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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Me again (but with flamethrowers this time) yup, it's a shameless ploy to catch your interest. But it's working, right?

  

  archives). I've got to imagine that this was a serious facepalm moment for ... . I'm a complete sucker for historical stuff like that, which is why I ... "most read" on the side for a quick idea of what it's about). Then there

  • by Alina G. '11
  • February 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  how i handle canker sores not professional medical advice

  

  've started using it, I haven't gotten a single canker sore, except for one week ... For the last several years, I've been getting canker sores around the ... . They last about a week, and can make it painful to eat or speak. Their

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s trending?: My Computer Vision final project Where trendy styles = adding styling to trend lines

  

  .  This may seem like a pretty simple problem. For humans, it is often ... slope. It is a testament to the human visual system that for computers, this is not a trivial problem. For instance, imagine the variety of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  conducted research for a report on how the next administration should approach China. Next up, we'll be working on a grant proposal for a project that ... and a Goldman Sachs Global Leader in 2007, she was a finalist for the

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  garden insulates the building and offers a quiet haven for residents ... National Real Estate Investor reports that "a green building can pay for ... -filled apartments is quite steep. For $3000-4000 per month, you too can live in a one

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anna Teytelman: Japanese Hip-Hop Extraordinaire! Anna Teytelman studies Japanese hip-hop and culture at MIT's Hyperstudio.

  

  website will also be used as a resource for Professor Condry's Japanese ... When most people say they have a UROP, you can immediately imagine them sitting at a lab bench while wearing a white lab coat, safety

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  was kind of sad to think about for a while. Really, Allison? You have no ... to knit. It was a \ funny hobby for two fourth graders to have, since ... ’t picked up my needles for a loooong time. One day, though, I was in the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  , too, with a penchant for chess and crossword puzzles. He's headed to MIT ... sought after by top colleges -- a remarkable achievement for any teen, and ... him that was a prerequisite for going to elementary school. At 3, he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  , sang for two and a half hours in concert choir, freaked out over The ... particularly good for freshmen because there's always someone doing a problem set ... which point Housing puts you in a temporary dorm. You live there for a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  unit credit for a lot of other AP tests, and if you score a 5 on English ... runs the course and for the most part approximate a final exam in that class. If you take the ASE, the grade you get on the test stands in for a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  years to (1) decide on a major and (2) wait for avocados to go on sale. I ... going home for Thanksgiving. -Understand gyroscopes. -Take a quiz in ... a JPG image with my picture, stuck it on my blog page while it was

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  originally drawn for the awesome Aquil Fannis.  But I decided to take a break ... . -_- -___- No comment. Resolutions for 2015 2014 was a charged year for the ... joke well in advance, and is currently staging a protest in form of a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  pretty similar to a Bolognese sauce for pasta, except a little spicier. But ... 's dining hall and paying $10 for a three-course dinner. I love lists. 1 ... Cafe. For 75 cents you get as much brown rice as you can fit on a plate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  ”, like a sheet of paper rather than a box. These three vectors, for example ... What is a zonotope? Get a sheet of paper and draw some vectors in the ... picture, I drew them all originating from a single point, and with

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  I(t)A(ly)P trippin in the off season

  

  wrong with a photodump. Anyway, here's what I've been up to for some of ... A friend of mine gets airline buddy passes through his dad which ... non-freezing temperatures. Also, the food was gr9. Whenever I plan a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is MIT a diverse community?

  all backgrounds. We know that while for some students getting into a school like MIT may seem like only a dream, there are many students ... At MIT diversity isn’t simply a word, it is an integral part of the
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  for me, but someone else would post a short solution using a clever ... tool for my mathematical education: I kept writing posts about a subject ... been writing to offer me a job writing handouts for one of AoPS's

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  for his shoulders, her arms clamping gently onto them. “Have a seat ... have been mistaken for a safe box with a screen. From within it, The Real ... were pulled chin-level and the swath of darkness became a refuge for his

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  dont want to write ah

  

  how we managed to fit three people in my single room. they stayed for a ... was a counselor for a few years too. there's a promys meetup every jmm ... performance groups do their semester performances, and i don't go to a lot of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  ."]multi-instrumentalist[/annotation]/educator known for basically being a modern-day Mozart. That is to say, he’s an ... person who led the effort for him to come to MIT! The residency ended in a ... ), and a lot of Jacob's music is just a bit too avant-garde for me. Still

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025