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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  “black” got more weight and I wasn’t quite sure how to deal with it. Mostly ... good. The sun is starting to set, and Boston is strangely not showing its ... . When I’m in my room, I almost cry. But I force myself not to. All I see

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  to focus on. For example, my field of study is how education systems ... are not. For the curious: "DUSP EXPLORER is an online, interactive ... find information about our current faculty, where we work, and how our

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  In my last post, I mentioned that I came to MIT never having cooked ... people asked me to elaborate about what non-meal-plan life is like. So ... who want to start cooking at MIT. Motivation The most basic meal plan

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  figure out how to put everything together myself, after having relied on ... the next sing mixer was not powerful enough to remove the static, so ... because he’s not ready to say goodbye to elijah yet, and then at the end he

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  credits to Ayesha B. ‘18 (my fantastic roommate). I do not actually own a ... how to code in three weeks. The lab assistants, TAs, and lecturers were ... cheesy goofball that I am and walk to class.   *(fantabulous is not a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  , take Special Relativity (8.20) to find out how to travel into the future ... from the three separate GEM foils that are stacked to make the final ... sheet can be used to detect particles by amplifying ionization patterns by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  , de poésie, de vertu, à votre guise. How is it that I get to live every ... and choose to walk it through day after day? how is that I get to ... to understand most not too niche ML papers a “physicist’s mindset” to

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  common knowledge that I never thought to wonder about how it came to be ... of nucleotides if we give them rules for how to find these genes. So ... frames, were all previously invisible to the computer because of how we

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Experiencing Psycho in Full G(l)ory Sharon L. '21 joins the blogs to talk about movies and art by and large

  

  crazy how much a few years of perspective could bring to the movie ... cinematography was so contentious, how Stanley Kubrick managed to make slow action ... learn about how some stylistic choice in films (choosing what dialogue to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  need it. (The one downside to 🅰️levator is that we’re not allowed to ... Woot woot! Simmons is now 20 years old! To celebrate this joyous ... there Can’t say I’m not grateful for that. Moving on… 2. The bathrooms My

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  going anywhere at all. I wanted to go to college, but how would I possibly ... her to know how much I had earned from art commissions. “Is it more ... quite enough. By the point I was halfway through trying to woo the places

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  , regardless of how many questions I ask. Yesterday, I was given the chance to ... , I’ll just have to see how it goes ☺ In any case – I wish you all a ... Happy New Year to all of you! I spent a good 30 minutes this morning

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  amazed by how well i'm able to bounce back and keep facing forward rather ... things were. But you’ve come so far." (learning how to drive) "i ... me it was really sweet how that person described their experience in

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  . I get to show off how much I’ve improved, and I get to watch my ... we were asked to do it four days before the event, so we had three days to prepare, and i shrivel from embarrassment every time someone

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  trying to convince others not to make the same mistake: Burton Conner IS ... about how to upload to this Athena locker, only Ben is a crazy Mac user ... you consider how puzzled I was by connecting my computer to the wireless

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  the clubs I was interested in, I ultimately decided not to join any ... . I remember how hard it was to be a freshman, so I'm just grateful that ... end. I was not expecting a technical portion to the interview and grew

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  how many folks turned out relative to the population density. Wyoming ... travel - not because Stu really wants to send me on a paid vacation, or ... 're trying to provide access to students who might not otherwise have it. Let

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  .  It is a great bonding opportunity with your class, try your best to not ... own feel for how you will do at MIT.  Sure, it's nice to maybe meet up with them for lunch one day or call to say hi, but they will not be with

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  Apparently, Boston has the highest per-capita consumption of ice cream. I'm not surprised. As you may have learned from an old entry by ... : $3), you can consume Boston's favorite treat to your heart's (stomach

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  is, albeit not a very creative one.  I wasn't originally planning to ... school"]was willing to bet my right kidney[/annotation] I would not get in ... 3, 1, and 4 raised my blood pressure to unhealthy levels. I was not

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020