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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  I wrote this email two nights ago, a little after midnight:   woke up ~ 5 am today. it was early and the sun had not risen. i contemplated going back to sleep and worked on my urop instead. then i took a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  It's Pi Day. I woke up at 5:38AM (a nod to Nate Silver) and walked to work. It was dark, and a bit chilly, but it's a big day, and we have a lot of work to do. So, when I arrived on campus, I was pleased to see

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  , March 5th at the Harvard Kennedy School and Sunday, March 6th at Harvard

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  took Simmons 40 days and 5 hours. I am incredibly grateful for the help

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  . Aesthetic 5. Practical Readings Disclosing New Worlds, Spinosa, Flores and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  Clif bars today. Oops. 5) I got up at 9 today to buy groceries for a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  characteristic of less than 5% of the possible paths you could take. But during

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  are within a 0.5 millimeter tolerance. The massive stone blocks were

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  For most people, sprinting a mile in under 5 minutes is physically impossible.  And yet world-class marathon runners are able to run twenty-six back to back 4:45 miles.  How do they do it? The answer is that they

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  across Boston/Cambridge 5. Making tarts at Flour My roommate and I got

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  't weird. It's just that one of the puzzles glowed in the dark! 5. Will

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  around -5 F at night, and yet I stayed (mostly) warm.   The secret to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  myself at least 5 times. The root cause analysis we learn in EID and D

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Typical Friday Afternoon on a Thursday Honoring the decades old (?) tradition of the East Campus Friday Afternoon Club (FAC)

  

  . 5PM. Courtyard. The feast inside is waiting. It might be a bit

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  comparison, Corn Dog's battery pack alone weighs 1.5 pounds. Here are the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  get much work done after pi day. 5. Say Your Thank Yous Now's a good

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  , that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight!" (III.51-5)

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  . PART 5 Ode to the past At this point, you must be close. The last two

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  . ******: Spring semester, I have high hopes for you. I’ll be taking 5.12 (organic

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  nearly the perfect computer for my purposes: it's 4.5 pounds, is incredibly

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013