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• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  's last terms are comparatively lighter, with lots of time to focus on all ... ) One of MITs pilot online courses for their new high-quality online ... .744 elaborates on that design part. We talk about what constitutes good design, and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  the parts that I answered- including the ones I sort of blundered my way ... time goes on- so even though there's plenty of room for improvement, I ... him to go out of this way to hand out these evaluations and then

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  systems integrator on the next iPhone. A common perception of MIT students ... deliver on both of the labs I led that day. But slowly, I am seeing myself ... new ELL (Engineering Leadership Lab) team in a Diverse Connections

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  pictures of the places that were memorable to me in some way. Eighteen months ... tunnels of building 66 had a big influence on my decision to come to MIT. I ... the crosswalk on Mass Ave whereas the end of my day would be lobby 7

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  a new laptop around the end of July, following the advice in the ... picked Manjaro, a distro based on Arch. I wanted the glory of the AUR, but ... learning a lot of things along the way. But I actually appreciate getting a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  earning it is time-consuming. 16. On less than about four hours of sleep ... This is a list I made at the end of my freshman year in the reading room of Hayden Library... one of a very short list of places where I am

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  the money stopped. I was working on psets, studying, figuring out my way ... up a lot of your time. Here are my top ten ways to earn money at MIT ... 's another quick, relatively low time commitment (depending on the class) way

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab?

  environmentally sustainable way. Check out their site to learn about all of the good things going on at J-WAFS!  
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  like the sky. No matter how fast the train was whizzing by the trees of ... the first half of my college experience by focusing on the trees and ... romanticize the life of an artist; your livelihood depending on a constant

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

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  ways too. Some were expected--I reached new levels of independence and ... write a peppy post about personalities (which is still on the way for a ... , I was reading some articles from “The Cut”, a section of New York

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  in the back of the room who asked good questions. There are so many new ... This week was surreal, like turning pages in a book of moving ... Body of the State    Thursday afternoon, Thomas DeFrantz, a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  for some things to improve and change as time goes on. One of the most ... 't come easily, and for much of the semester, I was running on adrenaline ... school turned out to be the dagger in my side as I trudged on to the end of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  These first 3 weeks at MIT can best described as a whirlwind of new ... been internalized. They grow on you. (For those of you curious, in order ... shocking. In a good way. Every person that I've met here has done some

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play Labs yay an accelerator for VR startups

  

  Students and Alumni Awesome! I love that MIT is putting more of a focus on ... first batch in summer 2017. Each of them will get hands-on mentoring as ... to get follow-on investments as part of their seed round (up to an

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 18, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  learned a lot of new ways to see exactly where I went wrong. This also came ... from seeing a 100% on a tricky part of a MicroQuiz is unparalleled. The ... that useful. Now, I love to find ways to use it. I think of it as an

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fangirl Moment kinda silly, kinda wholesome

  

  the fancy shit. You knew it would be good when the names of the pizza ... on how good the food is.  “Oh yeah, that’s Phillip Isola!” Ali said to ... A bit ago, the larger group my UROP lab is a part of had a free lunch

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  .01 forces you to really get what's going on, a quick scouring of the formula ... .02 has the important job of expanding the relatively new concept of ... the ups and downs of the three papers on the table. Writing a letter to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  with good weather and good grades. None of these songs have anything to ... I'm on the train home to Philadelphia. Currently: four women run my ... first two weeks of November, and then last week was suddenly too free. Now

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  done a good job of training new people, and then letting them go. But, I ... 's New Groove for the first time with a bunch of people I barely knew, all ... , to the strangers I made dinner with after a final, on a floor of East

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  hands on some power tools- of the large variety. One of the principle ... output of our sensors shown on the oscilloscope. That's fun and everything ... 3 axes. You can do lots of cool things on a milling machine- from

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007