  're going to be fine. My expectations remain high - and that's the key ... admissions counselor fashion - I'm going to use this last pulpit opportunity ... excuse to NOT to maintain our friendship.) Ok - Dear Prefrosh, There are

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life in the Fast Lane why do i walk so fast?

  

  , connecting the “main block” buildings on campus"]Infinite Corridor ... lackadaisical pace, gazing around at the trappings of academia and stopping to ... . Everything at this institution feels like it has to be hyper-optimized for time

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 29, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Boston, through the lens of my children Visiting Boston at 37 years of age was ...

  

  . For those counting at home, that means I was admitted to MIT nearly 20 ... I was when I was admitted to MIT. Ok, we're going to stop this now ... , I cannot believe I chose to backstitch numbers that are only 1 stitch

  • by Snively '11
  • October 19, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  from World War 2 to COVID-19. It uses 80 years of AI-enhanced archival footage to illustrate MIT's place in the world and its swift rise to the ... portrays MIT in a way that is familiar to students past and present, and yet

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  Hi blogosphere! I've wracked my brain wondering how to introduce myself to you. The ghosts of Uncle Labs and Beatriz have haunted me all weekend. I cannot hope to match their wit and experiences, but I am SO

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  moving out i'm leaving for a bit

  

  . Friends wandered in at odd times; sometimes to say hi, sometimes to share a hug, sometimes to tool in the comfort of silent company. I spent many ... , then, to strip these four walls of my existence. Photographs make a poor

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 12, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  the first of my grad school app deadlines: an application to the NSF ... first applications. I don't want to go full "edgy teen" on you with this ... : reflective, personal, and trying to get people to accept me for something

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  Building 7, home to the famous lobby that marks the start of the Infinite ... accessible and become quite useful when you want to avoid various above ... . Once said novelty is firmly affixed to said vacuum attachment, the lid

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  (Amelie style) on my old blog in August 2004, but it's pretty hard to find ... moved to Northern California in 2000, just in time for warm weather and a ... American Idol's Simon Cowell really entertaining. To be honest, I'm in love

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  , walking down the infinite corridor, going to classes, swimming at the Z ... who applied for EA got a chance to contact your EC and have an interview ... to talk about what goes into an interview report. What we won't see in

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  and EMT!  Little did I know, my new skills as an EMT were going to be ... out of bed and walking around, trying to force myself to fall asleep.  I ... hours for me to fall asleep and it is really hard to stay asleep. At 1am

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Blog] What It’s Like Studying Design at MIT Recounted by two seniors

  

  “modern” architecture, investigating what it means to be modern in the first ... taking it this semester! Based on the first class, it seems to be an ... blunders in my first few semesters—taking unnecessary classes, having to

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / MISTI

  six MIT students walk into a german bar iap '26 #2

  

  to international office to receive my dorm key. Upon this, I was ... [annotation note="Global Teaching Lab"]GTL[/annotation] program for the first time, in which MIT students are sent to dozens of countries around the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 16, 2026
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  attention to it like I am right now lol). I think it’s not bad for a first ... but especially Water, Keys to the Kingdom, and Otherside. I haven’t seen ... complete in steps. You first have to complete the modules needed to complete

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can first-year students conduct research?

  Research at MIT aims to develop innovative solutions to the world’s most daunting challenges. From addressing the energy needs of tomorrow to ... students in all majors and all class years (including first-year students
• Blog / How to Human

  finding good what i look forward to

  

  your requirement for an Intro to Python class! Firstly, kudos to you ... events of the past week. But to sum it up I thought I'd put it in short ... , there was no possible way for me to pass 6.009 unless I did extremely well

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 4, 2020
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  The first day of classes is tomorrow. [annotation note='like, of ... my head. Nerves tightened. I couldn't quite get myself to bed. The first day of anything can always feel a bit stressful—but that must

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  tunes of interphase! or, how to leave home and look cool doing it

  

  headphones during trips through the Infinite to get to class or the Edgerton ... meticulously. The deep breaths I’d worked so hard to take on my first day at ... truly all my own for the very first time. It’s all beginning to end It

  • by Angie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024