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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  Below is one of the robots I built for 2.007, MIT's extremely popular ... "robot" I ever built, on the first day of 2.007: Before I took 2.007, I hadn't ever used a mill or lathe.  I wasn't sure what it meant to tap a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  A Battle Scene to Remember Construction zones are the perfect playgrounds for epic battles

  

  who are struggling extraordinarily well, and some of us (at least I hope ... series by Orson Scott Card.  Unlike many of the MIT students that I know, I have not read the series, but I am aware that this movie is supposed to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  -- I made a point of eating at five Chipotle locations that I had not ... , I thought that was the coolest thing that you could do with 3D printing, bar none. Then I turned on the news tonight / scrolled through my

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  [by Nathan Kipniss '14] This semester I am currently taking STS ... assignment. I was trying to capture the sunset on film. We also explore ... éma vérité and direct cinema (which, I should emphasize are

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  I’m getting married again in a mere five months and I cannot fit in my wedding dress. This might be because I spent the whole winter in ... metabolism. I’m on a mission to figure out what the heck is going on here, and

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  Boston tradition – 115 years running (no pun intended). Of course, I ... celebratory atmosphere. I made my way from North Station to Kenmore Square ... intermittent use – i.e. when one of the Phi Sig brothers (or friends of Phi Sig

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Giving Back (Guest Entry) Guest Entry by Kenny '13

  

  taught me: all that I have to be grateful for. I've got a great set of ... , professionally, academically, and personally; and more than anything, I am having such a great time here. My name is Kenny Lam, and I'm a current

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 5, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Mr. E. Hunt In which I return to blogging only to learn that I forgot how to blog,…

  

  Truth be told, I have no idea how to use the MIT admissions web ... be told honestly this time, I've actually forgotten how to write ... Physics major and. But on the bright side of the other hand, I spent 42

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  So I haven’t blogged for a while - again... I’m not going to lie - it’s actually because I’ve been doing architecture stuff and that ... ...and meeting deadlines. I won’t say too much about that because my blog has been

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  companies, is what a day as an intern is like. What would I be doing, who would I see, where would i go, etc. I figured that people would want to know what the daily life of an MIT student (i.e. me) is like. So i

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  case you are wondering, the admissions officer of whom I speak of is me ... I, and I am him....." Yesterday, there was terrible traffic in the ... just a mess for me to get back to the job from lunch. Eventually, I made

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach ... hideous polo shirts. I peered across the pier with my peers, homonymically. Overhead, a countable infinity of little stars twinkled, and I pondered their

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW time waits for no man, woman or beaver

  

  I know you've had a lot on your mind this past week, so I understand ... , March 25th? I feel there should be a dramatic chord (or small mammal) to drive that point home. If the W3C weren't meeting down the hall I'd even

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  Today I neglected to bring a jacket to class. As the afternoon waned ... estimates, I caught six different strains of flu on the way home at 6:30 pm ... -fresh vegetables from MIT's weekly farmer's market, I barely noticed the initial

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

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) - a DVD you will ... House as 6 different dorms - New House, iHouse, and 4 cultural houses ... about the MIT housing system as you guys actually get these booklets, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  of the only hub of activity for miles, I waited. I was crouched, poised to act, my eyes focused directly forward. Out of my periphery I could see my comrades and I could sense that their resolve matched my own. A

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  I'm not a big sports fan. Never have been. Nashville doesn't have ... Titans, and they only moved there when I was 11. In the past, I've only passively watched sports, when I did. I've been to a couple of baseball games

  • by Evan B. '10
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Internet is Gonna Get Me In lieu of studying, I finally get around to answering your questions.

  

  Last week I had my first exam, shortly to be followed by two others, and I'm happy to say that I suffer from this painful disease that seems ... asymptomatic again and the cycle repeats). So I'm in the reading room. It's a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  last Thursday, and while I'm not big on getting dressed up, semiformal attire was "encouraged," so I sucked it up and put on a dress. I left ... entering the room, I'd put away my coat and picked up my ring. Two

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  Last week was one of those weeks where I had either a test or ... if by correcting our mistakes. It's a nice feature. Tuesday: I had a 7 ... something to do with codes. Thursday: 9.71 midterm. I was pretty happy about

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006