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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  yearbook), and flipping through the pages from as far back at 1918, it was interesting to see what has changed, and what remains the same. Many of you will ... stuff is as neat as I do, and want more,you are in luck! As part of the

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  longest stage of the whole process by far): And then, after some painting ... class, and you pretty much just sum forces all day long. The sum of the ... to indent the condition of my else command." So there. And now, for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  minutes later, my friend Holly responded and said that, duh, of course she ... Counselor for Communications, and she basically makes all of our print ... and I finally got to sit down and talk about ourselves. The transcript

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  farewell, first semester p/nr-ing just hard enough

  

  with dozens of people, of trying things for the first time and exploring ... for the past few months, Nashua conjures images of flatness and ... trees flow endlessly past the window, of loneliness and stagnancy and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 19, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  essentially the lovechild of an etch-a-sketch and a drill press. Using two dials ... , cutting grooves, notches, and all sorts of neat shapes into it. The "CNC ... the top of my part, and pushed "GO!" ~20 minutes later (lots of etching

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  in LA and got back just the day before the first day of classes. I ... best job advertising the wealth of its resources, and the pandemic ... later for my 9 am class on the first day of classes. I was beyond tired

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  . I love the feel of ink on paper, and there's a sort of thrill in ... date in the corner. It's a sort of art form in itself, and for some ... , check out the Penmanship Porn subreddit and you'll get a sense of exactly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  midst of everything which is horrible in the world, and it is odd that the ... nearest station, check out a bike, and make my way through the streets of ... , almost, at least. It is the end of the semester as well, and the weight of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  looked around the crowd, and my hand went up first. He made eye contact and ... . The results are stunning and unexpected, with millions of people ... blogosphere. We give first-hand stories and accounts of forays on this landscape

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  information; first I emailed one of the cheerleaders, Lisa '04, who is currently ... absurd to me)... but it's ethernet and most of the time it's very fast. 2 ... your comment!) You, too, should read this book, and maybe some of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Bermuda, Jaimaica, oooh I want to take you to… One week of fun in the Dominican Republic

  

  the first rigorous exercise that I've done this whole summer. It was far ... Hola amigos! I just got back yesterday from a week of R&R in the ... 's entry) to the Club Med in Punta Cana and everything was wonderful except

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  morning, and strolls through rows of dark offices. And there are the "crust ... after the first week, half of the freshman class has been romantically ... schoolwork with all of the fun things that you feel obligated to run off and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  : Grab some popcorn and escape the stress of this world for the stress of ... elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a café, or (dare I say it) constantly refreshing the decisions.mit.edu page

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  hometown of Portland, OR. To be honest, my first year at MIT, the heavy New ... Happy November! Two days ago, it snowed for the first time this fall ... 'll be leaving in a few weeks, along with most of the other students on

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  Pistol this quarter, and I'm also enjoying it. :) For most of the first ... correction!) I took Sailing the first quarter and learned how to set up and ... your Swim Test offered in the beginning of the year, and it basically

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  the colleges and potential employers. Talk of who is the top-first is ... this side of the pond, and Cambridge has a few tricks of its own to share ... , and then picks a subset of those to review for the final examination. As

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  , The New York Times, U.S. Department of Energy… And 400 more. They come ... suits replace the sweatpants+baggy tee combos and everyone clutches a folder of resumes in the hopes of getting a dream job. There are always

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  reason, and with many of the the same goals. And times have changed, and so ... , Elena, and Edward), the rest of the admissions commteam, and of course the ... annotations, inspired by Feynman's margin notes, to many of the "static pages

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  research on colonial United States up to the Declaration of Independence and the formation of the Constitution, and yet she was willing to sit down ... formation of the United States - for three hours every week and pore through

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  took 6.S978 to try my hand at the intersection of law and technology ... the day GDPR was implemented, and in one of my classes we discussed the implications of the legislation and the precedent it set for the global tech

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019