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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  Today, winter left Boston. I woke up and found that the snow had melted, the ice had mostly thawed away. The streets were clear and the air was warm. I walked around without a hat or gloves and didn't feel the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  by this state of flow, and this deep love of the essence of the game ... high-school I resolved to play infinite games. To find and fight for the beautiful ideals in this world. To shout from the past and into the future

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  , nonetheless help govern and organize our lives. Combine that fascination with ... these classes), and you can hopefully understand why I was so excited to ... . There are a few things I like about this schedule, and a few things I don

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  difference when we are all in different places, time zones, states, and ... exhilarating and utterly terrifying days I’ve had in a long time. Especially since I’ve become a real-life potato since quarantine started and things

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  United States from China and Taiwan, making her a second ... tacos and a reliably lively crowd at 2 A.M. on the weekends. It’s a place ... coupons attached to one of our refrigerators and an entire system for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  students will often proceed to ISEF-affiliated regional fairs, and then state ... , representing the Georgia State Science and Engineering Fair Bilal A. '20 ... , partially because it's hot even inside with the AC nominally blasting, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  doing yet, and GOSH DERN IT I'M GONNA DO 'EM, FOOLS! I am proud to ... Junot Diaz and I am going to get him to sign my book and holy moly I am going to walk the same hallways he walks and holy moly Junot Diaz. Between

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  group has a piano keyboard, and I’ve downloaded MuseScore. It’s my first time approaching music as a creative outlet, and to be honest, I’m not ... ’s Sour album and realizing how wonderfully she captured the pains of first love

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  " on a heater, and let it heat up for 20 minutes while the a computer ... , thermodynamically, electrically, and philosophically. So, twenty hours of MATLAB and ... '07 is printing out in dazzling color as you read this, and nary a good

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  faking it? Did I ever? And these questions just repeat in a loop in my ... “My name is Paige, and I'm a bit of an optimist. Or at least, I try ... digress.) But regardless, I typed the thought, hit post, and put it out into

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  state-supported childcare, and the numbers of women in the workforce are ... at my high school, so I joined my friend and only other female teammate (Ariel S. ‘18 at University of Michigan) at an external team that was not

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  and share some of the old bookmarks I was digging through today. It's a ... love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Believe It, Then Don

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  Boston-area community, and our university administrators being, as at most universities, extremely open-minded and supportive of diverse populations, people ... write entire entries on many of these topics, and I'll answer more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  detect front and back foot taps with a fair degree of accuracy.  But you ... am, to have regular access to a 3D printer and a laser cutter and drill presses and countless other tools that young Jony Ive probably never had in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  , but, but these are all my classmates, and it says 'degree awarded' on ... DID YOU KNOW? The drummers for the bands Queen and Duran Duran are ... this week, but I was just never really in the state of mind to finish

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  difference. Anyway, I offer you a tale of suspense and... you know, other ... of Transportation calls a "processing error" and what I chalk up to general incompetence, my driver’s license states otherwise. According to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  areas in the United States. And you can get student discounts to ... questions and comments at the Early Action webcast. I've enjoyed getting to know you online and in person, and I have loved your memes and inside

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  and cross the Harvard Bridge without getting knocked over by a militant ... willows echo the curves of smoothly arching bridges and cyclists have the ... sunbathers sprawled supine like sardines on a plate, over the stone bridge and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  States"]Juneteenth,[/annotation] an institutional day off for staff, today ... and working [annotation note="one UROP and one job, technically ... light that filters through the windows each morning and shakes my unruly

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  're academically stylish and enter the Institute with enough panache and credits to ... solid state chem. -Find a UROP. -Blog about my most excellent and ... Engineering and Computer Science). Someone took this information, typed it onto

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008