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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  to all sorts of cool places to visit. And one of the great things about ... throughout New England. Hop on board and see how to take some time off ... closest subway stop to East Campus (and indeed, most of MIT); you can also

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  information can be found on the UROP Guidelines website. For a list of ... , preservation and restoration of early films, and (c) produce a website to draw in experts on the subject to contribute and discuss their ideas. This UROP

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  .  And the reward? Getting to work on and take some ownership of the ... fat and sugar for fuel, only sipping at glycogen reserves.  For more on ... impossible.  And yet world-class marathon runners are able to run twenty

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  discriminated against in public areas based on gender identity. One of the most ... live on East Campus, one of the most visibly queer dorms on campus (the ... ! I've got a ton of friends, both trans and cis. My temporary roommate

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  from consulting firms and investment banks showed up on campus last fall, she went on several interviews, and she will take a job as a consultant ... lot of validity in this statement. Teachers and professors make less

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  bunch of concepts, put twists on the classical examples, and churn out ... profound blog post, so I’ll go ahead and zoom in on some the crazy things ... ; Bane of my existence, and I know I’m not alone. For 8.01 – the intro

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Making A Splash on July 4: The Celebration in Photos July 4th - A Photo Essay

  

  the day. And also, for more on July 4, check out Matt's Blog. Videos ... names, and in the true spirit of MIT, a friend said: Friend: If I had a ... (and maybe a little text here and there) So pretty much July 4th was

  • by Bryan
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  In less than a week I'll be hopping on my flight back to Boston, and ... 'd for 8.02 and was notably fond of 2.005 office hours[/caption] monthly ... edited, and that is my todo list. It tends to contain 5-7 days worth of

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  version of the cha cha slide and by the time I turned on my trusty, dandy ... enrolled moments before finishing this very blog entry and am proud of it ... Midwestern town located on the lower left side of the palm that is Michigan (I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  's Strandbeest stood in the rain on a patch of pavement outside the Media Lab. With wind in their sails, and aided (on a rainy but not-so-windy day) by ... "Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are the basis of this

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  be yourself. It's overused, I know, and whether or not any of us even ... ripening. The sky is full-bellied with sunshine. Still, we're on the verge of ... practiced in front of my mirror, my friends, and my faithful stuffed animals

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  ! One of my classes, 2.008, focuses on manufacturing and machining ... to use a CNC lathe and a CNC mill. For those of you who are ... tools to cut grooves, pockets, round edges, so on and so forth. A mill is

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  piece of advice: don't try and go crazy on the ASEs just cause. There are ... a 60 on a test won't be the end of the world in the same way. Also, if ... instead of taking it with friends later on? I haven't taken this class but

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  of! Going on vaca Adam and I are going to the Bahamas tomorrow and ... 've been saving pictures of things I like and sticking them in there for ... Jamaica with Rose '05 and Swapna '05), and I can't wait to lie on the beach

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  of sports at MIT, and a lot of ways to get involved with physical ... gyms and free practice hours for members of the teams). We have an ... stringent about tryouts and cut quite a few of the people who try out. If you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  's such an abundance of amazing things to do, both on campus and around the ... things here and there on the blog, but I'd be doing a lot more of them were ... effect on separating schoolwork and consequence. A fair bit of adjustment

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  and pamphlets, and lots and lots of info. It's been several years since ... figured I should brush up on my statistics and refresh my memory about how ... apply if you feel ready and have done a lot of research and know what you

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  about it. I also did good amount of UI/UX and product design for an intern ... material! And now I'm back on campus settling in and trying to feng shui ... I'm back on campus! I just finished my 10-week internship at the New

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  not ventured into any of the extended versions. Baby steps, folks. On ... : Another Earth Of Gods and Men A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints ... Trek: Into Darkness The Place Beyond the Pines And this is Part I of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  Activities which it represents”? And is it even right for any of those ... Theater Arts staged their own production of the play, and we were asked to ... excellent sequel. It's clear that the sport of football needs to change. And

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020