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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  happening -- baggy metal shirts for long hours in shop, sleeveless shirts for the forge, cropped ones for social events that don't include bits of flying steel. One of the major joys of MechE for me has been the ability to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for undergraduates living in the dorms. I went on that trip for the first time today, and now I have enough apples that it would be wasteful for me not to eat

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  got lazy and started using Lyft more, for the convenience and also ... (only $15 for a 1-year subscription, and cars typically hire for $12/hour ... experience for me even when there are angry Boston drivers on the road. Where

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Recap: wearables, games, and other SUPER products

  

  Last week, I posted the webcast of the final presentations for 2 ... Sense, a wearable for firefighters that can detect if a room is unsafe to ... team: tachi, a board game platform for the visually impaired and sighted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  at old requirements for admission.  Last year I posted our essay ... blogger applications; this week, I'm modifying the Maker Portfolio for ... , not only through what they literally write (i.e. "For fun I like to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  Economy, Development and Tourism, MIT-Chile will create opportunities for ... . Opportunities are available for 2012 in fields such as engineering, physics ... , finance and many others as well. Students will prepare for their internships

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  and prayers are with you. We know that for some of you, it may be weeks, or even months, before things get back to normal. Please know that for ... with us when the time is right for you and we'll be happy to work with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  -handed, which has been… less than ideal for glassblowing at MIT. I play the bass ... , makerspaces) How my day/week/month is going My UROP at Kavli Institute for ... comments section of this post and ask any questions you might have for us

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  normally up at a decent hour (9:30 for my 10AM, 9:00 for my 9:30AM, etc.) The ... once I've had a chance to reflect and forgive myself for stupid mistakes ... because I enjoy them. I'm getting better advice, or at least I'm learning to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  community! I hope, for all of your sakes, that your time at MIT isn’t ever as ... , maybe it really is.   I don’t know about what it was like at other colleges, but it felt like utter madness at MIT. People went fucking insane

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  choice has been made for us, what we can change is how we look at the ... for and got an internship working at Boston City Hall. This semester I ... the most important thing they look for, at least for MIT. I did no

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  out at home, searching for a job, and working at the awesome summer job ... took lots and lots of pictures for your enjoyment. I woke up super early so I could stand around the track in the athletic center for several

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  the standardized process for receiving credit at MIT and many other ... enjoy it! ZigZag, at present, comes out every few weeks. For specific ... It's time for another Questions Omnibus, where I answer the questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  same time, and for many more to be in the whole game at the same time ... 3V0IvqW We love to build very strange things for type 1 or 2 fun at ... !) while they are still at this school, and I love that for them. I wish I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  '13ers for the ceaseless rounds of free food that will be slung at them ... while spinning a Chinese yo-yo at the same time? Save it for IAP. Planning ... best known for the transformation of the hyperbolic cosine function into

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  SHASS UROP at MIT, read on below! Phase 1: Being a Marvel Fan & an MIT ... [*] dressed up as Scarlet Witch for Halloween [*] saw Spider-Man: No Way Home ... place for me to embrace my interests with others who seemed to be just as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  year at MIT. I think fondly of that year, despite all the difficulties ... outdoorsy activities all happened at FLIPOP, the First-generation, Low ... Sang at an open mic night Frolicked in an apple orchard DJ'd a party

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  . this is disconcerting for numerous reasons. firstly, i feel like i don ... campus better than them? when i've experienced zero semesters at MIT with ... the sophomores who spent their COVID spring semester at MIT. i'm really

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  tide, so shallow water extended for at least a mile. it was beautiful and ... to spend the day at the beach. it was a goddamn ride start to finish. our journey started at a Starbucks drive-through, where someone

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  vibe check i'm basically living at MIT again

  

  I moved to Cambridge for the summer!! I'm living near Central Square ... remote UROPs/jobs for the summer and it's nice to be in a space where we can work during the day and hang out at night. The experience living

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 19, 2020