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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Xanga Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part one.

  

  with only one or two people. 09. I can't live without lipgloss. 10. I can ... person. 21. My first kiss was in middle school. 22. I want to go to art ... can be mean when I want to. 26. My dreams are bizzare. 27. I paint boys

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  stations set up in Maseeh, I decided on the safest option there is: a freshly ... ate: It looked like I had waken in on an asian-inspired dinner menu ... consensus is that this is in fact the best dining hall on campus. What I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  humanities major at MIT. So I thought I'd wrap it all in a neat little blogpost in an attempt to talk about it. What is 21E? I am not the first blogger to major in 21E, nor will I be the last. I actually decided to

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

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  I designed as my group members snuck micro-naps in the back. The ... -staged photos suggest: I can't reveal what I was working on, but I can say ... running around New York trying to cram in as many experiences as I could

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2019 everything from autobiographies to magic the gathering blog posts

  

  original, and I’m not sure I can convince you to read Homestuck in two ... dedicate my life to something so important when i’m in a place where i can ... . Instead, it seems, I can eat. I've always liked food, but now I'm bent on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  Calculus: I can't mention 18.02 without describing Professor Poonen, an ... 's conjecture sums up the year nicely, as of right now. I came in, as countless ... natural intelligence drop off, I can seriously get to work on pursuing more

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  drinks cool. I opened the fridge in the middle of the night to grab ... to be hardcore and sleep outside in the snow. Sam and I were among ... picture, because I told everyone to gather in and then held my camera out at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  I’m finally in my last semester as an MIT undergraduate, and the ... related to photography. I’ve taken plenty of HASS classes in my day, but ... at least results in good photographs). The other classes I am taking

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  speak Mandarin in a professional setting. Will: Before MIT, I can recall ... and family in East Asia. I can't express enough how valuable this ... friends in my community growing up, I hope I can be able to bring that new

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  existed. I had never known anyone to compete in any of them, or even ... beyond   While in Almaty I also made some time to visit the local ... accredited postsecondary institutions in America. I spoke to ~30 local Kazakh

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  waving my hands around in the air. But from my point of view, I'm moving ... BeaconStreet, all of which are organizations I've volunteered for in the past before I ... objects onto the real world. And it's pretty freaking cool. I've been

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American Idol? What's going on with American Idol?

  

  Tomorrow is my last final! Hurray! In the meantime, I was just surfing the web (read: procrastinating) when I came across an American Idol ... completely missed this season and now I can't believe my eyes! How is Taylor, a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

  Spanish Incubator, where I would study Spanish poetry and literature in the ...  not in Spain and I was left with effectively nothing to do this IAP ... semester in CMS.300 Intro to Videogame Theory. In addition to this, I am

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  I do not know if I have mentioned this on the blogs or in public, ever, but I am actually majoring in mechanical engineering. I went on a ... Potter earrings,” said my little sister.  In truth, I’d thought of zero of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  listening. "You dullard," she says now she can finally speak, "I'm your chief ... call argon) is the source of life. This is not in fact the case, and I ... catches my eye now: “I don’t believe in wearing my heart on my sleeve. I

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

  The past four weeks, in maps. 3 continents, 4 weeks, 11 planes, made comprehensible.

  

  My adventures from the past month can only really be described, and my absence from the blogosphere explained, using a series of maps. I spent a substantial amount of time at each arrow tip. Where? In order

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  See her picture(s) in a thousand places In which I understand what Bruce Campbell feels like

  

  'm optimistic. If you're the guy mentioned in this blog entry, I was so shocked ... something and let me know. I can introduce you to Mitra. ... . Guy: 'cause you're on Mitra's Blog. Sam: Heh. You know I have a blog now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  whoever was being Tim the Beaver in the picture I took during the chaotic ... smiling if he tried!). In true presidential fashion, I even got to take a ... first. Now I can say that I’ve actually been Tim the Beaver…how cool is

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  “i’m not depressed!” haha

  

  assassins guild games in a while on saturday, and i got a lot of work done on sunday. things are going swell, so i can't be depressed, right? my last ... reappearing the next day! and haha things are bad enough i can't even write

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 17, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  This year I read 20 books. Here they are in a tier list, ranked based ... what I thought you could do with literature. I’m in love with the way ... in on their own. Even in Ishiguro novels that I’m less fond of (Klara

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025