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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  EXCITED WHEN I SAW THIS HACK YESTERDAY. For those of you who may not have ... can name quite a few of the hundreds of really unimportant characters ... this past summer I reread the entire series for the first time in a while

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  , I turned the page, and went on, shuddering in a rising tide of despair ... two i's*. Or is it three? I can't add, remember? *Cross ... scored 40 points higher on the exam than predicted. (Or was it 50? I can

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Google

  

  Room, and the huge Google Earth device that let you see any location in ... you put together a band of the brightest minds in the world, what you ... I enjoyed and did reasonably well in was a confidence booster. Soon

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 5, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  't anything to do other than accept the reality when you have to start turning in problemsets and the semester is in full swing. Now, here we are two years later, about to become a senior this fall. Of course, one can argue

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Take Care of Us asking for change

  

  with every day that comes and I want it to change. For those of you who ... of work in a regular semester. I am...so sick and tired of being ... overwhelmed and it's difficult having to look 2025s in the face and say 'Yeah, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  of satellites, you can get better coverage for Earth observation or ... classes you enjoy?  I'm taking just four (4) classes this semester, and I ... that we'll do lots of case studies this semester too. Even in the first

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  large swathes of time to feel and think deeply at MIT. When you’re in a ... time to cry. This fucking pset is due in an hour. Maybe you’ll crystalize ... A lot of my time this summer has been spent in transit. I take the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  you can’t tell where it starts and where it ends, and, besides, I ... Francisco. If you haven't yet, you should start by reading part one. Hour 20: 9:01 AM EST, January 4th, 2023 location: South Bend, IN train: #49

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Spending the F.A.T. with Arthur Ganson A missed opportunity to build kinetic sculptures with artist Arthur Ganson.

  

  you to visit the MIT Museum and see his work in person. Here's one of ... into one grand chain reaction. The event was held in Rockwell Cage on Friday, Nov. 24.” I can’t believe I missed an opportunity to build

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  family went to my parents' friend's restaurant in Rhode Island. If you ... are even more limited now that my bike is locked up in the bike room that nobody can seem to find the key to! Anyway, we made it to Boston

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Confirmation Form If you're on the wait list, we sent you an email last week.

  

  If you were offered a place on our wait list in March, you should ... Form. Whether you wish to remain on MIT's wait list or not, please complete the form and submit it by April 25, 2014. In the meantime, be sure

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  ="Thank you Petey and the rest of the blogfam for keeping me included throughout this hiatus; I can't express enough how much I love being part of this ... think in general it came down to (1) being hosed and (2) wanting to avoid

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  semester has officially ended and I can happily say I've wrapped up the most ... classes I'm interested in, rather than just trying to fulfill random ... critically about the games I'm playing. I learned to view games not in a vacuum

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  One time in Boston, my roommates and I were studying outside near ... psets and played around in it, demonstrating in a general sense the ... aerial trapeze, in that they are both solid objects hanging from ropes. It

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A Round Two Answers to some questions

  

  course where they sit in and evaluate the class to make sure that it is covering the material that it should be. Mugho Pine asked: If you come in ... you'll want to design efficient algorithms, etc. If you were in another

  • by Bryan
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  are, what inspires you, what makes you tick. Once you get in touch with ... goin’ gets rough, you should suddenly hear a wonderful voice in your mind ... :28 p.m., you probably experienced a barrage of feelings. These might

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  want to live on, the type of room you want to live in, and who you want ... have 4 large windows that I normally open to let the breeze in. I like to turn on my music and just nap in my bed, forgetting about how difficult

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  the year by packing up all my stuff in Boston, hauling most to storage ... compete at the 2018 US Championships. I came in with a nagging hip injury ... as they compete in PyeongChang! Luckily, because I was close (ish) to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  into the semester, are exciting in smaller ways. The rest of this post is ... in Lujan’s room at EC. His roommate moved out to another dorm so he has ... ” (because Lujan is someone who can’t decide if he should go by his first or

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Events

  A Mystery Hunt Puzzle A Taste of Things to Come...

  

  , you decide to return to your 14.01, for it is due in 11 hours. Luckily ... It is 2:45 AM. You have just finished your 5.111 pset. The handwritten solutions took you 10 pages, and you're very fed up with drawing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2008