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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  What is a zonotope? Get a sheet of paper and draw some vectors in the plane, no two of which are parallel. I picked four vectors. In this ... [annotation note="What do these colors remind you of? Google? The MBTA

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  I have read slightly over 200 pages’ worth of papers this week. I procrastinated 115 of them until the day before I had an assignment due on said ... that I now have spent 1/15th of my [annotation note="we get $300 of print

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  sharp and soft featuring: my favorite naruto moment

  

  says something along the lines of: people are their blades! bluntness ... dedication of the self, and this naruto battle… well, i suppose you can ... , and it is only through constant commitment to some kind of value or

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 21, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  storytelling so much that it's become a pillar of my identity — it's why I chose ... , the stories you relate to are a direct reflection of your personhood. Once you've found them, you've unlocked the essence of storytelling. So

  • by Ella T. '25
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  Rats for ninety years, and they're a hugely important part of MIT tradition.  Every freshman class has a Ring Committee, who put in tons of time ... specific set design). In February of sophomore year, the design is announced

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

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

  

  blog post, but I've been trying to see more of Boston and Cambridge this semester. My method of doing this has been going out to [annotation note ... a LOT of new ~culinary experiences~, and I've gotta say that going out

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  to scream. In a single moment, shaking under a stream of hot water, an entire month’s worth of pain and exhaustion and fear came bubbling up through my fingertips. I’d broken up with my partner of three years from

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Summer With Tulip Interfaces, Inc guest post by Sharon L. '21

  

  *written by Sharon L. '21 as a part of the 8,726,500 Seconds of ... devices in between. Regardless of your role within the factory, whether it ... on the monitors. That’s one of the problems the startup I’m working at

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  big city lights and into the "suburbs" of Cambridge (which is where MIT ... BAHFest (Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses), “a celebration of well ... ” (I've blogged more about BAHFest here). This year, two out of six

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  If you haven’t been following the results of the most recent LEGO ...  recently won (!!) with a set of extraordinary women in NASA. Maia is currently ... of my favorite excerpts from the interview: About her initial LEGO

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  Today is the eighth day of fall and the first day of winter in my ... of it (recognizing it as idealistic, possibly self-centered and a ... Syllabus Areas of Development 1. Intellectual 2. Physical 3. Artistic 4

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music, Photography, and Two.js i am proficient at two (2) of these things.

  

  (basically just a gathering of a bunch of people with really nice synthesizers ... ton of time writing music lately - MIT is definitely an inspiring place artistically. For my Jazz History course, I've been listening to a lot of jazz

  • by Joe B. '18
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  things are becoming clear to me. This time of year my life has long been full of finding out about the lives of those who are applying to MIT and ... got to see applicants admitted and then watch them become a part of our

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  ’s Sunday morning now, daylight savings time is weird) on the 6th floor of the ... ; I had tests in three of my classes: 9.65 (Cognitive Processes), 20 ... computer managing the news department of The Tech like I normally do as well

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  , which featured winds and pressures (975 mb) characteristic of a Category 2 ... areas of Western Massachusetts. This kind of snow, which is unusually dense, can exceed 10 pounds per square foot in weight. And because of a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  T-Minus Six Days Ready for the best four days of your life? CPW 2010 ftw!!

  

  struggling under the sudden influx of CPW-related e-mails, and my willpower to study is slowly but surely slipping away. I can't wait until all 1100+ of you get on campus! It's going to be EPIC. As those of you who tuned

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  Thanks to the carefree nature of my elementary and middle school years, I have experienced a fair share of field trips, including a couple to the Museum of Science, one to a theater production of "There's a Boy

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  , the entirety of the drawer declares mutiny and goes madly deskless. It ... place on the hierarchy of desk assembly, and it took me at least 45 ... 've had a harsh life. Why complain? I can afford the luxury of reattaching

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things You Shouldn’t Do And something I did

  

  upon, Winnie has agreed to take over for now and help all of bloggers ... of the technical aspects of blogging are maintained and taken care of. She can change all of our banner pictures, update our biographies

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  The land of 85% humidity, cheap food, and scooters that can ... hum of the air conditioner, the lazy sunlight streaming in through the ... . booyah!). And yet, now it's all over. I've completed all of my science

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008