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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  : “Man you MIT kids ask the hardest questions. I don’t know, what do you think?” Me: “Umm, I don’t know… inspiration? Yes, I would say inspiration ... you find in them the same magic I do): “You shouldn't worry about

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  ) and pet llamas (Exhibit B) and may have eaten llamas (shhh don’t tell ... open-ended than all of us expected. Nevertheless, we hacked away and didn’t ... photo   In case this wasn’t clear already from these last few posts

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  in the morning and look forward to my work--i haven't felt that way for ... freshmen go to the aquarium. i didn't actually go to the freshman event when ... of new music and old. there were several points when i couldn't stop

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  posters, however, is always quickly replaced with a wistful "Why didn't I ... :     I mean, obisidian happens too, but that doesn't roll off ... time”, which implies that it probably won’t happen until the next

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  Reckoning. It wasn’t really like that. We spent FOUR HOURS in our committee ... essay on her Final Fantasy 7 obsession. An excerpt: I don’t have enough ... fight all of us if we didn’t choose her. Ask her about wind turbines or

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  Starbucks, or class swag on the CalTrain don't even surprise me anymore ... or a networking opportunity because so many people don't make that ... waiting to deliver my spiel but somehow couldn't find an opening. And then I

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  somehow made it thru rush-hour T-traffic to get to the airport just ... the airport and time to head back home. I haven't been back in a year ... I haven't dearly missed my family and friends back home. California is

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  and eat snax. (I don't have pics of this one because tbh I was asleep. A ... for "Hack" but you didn't hear that from me J Entry: Murder Mystery and ... cereal and watching Important Videos with J. I don't know what

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  . Breathe. Your time at MIT isn't defined by the number of units you're taking ... classes you take doesn't determine you at all. Above, below, or exactly four ... on virtual reality and immersive media production. Initially I didn't

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  scenarios, and thus doesn’t care enough about certain properties. What might ... the other—that the maximum principle doesn’t account for. Ethically, the ... one was a humanitarian, it doesn’t seem morally repugnant to save the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  construction was finished...I don’t know when exactly Building 2 (and this ... , ultimately, it’s your choices that matter in both places <3) (also I don't ... upgraded I swear) (I just couldn't find anything else that had logos on the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  little thing in front of me: Ain't No Rest for the Hungry. After taking ... , Samsung Gear VR's, and some other tech that even I didn't recognize ... lot of times we forget that MIT isn't a static being with x number of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  “You haven’t even started doing psets yet, just you wait.” and “Why are ... can’t help but succeed despite anything and everything. If you are one ... through my feelings. MIT’s going to be a wild ride, and I can’t wait to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  1885 to 1895. Technology (as it was often called at the time), didn't ... students, who believed the Tech didn't really have a culture. But looking ... from today. For example, Course VIII. Physics wasn't so popular. (note

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  typically don't have to advertise our programs in science, engineering ... Venice.” Unfortunately, we didn't videotape the talks this year, so I can't

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  all, is something which we don't seem to want to look at, and that is the person. A country is only as good--I don't care now about the ... you and me. I don't believe any longer that we can afford to say that it

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  product. Don't be afraid of detours Most founders hate detours, and want to ... goal of colonizing Mars.  You can't get to Mars without making a lot of ... isn't getting bigger, then for your life to improve you have to take it

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  in to find out why I was deferred? No. We won't tell you, because we can't. We make decisions collaboratively, in committees, and no one ... college) admissions...If I could do things over, I wouldn't think about MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  “teeny”. “Not teeny enough” just isn’t going to cut it. Creating these ... formulas and facts laid out for me isn’t enough, I have to know how to use ... I haven’t finalized my class schedule for this semester, I’m already

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Belated Hearts Day copy/paste irl, afk and everything

  

  expensive, especially since my class isn’t sized 30 people like it used to be ... even Tuesday, if you don’t have school today). My little brother, who is ... announcements, and that there weren’t cards or candy, which is suboptimal. If you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2015