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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Building a Robot in 3 Days FIRST X MIT Edition

  

  Competition (FRC). While there aren’t strict age limits, in my experience (in ... middle school students (though it targets high schoolers in many other ... summarize it all in such a short blurb so read a little more here and here

  • by Hala K. '29
  • January 25, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  on a stage in black and red Performing in the MIT Monologues

  

  and sit in a big circle on the stage, underneath the red curtains we’d just hung. Most of us were in the black-and-red we’d wear onstage, and ... met the producer in the blur of EC Rush. She pitched the concept to me

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  standardized version of Tagalog is Filipino, which in theory includes vocabulary from other Philippine languages, but in practice is more like a synonym for Tagalog. The words mentioned in the post are all Tagalog words, but

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  and actually go explore the city I live in. One of my first ~outings ... , and loved it! So in an effort to encourage you to go around Boston (or ... what could be. Just like with Dali and surrealism in general, I feel like

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  two-month period in fifth grade and the culmination of every wistful moment I’ve encountered someone in MIT play the piano with amazing dexterity. There’s a ton of people in MIT who play the piano (and everything

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Residential Life

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

  

  picture of my old room, with my key: and here is my room now. i am in a ... doubles. (i was in my room last year because covid policy meant no one was in a double, but this year we do have people in doubles, so i am now in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  In review — it’s been a good year. In reverse-chronological order, I… full sent a project, which was cool No one in my life has heard about this at all, but this fall I was in 2.009 [link]. We sent that project

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  tw suicide mention and angst!! to the skeletons in my closet ... ? the you is directed at certain people in my life and instead of writing ... to grow old and live in the same neighborhood and raise our kids and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  (Only in Texas can you legally drive 80mph on an Interstate highway!) This week, I drove about 1200 miles from my house in Arizona to the Fort ... . I start in a few hours. Now ordinarily, the trainman wouldn't be

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  How many desserts can one consume in 2 ½ hours? Five MIT students ... when I fixate on food, but it’s all in the name of science.) We began at Truly Jorg's Patisserie in Kenmore Square, which had some of the coolest

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  I listen to a lot of audiobooks. In 2023, I listened to 28.6 days ... falling in love. You're thinking their thoughts and feeling their emotions ... fork in the road, and every choice feels weighty in a place that you

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  accent wall in a deep, dark red—colors I chose as a fledgling teenager ... shared a room with my sister in the Bronx, or the room I had but was often too scared to sleep in alone in the Dominican Republic. They were mine

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  that tools will appear if the idea is planted in you. Learn about poetry ... equiped to look pretty in the lab. For example, I can pour a gel, then set ... missing something. Knowledge and practice do exist in both places, but it

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  in Cambridge, a new land of activity and opportunity, all the while discounting and dreading the place I'd lived in and known since I was a small ... the same principle of a resident versus a tourist. If you live in New

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  has been closed down. Yes, that's right: the Subway in the Student ... far, the best eating place in the entire Stud - nay, perhaps the best on ... meals, and I savored every delicious mouthful. And now, in the blink of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  In just four short weeks, my time as a MIT freshman will draw to a ... ’ve recorded in the semi-permanent realm of the blogosphere (who are we kidding, the internet is forever), and I look forward to the ones I’ll have in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  /Malawian/Ghanaian dirt compares to dirt commonly found in, say... Massachusetts? Or what sort of building materials are just laying around in these countries ... machines, like in the picture? How was it? What sort of buildings do local

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  A summer in Cambridge did wonders for my knowledge of the area. While ... some of my favorite spots in the area! Kendall Square Area 1. Dodecahedron near CambridgeSide Galleria Most people end up in the Lechmere Canal

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  you're in the middle of a problem set. Continuing in this vein (not the ... years ago, programmed some basic menu functionality in DOS, uploaded 50 emulated NES games, and hooked it up to speakers in the bathroom. He then put

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  All the food in my cabinet Like an unboxing, but an uncabineting

  

  are full. I have my own big cabinet, and baby... it's like Tetris in ... semester, it will be much emptier as I eat through all my food supplies in ... tofu, fruit, and vegetables, are perishable and live in the fridge, so

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 24, 2023