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  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  catching up on a lot of science fiction shows that I've been saving up during ... is the pinnacle of what science fiction shows should look like ... One thing about me is I love science fiction. Whether it be movies

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  “Massachusetts Institute of Technology” is a name with 37 characters, 12 syllables, and a state name that I am still completely incapable of spelling. Luckily for the sake of our collective sanity, however the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  have ever met, a lot of whom have degrees from MIT. It was pretty cool to ... [by Vicky Thomas '12] Like most of you reading this, I stalk these ... follow-up stalking (I like to think of this as "scanning for comments by my

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  A lot of my time this summer has been spent in transit. I take the subway to and from work. I spend most of my free time wandering around the streets of NYC. I’ve made two weekend trips to and from Boston via the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  banning the recruitment of transgender people to the military. While the implementation of this order is still under review, its prospect has caused a lot of uncertainty and consternation. I write today, as I have in the past

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  't get me wrong: I'm fascinated by aspects of all of the sciences with ... In comparing the beginnings of each of my academic years, I ... years of this and I'm gonna run the w-OH MY GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING THINGS

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I live are preparing to celebrate Marathon Monday tomorrow but for those of ... can provide. Since I am involved with many of the parent events during

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  -intensive (CI) humanities classes you have to take as part of your 8 class Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) requirement, you have to take two ... analysis of natural disasters on natural resource firms) and a 10 page

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fonts of MIT a typographical tour

  

  of its signs, like this one: Most room signs have numerals set in ... :[/annotation] That's not the only instance of Helvetica here. On the lower-right corner of the fire extinguisher box, we see an all-caps "FIRE EXTINGUISHER

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Be A Blogger (2018)! welcome to THE INTERNET

  

  advantage of running around the Charles River (and all the public water fountains alongside) There are lots of smol nerds running around the various MIT summer camps and programs It's time for those of you who might

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Important EA Processing Update! read this if your application is incomplete

  

  A few hours ago we finished processing the final segment of tens of thousands of documents which came to us by mail and fax. We digitized them and ... should show up in MyMIT. A few moments ago, we emailed everyone who applied

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  here instead of studying for the TWO exams I have on Tuesday. This way ... to have the best year of your life and then just say "But I waited too long too tell you, and now it's too late to apply." So, for your

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Stu's observations on the demands of our interviewers remains accurate). A description of the current interview process is

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  has a lot of academic materials, like up-to-date copies of science ... world's largest public open-shelf collection of science fiction." (Quoted ... I have embarked, dear reader, upon a reading tour of my own. I have

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  Deutschland. I'm going with four other girls as part of a MISTI (MIT Science and ... two words of the language native to the country you'll be traveling to ... number of mistakes that were pointed out to me...) I've also been spending

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  will get made over by the Fab Five as part of their new season in Las Vegas (see photo of Ed "before," with Carson Kressley at right). The ... Science and Physics at MIT. After graduation, he took his skills to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Going Home We're halfway through MIT? o____o

  

  the size of half a penny. Once you see this and determined that most of ... a condensed "sauce" at the bottom of the skillet. Remove the chicken ... portion of the sauce and add water or just boil/stir-fry the vegetables

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 23, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  (Harmony and Counterpoint I) 6.009 (Fundamentals of Programming) 8 ... had enough of the structure of the class and ditched it. That's ok ... 've never done proof-based math before, plus all of the open and closed sets

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  logistics of crocheting at MIT. How will I pack all my yarn? What project ... ? Now that I'm here, and I have an entire set of shelves dedicated to skeins of yarn and unfinished crochet projects, I can say that I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  and move into one of 12 official MIT dorms. Once you arrive, you will be ... can't do it all here at MIT. So take advantage of opportunities that ... of the Charles River versus a trip to New Hampshire to try indoor

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011