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• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  to study somewhere else, but this isn't it. in a stroke of overcommitment i am now a build lead. this means i'm one of the people in ... in a team with greg, a junior in mechanical engineering, who has pretty

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  events helped prevent its spread. In a situation like this, even the "best ... otherwise do not have a home that is safe to go to). And MIT has offered ... scream and stand in silence. There was a party on Killian yesterday that

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  a UROP in linguistics: I mean, research experience would be useful... and money is nice... but I felt like I had a lot of time left at MIT to ... explanation, can be very enlightening. If the child is of the right age (4-6, in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  he's doing is moving his hand in a straight line: up and down, up and ... Your screen is made up of a whole buttload of pixels, arranged in a 2D ... go in one direction. To aid your imagination, here is a picket fence

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  any questions since she's in the MEng masters program, which is only for ... Ethan '05, who is currently in the MechE program, but he hasn't gotten ... 't considered for graduate work at MIT, is this true?" In lieu of responding to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  . In early January, a challenge is announced to the teams at the kickoff ... are going on in your head during a FIRST regional, where there is ... Quite a few Fridays ago I locked myself in my room so I could get as

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!

  

  fun together again! One of my friends is in the Shakespeare ensemble ... performing groups we have, and how big of a performing arts scene there is on ... further ado, here is just a sampling of the events happening this fall on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  Mudkip Post”? ASCII art. A lot of it. This is what a Mudkip looks like in ... credibility. But allowing the blogs to become a full-on soapbox is a slippery ... process some of what gets said. My goal in writing that entry was a steroid

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  Given that tomorrow is pi(e) day, a celebration of irrational numbers ... not THAT bad. This craving is just strong enough to make you go off in ... of a cinnamon roll person anyway. UAG (in which Ceri attempts to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  mentioned that. Also, BC's policy is kind of a policy in name only. If the ... an MIT student so i can't really get a glimpse of how life is in MIT ... around on the website a bit if you'd like. In the meantime, any specific

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  Manhattan apartment. My grandma is awesome. She is a retired math professor, who was willing (and had enough faith in me!) to give me a calculus ... infinity, as expressed in mathematics and in poetry) and is one of the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT DDR Tetris on 6-foot LED Matrix "We did this because we were bored." -- Russell Cohen '13

  

  both, on a 6-foot tall LED display, thanks to three bored MIT students. Burton-Conner Tetris Battle (Burton Conner is the MIT dorm that is home to the creators) is now all over the web, having been covered, among other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  have their own lengthy Wikipedia page, in addition to a chronology at ... . Was it from a hacker him/herself? ;) Regardless, here are the rings in ... Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of "101 Things To Do

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  . There is such a thing as a bad essay. In my case, my bad essays came from ... . There is already a bunch of great advice on this blog, but with the ... the drawing board. Even if a story or experience is compelling on its

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  they're whining about is that in 2006, the writer of Doonesbury put up a ... super hero group is a bit easier than getting in. Bullwinkle Moose Yes ... "likes". Cornell is super jealous, and they started trash talking a bit

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  ... being a high schooler is tough, man. being a high schooler in an online ... . i skimmed through many iterations of "a pleasure to have in class" and ... studygram/studyblr), and his confidence in my potential as a scientist. i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  PSA: This is a really cool guest post by my friend Katherine W. '17 ... class to make my way there. Step 6. Learn things Here is a list of ... completely at the chalkboard For this particular course, every class is a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  a year and a half ago i got offered a position as a blogger and i said no. half a year ago i got offered a position as a blogger and i said ... and i am running out of time. when i was in barcelona, i talked about

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  is a great chance to dive into some neat projects. I've been on the ... work on the next big thing! 2. MIT is a creative community. MIT students ... that we all work as a community despite our differences in interests

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  time, she’s been one of my role models. The why is a bit tricky to explain. A lot of it is tangled in details too personal for the blogs, but ... would be a few more months before my friend had more songs of hers, and in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017