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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  . I tried old math olympiad problems that would have otherwise remained ... hurtling into the room. A month later, I was in the United States for the ... that in every direction I looked stood people with amazing abilities and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  . In fact, I have a free hour on Fridays before class in 10-250 (right ... the way to the east of campus (not as far as it would be if I lived on ... management, and I'd expected that I would be pretty bored by the books at Dewey

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  were definitely my stronger subjects in high school, and so I figured I ... in mechanical engineering -- actually I got two degrees. I had so much ... . And then I was commissioned in the Navy, and I did underwater ship

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  nice moments on campus things are okay, actually

  

  ’s halfway through the semester, and I’m in this weird mood lately where I ... majority of it outside. My friends and I biked to Newbury street in Boston to ... around and admired the flowers that are suddenly in bloom. I have done

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  In today's 5.12 lecture (in English, that's organic chemistry), I couldn't help but chuckle when I picked up the notes outlining the topics ... 's the bottom line. Works for me. In other news, since I last posted, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  as far as people who would play in the tournament, I knew just about ... , and there were 12 people who would play in the main bracket. I think the ... . I made the username in 2014, so I would have been…12?  [We proceeded

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  curious about and just aren't asking. One of them, I answered in one of my ... . I have only a few days left in Switzerland (I will post pictures at ... of Science off in the distance. When I first got this blog, and was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  website, and say that if you send me your contact info I can put you in ... feel sad to say but its reality that i am a loser who failed to got in. But i have decided that now my only aim is to get in MIT so i need your

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  opportunity to put some of your thoughts in a textbook. I've had the distinct ... original. My second UROP I started in Summer 2006, and it was undeniably the ... , I tried to do numerical analysis of the propagation of radio waves in

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  is the first time in my life that I've participated in Lent. For the ... of chocolate. I bite in. Me: Oh crap. I'm not supposed to be eating ... happening lately. I get an invitation to interview at a school. I confirm. In

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  fantastic because i got to see a lot of teams perform for the first time in two years. mocha moves — for my 5th semester on mocha, i danced in only one section, which i co-choreographed. i don't know if i would have

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  later, I presented myself to my mother in shame, fully expecting to be ... medicine so much that I would have consumed the whole thing, had it not been kept on the highest shelf in the fridge. As I licked my spoon clean, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  again was right smack dab in the middle of finals week. Sometimes I like ... self, myself just before entering college, I probably would have said ... why would I reiterate that? I know I remember that anxious anticipation

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  all my futures. i can see so many of them, blooming in different ... possible are worlds i will be happy living in, and i can maneuver so to make ... offered me a return offer and i accepted it. i asked to work in the new york

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  8 semesters; that way I would eventually be in "ICE-nine." Oh man, I ... DID YOU KNOW? The airport in Portland, Oregon has free wireless. I ... entry to blog about my CLASS SCHEDULE for this term! In the meantime, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  , my interest in comparing mediums had evaporated to the point where I ... , I'm trying to tighten my culinary grasp in order to make new and ... -saturated “Introduction to Undergraduate Women in Physics” event that I hosted for the Class

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  parts of my identity, like Tagalog. In the post, I also mention OPM, an ... .']concentrate[/annotation] in linguistics, I thought it'd be suitable to talk about some things I ... in a language's words. This semester, I'm taking 24.901 Introduction to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  making friends in general, I’d say that it does require effort. You have to ... , and actually didn’t know anyone in House 4 of New House. I became friends with the people in House 4 because I walked into the lounge and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  others while in college, I’ve often asked myself, “What would high school ... alliterative small room. Scarily small. I’ve never been in an engineering class ... akin to “thou” and “wherefore art”, except I’m not even that fluent in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  -month internship in Seattle,[/annotation] a group of intern friends and I decided ... in Cantonese, a language I cannot understand. It was something about ... overhead involved in managing all of my daily tasks. I am on the verge of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022