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• Blog / Community Projects

  CPW: ASA Midway, B1 B1athalon, and Cutting Crafts with Contour not to mention meet the bloggers

  

  know I can only be deeply invested in so many communities, and that I ... I entered MIT, I had no idea I'd get as invested in building things as I currently am -- I wanted to inspire frosh to see what they can build

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 25, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  loudly in my ears that I'm not sure if I heard anything he said, but here ... 're a meme!) and I can report that it is truly bizarre to watch Neil de ... &A session, but I'm sure that Neil would be happy to stick around for a few

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  authors, which I think means Allan has made it in academia (read his paper ... she blacked out and (in her words based on eyewitness accounts): “I ... enough experience to pass on to the freshmen. Now I can shamelessly tell

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  in the Z-Center... I tried to orient myself to the layout of the ... since I knew I probably wouldn't win. Well you can imagine my surprise ... My story begins a couple weeks ago at Career Fair.... As I attempted

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  housemate shared with me the same day: Can I Interest You In Hanukkah ... , I got more and more excited. We were in the twelfth week of the ... ,[/annotation]and I was t i r e d. I was ready to sleep in! To relax! To have fun! Well

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  . When I walked in, there were 20 +/- 2 girls sitting on the floor, wearing ... , which meant that I couldn't see myself in the mirror - a blessing, as I ... direction. I stumbled left. Ashley stopped, and tapped her feet in front of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  I am taking 5 minutes out of my life just to let you all know why I don't exist. I don't exist, because this is my to-do list: No joke ... finished today. Speaking of starred items, I between taking that photo 3

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  the horizontal. In an effort to convince Matt McGann that I am an ... transcript follows] Me: I think I'm taking intro class on programming in C. Linda: I took it last year. The problem sets are hard. Me: Really? It can

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  So much has happened academically in the last month! A while ago, I ... , it's not...that great. But I digress. I actually wrote the bulk of this post a month ago, so in the interim, I've also built a ray tracer

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  (arguably more important). Now that I'm awake I can hit snooze for an hour. 9:00am ... awake. With bagels, a tea bag and some peanut butter in hand I make the ... , I can't have that now, better get dressed and cycle down to Sainsbury

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  sometime during high school, but in 9th grade, I was still intent on ... do black holes have angular momentum?” and “Can I time-travel?” and ... audience that I have ever seen in 10-250, one of MIT's biggest lecture halls

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  I joined GEL because I want to be able to implement my ideas in the world. And people are half that equation. Last Friday, I led my wonderful new ELL (Engineering Leadership Lab) team in a Diverse Connections

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  . The program is open to all children ages 6-13 in the Boston area. I will ... , doing arts and crafts, swimming in a lake- summer camp gives kids an ... have a parent who has died from cancer, is currently in treatment for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  than you can count, I stumbled my way into regularly paying my bills ... that girl who sits in front of me in class. I also took out the trash and ... : Walking to work. I walked a lot this summer. Living in a place where public

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  Chinatown (and I live in Minneapolis, the state's epicenter), so I HAD to make ... throughout Boston, is unlike anything I've ever done, and I can't wait to do ... , it's the only way to fly. I don't care how you take it, but my CPW

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  with me. And are, in turn, who I am. For each story, I'll share useful ... forged in injustice as a sword is forged." On Writing is my bible. I ... I am a huge reader. I love hearing stories and telling them. I love

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  IAΠ wherein another blogger deposits her January photos (but this time it's in late February)

  

  " graffiti in corinth       wow I can't believe those ... For a good portion of my first ever IAP, I explored ancient sites in ... horses and other quadrupeds (note: these were in every museum. I took

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 22, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  not yet stepped foot on campus, I hope you can make it next year! ... In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of ... symposium that I attended on Friday was quite a different assembly. Held at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  , as some may say). in my freshman year, i was kicked off campus a few ... March 27th, i got to experience spreak in all its glory! it was absolutely ... in fall. I stayed at ZP until 4 am, which was an interesting decision

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  This semester, I'm taking a graduate class in General Relativity that ... cones, sharp-beaked birds, and points.) In four weeks, I'll probably tell ... how magnetization is like a covariant vector. Ex: Me: “Hey, can I borrow

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010