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• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  unhealthy. We decided to get the bare necessities for lunch sandwiches ... . (side note: my condolences to all those left high and dry when the IAP ... Caltech"). We landed in Baltimore close to 7 AM Saturday morning, after a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  that mimicked humans to get closer to us. Whatever the case, this topic ... heebie jeebies with your art? Starting off faithful to the human likeness ... feel a little creepy. On a graph of human likeness to attraction

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  I hope over the next course of the year, we can get to know each other ... . You're in college now." Here's the catch. It's MIT, a place with as many things to see and do as Walt Disney World. So far in my little trip down

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  your school library or something if you get the chance--it's a nicely ... . Although the process has never been specifically used to destroy prions ... such extreme temperatures and pressures. Mad cow disease is thought to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  get my picture taken to be even more authentic. My mother is not so ... work in a short week, professors seem to believe that it is perfectly reasonable to assign the same amount of work in a short week and just make it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  often get some interesting notices over the list, and thought I'd share this one with you: Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 04:25:08 -0500 To: suma ... ) ******************************   REGISTER NOW! TO REGISTER, please send an email to taskforce

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  your code to run, then try more things. i was able to get guidance from ... ), and then adjusting your views or beliefs after looking at the data to a ... choice to take one class outside my major but decided to stick to math

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  so hard to remember that "you do not have to walk on your knees for a ... more typical 5.5 to the exceptional 7.5 of sophomore fall. So, once again ... of my life—the SuperUROP corresponding to 6.UAR, a year-long class

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  , then read it again. Kirstyn sat out in the hall, on her laptop. To get to ... to bed; "you're a sweet girl," she said, "I'll see you next time! I ... 10:25pm, Friday. I was sprinting down dorm row from French House to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  calligraphy class where you get to learn different strokes, characters and ... ="origami club at MIT"]origaMIT[/annotation] meetings. I am also trying to get an ... firsthand what it is like to Screw Up (the get

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  , and as such have to cross the bridge every day to get to campus. A lot ... having breakfast. As usual, I missed the Boston Daytime shuttle to campus. Like any other morning, it looked like I was walking to campus. But as I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  one of the students that matriculated before coming to CPW; so I came to CPW with two needs: 1) To have fun and 2) To skip school. Needless to ... Ivy, and we dragged our luggage to Baker, which is where we would be

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Uh Oh Joke: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice…

  

  . National Ice Cream Day was on July 16, 2006. Even though I did not go get ... ) Herrell's D) Christina's Boston and Cambridge are home to many other fine ... distance of the 'Tute. Get the Scoop here. Joke answer: Pi a'la mode.

  • by Bryan
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  bday burnout no more spiders please

  

  the kitchen to get ingredients for a smoothie. I pulled the fridge door ... my loft was a way for me to get more natural light. A few minutes later ... my worst day. Tuesday I had to get up early and finish my readings for

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  thought that it'd be imposing of me to ask if I could get help from her in ... was a no-brainer. I couldn’t seem to get the research out of my ... . My roommate couldn't figure it out either, so I decided to ask Melis

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  up to get my act together. Showered, dressed, brushed teeth - booked it ... decide to look them up; they will not leave your head for a long time. Duh ... friends for a while (THANK YOU TO XIAOYUE '15 FOR MAKING US ALL BREAKFAST

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  I owe you an explanation for my absence (and you'll get WAY more details than you could ever want, don't worry). To summarize, here's a map: After my last final on December 20, I flew home to London for winter break

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  must pay $1.10 a gallon to get rid of this oil, which is used to deep ... On Wednesday, 70 degree weather spurred MIT students to sport cute ... , with accumulations of 5 to 8 inches of snow expected. Meanwhile crude oil

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  weren't able to put your name down before they start!) The first night is ... to get these. All I have to do is live in my dorm. I can handle that. I ... I've got an exam in twenty minutes, but I wouldn't be able to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  . "What socioeconomic class would you say your person belongs to?" "Do you ... this book. Roth can really write, and I want to get acquainted with some ... you guys are competent enough to seek out these books if you're really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005