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A Midsemester Night’s Dream
I’ve decided to continue a long chain of poor decisions by starting to write this post at 5:38 AM. In front of me is an empty Pringles can and some iced tea, to my right is a notebook full of vectors...
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The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple
What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my first class play in 2nd grade. Science was a way to explore the universe around me, while theatre was an outlet to express myself....
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Underwater Dreams
On Friday, October 24, the Edgerton Center at MIT organized an on-campus premiere of the documentary Underwater Dreams. The film follows the journey of four high school students from the Arizona...
View ArticleBut What Are They Really Looking For?
Last week I started working at the MIT Alumni Association. It was difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working with my admissions colleagues and the incredible alumni...
View ArticleCatching Up
These past few weeks have been, well, down and up. I’m sitting in a little room in Hayden library right now with three very close friends of mine. I have an uncomfortable amount of tabs and windows...
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1 day
The unabridged version of a semi-recent, semi-typical, but memorable enough Friday: October 17, 2014 7:30am- Normally I...
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I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why
^Earthrise, 1968. This semester, I’ve read over 160 poems, spent 30 hours in class analyzing those poems, and written 5000 words on a few dozen verses. I’ve pored over meter and rhythm, imagery and...
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Music, Photography, and Two.js
Hello World! I haven't posted in a while - life has been busy, between classes and studying and sleeping and eating and doing things other than those I just mentioned. I have, however, been able to do...
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A Day in the Life
I really enjoyed Ana's recent post about a single day in her life, so I decided to share a day of mine too! Quick disclaimer: I thought it would be interesting to document my Thursday because I...
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Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd
As you may have gathered from these blogs and/or any time you may have spent here, MIT has a lot of completely amazing people. One of these people is my good friend Lauren H. '16, who (among other...
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Toilet @ MIT
Friday evening, after getting one of the more interesting emails of this semester, I sat down with Benjamin Schreck, MIT senior and creative mind behind the Ben Schreck Shits wall calendar, which this...
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Fitting in at MIT as a Latino
Want to ask me a question? Email me at askerick@mit.edu or tweet me at @erickpinos. I won't keep you in suspense, I feel like I fit in pretty well at MIT as a Latino. And a huge part of it is thanks...
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making time
my 6.046 take home test was due yesterday. five days of cruel and unusual punishment! well, actually quite interesting and unsurprisingly difficult problems. tested a prototype of a project for...
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My Day
Lydia K. '14 challenged us bloggers to write about our days, inspired by Ana V. '15's post titled "1 day". I'll write about my Wednesday, and what has happened or is on the schedule to happen today....
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bump
The past weeks of my life have been consumed by 2.009, MIT's famous senior product design class. By the end of the class, our team of 24 students will have taken an idea from nothing more than a...
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This is my spork.
There are many like it, but this one is mine. My spork has been high into the mountains, across desert islands, into Stata Cafe, and everywhere in between. It’s been used to eat freeze-dried...
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Highlight Reel
Internet! Long time, no talk. Why such a long time and so little talk? Well, there has been a lot happening, although in some ways very, very little has happened, and I’ve been trying to write blog...
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10 reasons why MIT is beautiful
Sometimes MIT gets a bum rap for not having a pretty campus. I disagree. Sure, we may not have brick buildings and ivy-covered walls. But we have wacky (modern? postmodern?) buildings, the best...
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Miscellany
Hey Internet! After not posting a video for a couple weeks I totally feel like: So I just made a vlog to get back in the rhythm of filming/editing/etc. If you're curious, here is the Buzzfeed article...
View ArticleA UROP or Two
Quite a few people have blogged about their UROPs (aka MIT's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program), so I decided to add my voice to the mix! I currently have two UROPs, one in Biology and one...
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