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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  my life, I get to actually do cool engineering-y things with my actual hands for a research job. I have a UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program), which means I get to have an on-campus job doing cool

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  assignments, I decided to take a break by traveling to Bath in Somerset, UK. I ... -10°C (okay, I know I live in Cambridge, Massachusetts so I can take the cold, but still!) Then I took a train to London at 6am and another train

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  Happy Holidays everyone! I can't believe another semester's done and ... ). I'm now sitting at home, trying to relax but not quite, because there ... ! Well, let's back up a little bit… For one reason or other that I cannot

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  's prospective students, but I've had quite a few things unfold throughout this month, most of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much of this in context, I should mention that I turned 20 last Wednesday (as some of the creepy

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  officers here, I'm known as the girl who draws things during class and has a somewhat-creepy fascination with all things Irish (I know, it's only week 2 ... [hopefully] to you guys, I'm Elizabeth - just your average course 20

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  I've already mentioned how busy I am this semester and have gone over my schedule, but now it's time to show just what I've been busy with ... ," because we're constantly creating, building, and getting dirty. I've done my

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  [by Danbee Kim '09] Before I got into MIT, I was torn by a dilemma - should I go to art school, or should I do the "safe" thing and get a "real ... easier. I figured MIT was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I should

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  At the end of last year, I transferred from Burton 2 to Burton 1, and ... the previous term, I moved in last and thereby got put into a pretty ... happened to paint it a hearty violet shade. Still, I like to decorate, so I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  . Snow, you see, I could have handled. After all, snow isn't only ... life. (Who can argue with that?) And whenever I see those first flakes falling from the sky, I won't deny that I always took a certain pleasure in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  In true "everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"* fashion, I ... year that EA acceptees were sent cardboard tubes, I thought my story would be fun to read. Be warned - I may (read: will) overdramatize a good

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  , mostly seniors. I forget the exact name of the event right now, but the ... , Bryan had the awesome idea that he, Mitra, and I would go as i^, j^, and k ... some other engagement that he found more pressing. Suddenly, Mitra and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  I am just full of sweetness and light today. Lab-related good news So the presentation that I was making Photoshop slides for last time? I finished it, and gave it to Morgan (do I have to say that he's the professor

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  gesturing towards in this picture, hang on. We'll get to that. As I hope you ... afternoon about a month ago, there was a knock on my door. When I opened it, Akash asked, "Hey Laura, do you have any bread?" Now I'm a friendly kid

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  , Evelyn, and I went to check out some of the exhibits. Now probably one of ... , so multiple visits are encouraged. I know I'll be back in the fall for their Star Wars exhibit. Just a couple photos from the Museum that I was

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  Now that I’ve survived enough midterms to know I won’t change my schedule, here it is: 6.1010: a.k.a Fundamentals of Programming! I mostly ... science class I’ve taken since high school, and I couldn’t be happier to be

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  The other day I fell asleep watching Hermitcraft videos on Youtube, which is how you know I’m well and truly exhausted. Normally, playing and ... body at one time.  While I won’t be dying to zombified piglins or

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  office hours just a few weeks later. They were both under the guise that I ... , too – I’m taking 3.010 (structure of materials) and 3.019 (symbolic and mathematical computing) this semester, and I blow glass in MIT’s glass lab. The

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  Preview Weekend with Mother This is his story. So yeah, I had decided about MIT the instant I got my acceptance letter (deferred, got in regular ... that I wanted to go MIT even over the other prestigious institutions I

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  This semester I built a Tamagotchi: a 2000s toy where the user takes ... [/caption] As a mechanical engineering major, I had never worked close enough with electronics to the point of designing them, and that had been something I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  I like standing at the edge, stopping there and looking down at the ... the raw scale of man fill my view only when I choose to see it. Seeing ... the sun beating down your temples as you run up against it?  I've been

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025