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• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  right from the get-go, but after walking down MIT's Infinite Corridor, I ... -styled notification at the end of the Infinite, I challenged myself to find as many ... , composed of two parallel buildings, can get away with it: Also flagged for

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  This morning, I was Googling Chris to find a photo of him, and was inadvertently reminded, thanks to news reports, that he was once a child prodigy ... life built to be seen by others—that’s not what I want. My friends often

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  Daina to look at the Sun. I got that borrowed by the Astrogazers at MIT ... getting access to Caroline fell through. In the wise words of one of our ... quickly, but by the time both cars made it back to campus to pick everyone

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  , takes the principles of D-Lab: Design to a real-world level by showing you ... When most people I know think of MIT, the first thing that leaps to ... dedicated cadre of people at MIT dedicated to changing that perception - and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Design in Boston [By Doug '14] Events that showcase the creative capital in and around Boston.

  

  [By Doug Sanchez '14] After taking 2.97 (Design for People) I changed my major to 2A and decided to concentrate in product design. I was ... . Design is applied art. It is Design Museum Boston’s goal to show

  • by ARTalk
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Classes

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

  

  the brain’s inability to process an overwhelming event than by the event ... 'm going to do? I'm going to find out your username, and get my workstation ... I was going to name this post "Things I enjoyed reading this year

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  .42 kilodaltons of carbohydrate, 21.2 kilodaltons of protein) binds to the sweetness receptors of the tongue and activates them in response to acid, making sour ... miraculin stays bound to our taste buds—fifteen to thirty minutes. The maximum

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  actually got to Mass Ave, I saw a Target, so I decided to just get snacks from there and turn around. When I got back to Simmons, I couldn't get ... groceries to rot in the lobby, and I turned around to get my ID from Killian

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Chose To Spend My First Weekend Away From MIT 132 miles north to be exact

  

  do not do justice to actually being surrounded by some of your closest ... that someone starts off by holding a ball of yarn. And they began to ... feels like you're in a hamster ball, surrounded by due dates

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  to 34 hours (source). In this post, I’ll describe my (also wildly ... to Proofs, the materials for which are available here). Now, these ... students, 12 unit-hours may mean anywhere between 6 to 20 life-hours. For

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  this cool one MIT student and get to know them and blah blah blah ... . Get to know them! Eat a lot. CPW is full of free food. Enough said ... ! Shameless plug. Chris and I were going to try to get you to come hang out at

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  arbitrary order and still confuse me from time to time. Sidequest 2: Get my ... supported by the people that I’ve had a chance to meet here. This feeling ... ultimately folded to external influences by subconsciously singling out the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  articles, and I also read a lot of textbooks (shoutout to the secondhand copy ... three quizzes and was devastated to receive a 50. by the end, however, I ... college with employable credentials and get a job. to be very clear

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  ” of multi-disciplinary engineers was tasked with trying to get three ... project, but realized that getting different personalities to work together ... Google docs as their preferable means of communication and meetings to be a

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? According to Wikipedia, "An article from The Onion ... , in which students were asked to write an essay analyzing its use of ... to D√Љsseldorf this weekend, I forget why, but the thing that we were

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  This blog post is by Mike W. ‘19, epic speed integrator and Random ... , listening to songs about Alexander Hamilton on YouTube, and flipping through ... , confident as you please. I tend to solve problems quickly, so the extreme time

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  [/caption] But how did this shark plush get so popular? Blahaj’s rise to ... introduced by Ikea, the Korall Fisk, to a picture taken in 2006. Then in 2008 ... by your side if you want to discover the world below the surface of the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  cleaning was going, but we weren't sure how to get inside MacGregor to check ... -related confessions, ordered by date, with highlights added to mark my personal ... this step."]earliest and latest confessions I pulled.[/annotation] To get

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  much, so I was surprised to be greeted by a cozy summer camp with dozens ... main thing I want to get out of this course is concrete project ... coordinate the GEL1s. Check out their website to learn more! Our journey to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  So in Burton-Conner, you're allowed to paint your room under several fairly reasonable restrictions, and my roommate and I decided to take full ... temporary rooms: Not very inviting, is it? So we set right to work. The

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005