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• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  ’s my job to step in whenever someone complains of the heat and say, “You ... gets in Arizona in summer. I expected the wet towel in my room to dry overnight. It is not yet close to the summers I’m used to, the August I used

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  and Design and minor in International Relations. I also plan to spend a ... still have a room (a single) in Senior House to paint, and I still have a ... should get around to seeing once or twice when you get a vacation. It's a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  much faster than a lot of people are used to when they come in, and can ... health, and even have time to have fun once in a while. Although your ... future, coming back to MIT, and feeling a bit lost. He gave me a lot of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  will seek ways to ensure that every MIT student interested in ROTC has a ... to find a path that provides all individuals the opportunity to serve ... eventually serve in the military or in the MIT ROTC program. MIT has a long

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Back From The West Coast ...with thoughts and conclusions on the recent serious posts.

  

  Hi everyone, I am back in town after a crazy day of traveling across the country with a pregnant wife and a toddler (good times). Sorry to be away from my blog for a few days, but my ability to get online was a bit

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  this by using a microcontroller to amplify the sound, much like an ... " align="aligncenter" width="768"] Bonus points if you use a hairdryer to ... controller, using an accelerometer to detect steps on a virtual piano keyboard

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT

  

  [annotation note="usually around finals season, in which I choose a show to ... the (very few) songs I used to know. RIP. DO THINGS IN BOSTON Escape ... can walk to *some* places in Boston without a map...but probably as not

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time ... half in now, it’s safe to say that I will have learned a lot by the end ... -out ordering, I have found a cool CSAIL lab to work in (coincidentally in the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  to a project and then connect with others in different countries. So ... to a mentor, too, in order to achieve GEL goals such as leadership ... students go to learn about companies, some go to find internships for the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Behind the Scenes of Thirty Pies aka i ramble about logistics at for a Very Long Time

  

  according to what they specified in the form. Now, when I try to sign into a ... Mathcamp was about to come in handy—although at first glance, the project ... backwards to figure out when I would need to finalize a list of pies, select

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 13, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  It was the blurst of times? I'm a stupid monkey.

  

  a special guest teacher in 21M.302 because MIT is looking to hire a ... Much like my one-time alter-ego Javert, I've always seen things in a ... get a piece of e-mail that's accidentally been replied-to-all, I say to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment ... to collaboration: problem sets (psets) are typically completed in ... uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More humanities than a humanities major Bitter complaining and fond reminiscing. Can't beat that with a stick.

  

  remember a time when I used to feel smart: The test is from the Fall 2004 ... off the week with an A+++ in 21M.271 and gradually regressed to a 54 ... Okay folks, here's what I have to do this weekend... 1. Write a blog

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  , I was fixing for a crepe late last week and strolled in to Sebastians ... I'm a small-time, not very experienced foodie - but I'd like to think ... just like good noms. There's a few eateries in the Cambridge/Boston that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a novel excerpt in honor of the friendly toast

  

  back. I slide in across from him, next to a blond guy with limbs that ... . Since my novel comes out in 2022, I’ll have to change the setting for that ... backend for our app. We ended up crashing in the hackers’ lounge for only a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 3, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  were about to find out how Jeju does New Years'. (I apologize in advance ... First time in a foreign country - the pace at which new things are ... , and Korean...language; yet once in a while we still pause and realize

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fold, Throw, Recycle I used to get in trouble for doing things like this.

  

  In kindergarten, I used to get in trouble for throwing paper airplanes in class, but apparently, that's not the case at MIT. I received this email just now in my inbox. I might try to revive my skills. For

  • by Bryan
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  was the most difficult and awkward sentence I've typed in a long time. I ... adopt exponential notation to denote level of friendship. I.e. A "friend ... example: "I was going to go to that convention with my friend, but a lot of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  -grown cucumbers to lecturers sometimes). Overall, I’m having a great time in this ... assignments all boil down to filling in a few lines of code and pressing “run ... to implement all of this in just a few lines of code. This class doesn

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  happens to a system (such as a pendulum) if you give it a small nudge in one ... processors to do different parts of a job. In particular, though, the mini ... toss in a couple hundred ultra math nerds, and a couple hundred more

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024