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• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  summer. It's been an interesting summer; I've really enjoyed being able to ... spiraling, smaller thoughts and feelings. Here is my best attempt to describe ... piano a satisfaction in being able to play decently well, surprisingly

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zero knowledge ^ not you after reading this post!

  

  to produce a zk-snark implementation of an elliptic curve pairing; those words probably don’t make much sense to you, so here’s a short ... -knowledge proof is essentially when you want to prove something about an object

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  impossible to think, or to make any useful decisions at all. I wake up and feel ... activity I’ve done in the past day. This unshakable exhaustion is not new to ... I have observed, is to genuinely care for each other. — "IHTFParadise

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  This post is intended to [annotation note="consider viewing them side ... moved to October"]run on Patriots' Day,[/annotation] and, in combination ... enjoyment of walking long distances, it seemed like the right weekend to try

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  plan to not have spring break plans, but I feel like I have a lot of backlogged self-reflection and emotional processing to do, so it’s actually been pretty nice and relaxing to have a chunk of time to myself

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  that they chose me – the inexperienced and very young intern – to travel to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one ... person let that happen!?" I am absolutely honored to have had the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  From 9th to 12th grade, I was on my High School's FIRST Robotics team ... public outreach a gajillion notches - $11,906 worth of notches, to be ... value). My team's plan is to use the money to promote FIRST Robotics in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  was nothing we hadn't heard before, it was still interesting to hear it ... to know from Mathcamp. There was also parents, alums, etc. People ... pretty sure that you're going to MIT?", "What are you going to major in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  There is so much to say about residential life at MIT.  On campus ... traditions that motivate a significant population of students to stay in their ... to paint murals freely, while others limit art or forbid painting

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just Released: Report of MIT’s Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use reacting to the report on AI and our education

  

  (and listening) to it, and I think it is one of the most important ... , President Kornbluth wrote: As the report makes clear, MIT was founded to help ... backdrop, AI presents itself to us as a kind of superpower, with both

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  school break thoughts

  

  I wake up with a jolt. In middle school, I used to have a recurring ... day at school only to realize I forgot to do a major assignment. I’d wake up tired and disoriented, briefly unable to discern dreams from

  • by Victor D. '27
  • June 21, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  for most of my life i was very prone to envy. part of that was ... , and so on - but it also extended to non-academic endeavors as well. for ... can be a good way for you to meet new people, having acquaintances with

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  euphoria as a southbound train. There ain’t nothing like slowing down to ride ... Mississippi. Among all the Amtrak trains I’ve experienced, three stand out to ... ’d like to look in particular at the cultural role of passenger trains in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to immediately running to class (from the farthest possible dorm to run to campus ... closing of the door, the camera cuts away to a peaceful Next House Dining

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  burst onto the stage to welcome everyone to the [annotation note ... happened, I was still a freshman, desperately trying to get on my feet. In September, I had auditioned for seven or eight [annotation note="this seems to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  abilities and get Sanatan’s. You would have had to step back and build something completely different altogether. When I speak to Sanatan… I don’t get any closer to a mental model that would allow me to paint like that

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  I am writing to announce that, due to the ongoing pandemic, our ... /ACT, or who can find a forthcoming opportunity to do so safely are encouraged to submit their scores with the understanding that they [annotation

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  most equally down-to-earth and inspiring people I have met during my time at MIT. Why was he responding to this email thread? And why was he on ... grad student!) at MIT. So naturally, we had to do a blog post together

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  Hi, Cami here. I'm so excited to bring to you this guest blog post by ... and loves talking about it so I wanted to give her the platform to do so. Because MIT has so much to offer, I think one of the most difficult lessons

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  offer my congratulations, and a warm welcome to the MIT community. For the rejected, I offer my condolences, and the best of luck as you apply to other ... have been written before by bloggers of yore, and I encourage you to read

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020