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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  This summer, I got a side gig to put up chalk art in the Welcome ... wondering how large of a range of places people are coming from to visit the ... board with beavers, but I was getting hungry so I put up a speech bubble

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  Spanish essay due tomorrow and 5.12 to study for, but I feel I must get this ... to seek extra help?" are a few of the common questions that are running ... child?" "Does she need a test prep course?" "Do we need to hire a college

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  a funky-looking dorm is that I can always find my way back to it by ... lounge Having a lounge space to hang out with friends is integral to my ... a different dorm – and still go to the lounge and fit in. 9

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  exams. In a word, sophomore standing isn't very difficult to get, if that ... Sometime in the last month, I was forwarded a request to blog about ... Intensive). A side note: you're actually required to take a CI class during

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  . I was getting a tuberculosis skin test, which I needed in order to ... -year-old a short bus ride away. One day, while I was explaining how to add ... partner and I were supposed to teach a group of kids (ages 6-8ish) about

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  last experiment a week into the next. Also, it's killer to get behind ... introduction to physics@mit. This entry has been a while coming. I started ... trips, and guitar hero III. I learned how to ski; I beat a song on hard; I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  are pretty busy by day, but at night we've been heading to this sports ... . This trip will conclude my fall travel season, so I'll get back to ... links to tide you over: First, The Human Factor is a video that MIT has

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• 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 ... DID YOU KNOW? America's fastest competitive eater is Sonya Thomas, a ... this month. How sweet is that? Anything Into Oil By Brad Lemley

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  have a question. Do you have to get a high score on standerized testings ... Orientation?" You know, to refresh my memory, I created a thread on College ... you should already know about if you're an incoming frosh. You get to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  sad), so a few MITWE members tried to get Ken Amis (our assistant ... and part 2 to get up to speed if you haven’t already. We spent most of ... finally complete! Djuena then taught us the lyrics to a song in the Ticuna

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  worked on analyzing a lot of data from Mission 1 to better inform our ... to a mind-boggling temperature to mimic the sun’s heat and then shook them around a bunch to mimic take-off.  The other team I worked with was

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  definitely worth a read (and worth watching), but I wanted to highlight ... change I accepted, even grew to love, for a time. Even at a Freshman ... the racers in a 400 meter dash, it felt invigorating to know nothing but

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  intentionally by taking eight classes a semester so they can graduate in two years ... reverberation after 20-30ms, and it takes sound about 0.89ms to travel a foot, so ... frequencies outside that range I keep getting distracted by curiosity about

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  " posters, which were made to publicize a documentary about MIT made by two ... a time before the call time to get their drinks. We tracked drinks ... .[/annotation] The party is open to the entire MIT campus and features a hack and a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  off sales figures faster than a cash register, needs $300,000 to go to ... outstanding intellect, Ben was offered a chance to join the clandestine MIT ... ,000." Through a trial by fire at a sketchy Chinatown gambling den, Ben performs

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  at MIT...and surrounded by my friends. I attribute this to general ... about my friends and have grown so much closer to them within a few hours ... viewed it in a different light. We then contemplated how important getting

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  major--she's just a minor! My own connection to political science is even more tenuous (I was pretending to be Ruth's date and she's a minor) but ... that posting them here would be a little gratuitous. Suffice to say that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  I'm on a 13-hour flight from San Francisco to Tokyo, connecting ... 'm sitting in the emergency exit row directly behind a bathroom - but rather to ... to San Francisco with my boyfriend CV, who just graduated and has a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  country and the world. They all come to MIT, stay in Simmons hall, and get paired with a mentor in the Boston area to do an original scientific ... year I had applied to be a counselor, but I landed the job of AD. My boss

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  place to meet your future classmates and get questions answered by current ... admitted students can enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to ... to get emails and screennames to be in touch with fellow MIT 2014s

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010