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• Blog / Academics & Research

  a week of class notes airplanes, ethnography, and some bonus doodles

  

  theory is about making messy systems behave the way you want them to behave; this can be as simple as making sure a toilet doesn't overflow or as complex as making a self-driving car follow a set path. 6

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 11, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  cadets a few weeks ago. It is statements like these that make me very ... . I want to be a fighter pilot - that is why I joined AFROTC, for the ... simply as an avenue to become a pilot and to pay for school. I wasn

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  Engineering professor. I can’t express how grateful I was to be a student at the ... . I even had a conversation with Marc Abrahams. He told me to look out ... -researched but also ridiculous (e.g. a paper on the best way to slice a ham

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Vol. III Everyone gather 'round the laptop 'cause it's movie time!

  

  've been going on to Facebook, enjoying plenty of potty humor and having ... entries to come involving my research and other jobs, but until then here's a video. Boom. Sorry in advance for the singing. If any of the other

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • July 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  Ginger Rogers instead of actual clues, (4) a PDF that appeared to be blank, (5) a board game given to all the teams . . . without instructions ... ” computers). Somehow, finding this led you to the grocery produce number for a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  wontons (which Linda already knew how to make, so hers looked a lot cooler ... commit a...healthy...amount of time to extra-curriculars, but outside of ... . Ooooh. But the magic wears off after a couple weeks, to be honest, and

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  a college campus (and at my alma mater no less) exposes me to random ... phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card ... the notes app on my phone begs to differ. maybe it was a fear of failure

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  , I wanted to highlight a few pieces of general advice I had ... -of a CPW given, but Midway features student group booths to show student ... -specific events! A lot of clubs will hold CPW events for you to get to know the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool UROP position UROP opportunity: helping people fight obesity using robots

  

  system and making a bathroom scale talk wirelessly to the system ... -- Hardware The Robotic Life group in the Media Lab is looking for a UROP to help with a project applying sociable robots to the real-world problem of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  you can sit and watch the stars.  Five of us went to follow him on a ... decided to do a small hike with a pretty waterfall, known as Nancy Cascades. It was supposed to be a nice two hour hike, and we figured that we

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  away from other people. It's ok to have a jam session all by yourself. It's ok to get a table for one. Make time for self-care. It goes a long way ... . Call up a family member or a friend. Go on a walk. Make yourself a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  students will have taken an idea from nothing more than a sketch on paper to a real life product. This course is a FANTASTIC opportunity to get to ... 't think many classes let you build and race an elephant... make a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  of the Oregon Trail computer game is coming to MIT and giving a talk ... , but I did =) Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to the event, BUT I will be at a formal on the 33rd floor of a building in downtown

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  Well, the last week and a half has been busy, to say the least. I ... applications this weekend, so I am struggling to write a charming, yet ... /GRE word!) I guess, strictly speaking, I don't have as much of a right to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  New York. I went to Europe for a week, where I had more great food. I am ... something in the lot, Teaching English to a class (and watching them sing "I ... by the locals. After a week of this, we went to Lima and Cuzco for a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Forum Monday Let's make a list of questions that you feel you REALLY need answers to ASAP.

  

  incline. As a way to help with your tension headaches, I propose the following: instead of me posting a topic and you responding, let's make a list ... the rules: Make sure your question is general enough to be of

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds It's crunch time for college decisions.

  

  With 10 days to go until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  , on to the next.” She had a great time building and making things, and ... a chance to make a positive impact on a high schooler’s life in ... , to talk about their experiences as a WISE student, host, and admissions

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  , this class was so fun! 2.008 How to Make A Thing Many Many Times In How ... to! We really had to think about how each step of making a thing can be easily repeated. At the end of the class, we had to make five tens of a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  it's a cloudy Tuesday morning and i'm walking to Caffe Nero to get a ... my house in Central, and the latte is conveniently free thanks to a voucher sent to me by an upperclassmen. as i walk, a thought pops into my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021