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• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  and which moves are the best for any given board. Chess engines usually ... bit to 1 if the piece is there, and 0 if the piece isn't. For instance ... to generate moves for any piece is to just look up the possible moves

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know The rules of the networking game

  

  Networking is important. Probably one of the most important skills ... collect information on is some kind of networking. The only rule of ... looking at. The MIT connection is a great way to find an in. You have to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english

  

  here, but when it rains It's as if all the world's water is here] kuya is the tagalog word for "older brother". tagalog does not have a lot of gendered language, but this is an exception; the counterpart of kuya is ate

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  in by Nov 1?" And Anon2 wrote, "What is the deadline for mailing the ... , "Q1. For the main essay, is there a preferred tone of voice (Such as a ... is no preferred tone for the essay -- you should answer the prompt in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  interview which is why the admissions office has deadlines for contacting your ... conjunction with your application, the interview is not a substitute for that ... problems to solve and there is no way to ‘study’ for the interview. Each EC

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  ;5 mins away] or the Stud [Student Center]. EC is cook-for ... . And yet I’ve been happy on the East Side for three years. That said, East Campus is not a dorm for everyone, but neither is any dorm at MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  opened up the floodgates of my hatred for those stupid HASS requirements ... requirements at once. On the other hand, it is offered every semester, so it ... 's not a priority. The only thing is that it's only offered in the fall, so

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  doing laundry is never a problem. The price of 75 cents per machine might ... :30 PM, also known as the hours when every single person in the dorm is at ... extraordinaire and hairdresser for the musical, and let her chop a good few inches

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3

  

  VSVDbZUakc After realizing I've done a team update for the [annotation ... [/annotation]. One of the first projects that comes to mind is when we asked Alison to ... the Best of the Blog zine. It was great, and you know, vandalism can be

  • by kellen manning
  • June 5, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  florist, who is also her best friend. "Today I feel like the flying doctor ... said, "$35 is totally worth it for the two seconds Ina is going to spend ... butternut squash and apple soup recipe is the best recipe EVER." "The best

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  the ear buds. Dimmed cabin lights are perfect for introspection. My ... covered. Luckily, life has been entirely on Pass/No Record for the past four ... Course 8 (Physics) minor now. The inspiration for this decision came from

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  mit bingo! as done by the bloggers

  

  everyone is doing okay, or at least, doing as best as you can under the ... /facebook/snapchat stories. For the uninitiated, you will quickly pick up on how it works as ... rest of RingComm, presented our designs for the 2020 brass rat! It was

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  (you kinda have to be a nerd here). Now is probably the best time to ... students do. Nerdiness: the description for this one is the same as passion ... Final year at MIT is done! I don’t miss it… yet. But the realization

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  structure has to provide sleeping area for the 10 people in our class and ... this is what went down. We slaved away at the woodshop day and night ... . And for good reason, because who knew that the night before we were

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  community within the New House Dorm. One of the best things about La Casa is ... to think of myself as someone who asks the tough questions and is not ... . _____________ One of the best things that I have found about the MIT community over

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  , hoping for the best. Final Product So what's the final product for my super ... For most of the semester, I've lived and breathed in the ever ... is always predictable: the infamous synthesis question. The task is

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  it standing right there at the shelf for two hours. Fun Home is a ... them. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro This is my favorite book I ... that something is wrong, that the narrator’s own model of their world is

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  applications. We will admit the best applications we can during regular action ... action applications for other schools. You should still put the same energy ... . 1), RPI (Jan. 15), and the University of Chicago (Jan. 2). For those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  applications. We will admit the best applications we can during regular action ... for other schools. You should still put the same energy and thought you ... College (Jan. 6), RPI (Jan. 1), and the University of Chicago (Jan. 1). For

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  climb Mt. Fuji for the past few months, maybe because I don't know when I ... the way up, but not for a particular reason any more palpable than the ... - thanks, Wikipedia: Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776 m (12

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009