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• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  . No, this is a fancier event. The handmade cups here cost $68. And I am ... class of 30? 40? When I visit MIT and sit in on a similar math class ... personal identity in an MIT class, in pairs, and a classmate comes up to me

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  "]eduroam[/annotation] is giving me one bar. It actually loads search results and sends email ... -day hike around Kerry. This is also my only stop, as it’s the only hostel ... hair is white. He drives more aggressively with stick on tiny winding

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  Below is one of the robots I built for 2.007, MIT's extremely popular ... first day of lab and I'm a bit nervous. 2.007 is well known for its chaos ... manageable pieces.  Our first assignment is to build a "Mini Me" robot that can

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  than others. If there is any such life experience that’s had a lasting ... an expectation isn’t met, doesn’t mean it is no longer achievable. It ... was going to become one wish shorter. If there is anything that I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a ... terrified me. When I looked at students that got into schools like MIT I felt ... that this is not a statement about my entire high school. During my

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  ="which is as nerdy as it sounds"]Reading Olympics[/annotation]and even ... ="1022"] i have no idea why my face is so distressed in this picture but ... technical school like MIT. Truthfully, I'm still surprised.  In ninth grade

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  ="564"] the North End is lovely at night[/caption] i've also checked out ... Lower Allston. Boston is a completely different place in summer and i ... way to the Western Avenue Bridge, which is near the Harvard Business

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  . (That part's the gravy!) MIT is a hard place - I can say that with ... , ESPECIALLY here at MIT, is that you get to meet so many crazy interesting ... " painted on its side, but I'm not actually going to tell you what it is yet

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Today Short and sweet.

  

  Today is a Junior Mint day.

  • by Snively '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  14 years, Ethan, who is a student as UCSD and he kindly let me stay over at his place for the weekend. For those who do not know, Twitch is ... actually big back then too but I think this is around the time where the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  enough. four years is a lot of time to change a person; reading my entries ... at 20, i’ve learned that staying kind is far more productive to myself ... is crazy. being honest with yourself, too. i’d say i’m a very self

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  love people. cook them. tasty food. meet pecker!

  

  thousand stairs, you could visit me in my gremlin cave, which is technically a double but is actually a very small single. My gremlin cave has ... sometimes we get too competitive, and then suddenly Eva is screaming and Dylan

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 27, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  a thinkpiece about race. This is just me working through my own ... Anti-Asian sentiment in America is not new, but this last year has given ... that feels lost in the conversation is intersectionality. Six out of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  One of the great things about MIT is PNR, a feature implemented that ... simultaneously is a blessing and a curse -- it takes the pressure off of work much ... start watching a movie every night for the rest of PNR. This is a very

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month ... that Seattle is a gorgeous city. I was not disappointed. A lot of what people gush over when talking about the Pacific Northwest is the hiking

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  always carries that “judging a book by its cover” risk, but it is at least ... personalities. This is in part why one of my favorite websites this year has been New York Magazine’s The Strategist. The Strategist is essentially a sort

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  nuanced problem. below is a demonstration of how he currently maneuvers his ... the popular grip shutter for iPhones is just the little circuit you see ... 've had at MIT. you may be thinking that we just spent all semester gluing

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  Activities Period (IAP) is long gone ----> You, like myself, may be ... 2 classes for credit. I took 8.01L, which is a version of physics you ... messing up a prototype more times than I expected, and that engineering is

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  easiest semester at MIT so far. Don't let this scare you, prefrosh. MIT is ... students in a couple weeks, and the point of this assignment is to teach a ... minutes is like the blink of an eye when you're being considerate of your

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  your house, the car is at the shop, and you don't have any firearms. What ... situations, risk-taking is essential. David plugged in his axe, amp, and mic ... Band or Guitar Hero drums against the undead is almost over. Here at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010