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• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  I’m huddled in an office chair in a tiny box-studio in Lexington, MA ... minutes away. Getting to MIT is a “commute” now. The bus chugs through the ... , objectively, but for me it’s a big deal. I finally have HBO access. Another in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  roughly a month before move-in, in an effort to capture just what it was ... my hometown chapter tied neatly in a bow, I felt- quite honestly- bored ... those bonds that didn’t last, I’m a firm believer in the notion that

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  admission, there is a bit of role reversal as a new decision date approaches ... an option in the immediate future. This is what is supposed to happen, and for the most part is what happens. Some, however, really want a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Art & Science in Paris

  

  centered on a sculpture by the architect Ciro Najle. This internship allowed me to take a mental break from nuclear engineering in between ... -science space in Paris. I helped to curate an upcoming art exhibition

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  living in caves, nobody work any more, live that way for a while.” Fiction ... -deception.' 'How can a man live in perfect harmony?' To which YISUN replied, 'Non ... in a fantasy bildungsroman? Yes please. An ongoing webcomic about faith

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  kitchen, there is a "sacrificial table" - "sac tab" for short. Any item ... , but in the past I have acquired both a pair of jeans and a Snuggie ... 's a loaf of cinnamon bread in the frigo de boissons) - Il y a des

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  Every once in a while something so noteworthy comes along that it ... take a trip to Hasbro's world headquarters, conveniently located in nearby Rhode Island (which is about a 1 hour drive from MIT). Thursday came

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Lies in MIT, lies about MIT these are the lies that i tell myself at night

  

  six classes a semester, and it is true that MIT has parties. None of ... , "MIT is only as hard as you want it to be" was true. In other ways, it ... , even if it is actually false, I wouldn't call that a lie. These would

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Saturday Night in Simmons it's so busy here tonight [i really need to study or go to sleep]

  

  a new chalk mural in the main stairway in the lobby. So much talent ... ="107131" /] Gatas is a really run game that we play on our now partially destroyed ... Y'all. Simmons is bustling tonight. I realized while going to get

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  highlights of my year in review. And what an awesome year it was! 1. This is a ... ’s application for fun and it became a theme song for the winter (at least in my ... I especially love all the year in review lists. Because this was my

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  from other Philippine languages, but in practice is more like a synonym ... graduation requirements in MIT is the HASS Concentration, a group of related ... 've learned in linguistics applied to Tagalog. Phonology is the study of a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  .) Running that evening was surreal. It felt like we were in a tunnel of snow ... professions, in a way Santa and Poseidon both have a lot to do with to snow. I ... -distance. Luckily Ami is a physicist and her hat is science-magical and they got to be

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  of 2011) are also the first year in which a 5 on AP Biology is no ... . The actual song is here, but it is in Mandarin. I'll share with you a ... bottom. Here at MIT, it's rapidly coming down to the end. In a week and a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  community is. So many people were involved in this initiative: those who ... 've always been "the young one" in most environments I've been; I took a lot of ... , the most iconic fanfiction of all time. This fanfic is so ingrained in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  develop a plan for a stair-climbing wheelchair. Blanco submitted a design in ... in class. "The approach consisted of a reclinable-seat wheelchair ... when the chair is tilted for climbing. The spokes in essence behave as

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  's status as one of the oldest colonies, definitely more than could fit in a ... reserved tickets for rainforest entry a month in advance (they sell out fast ... sets in advance, so we traded between ourselves and tried to catch a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  ethnic minority in Vietnam. It is beautiful, and there is clean air, a ... had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and ... small children kicking a soccer ball or sitting in a circle. While in

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  (Building 37) Details: I'm working with a group that is involved in the physics behind a new radio telescope array that is to be built in the radio ... course 5). Isa '07 is doing a nuclear engineering internship in North

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  . The year's design is debuted at Ring Premier, a festive celebration ... grand reveal. Some students, including me, don't know that this is a ... , as must be mentioned, a ripple in the Charles River in the form of a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  Board) is a student group that focuses on improving computing, both in ... keep a list in my head of what topics I want to blog about. But I think ... " is a fairly short list. One of the bigger things I did was teaching an

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008