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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  $28 to make this a so much more dangerously awesome gift. ... went to danger!awesome. danger!awesome is a laser engraving and cutting workshop in Central Square. It was founded by Ali Mohammed, PhD '08, an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  to advertise the party of the same name put on by the Burton Third ... Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day. Hackers deploying any hack always subscribe to a strict code of ethics. This

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  don't have a chance to read this anyway, but just in case- stop by and ... . But I have to say, last night's trip to Shaw's was my absolute favorite ... cream toppings. Right now I've got to run off for my second 8

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  campaign Our class's theme is the "5.0 Challenge" -- to achieve at least 50 ... comes into play -- if you don't adjust for inflation, these amounts sum to ... President Martin Tang GM '72 pledges to donate a generous sum of up to $25

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  city of London put it up for sale to make way for a new bridge. Oil and ... ,460,000, and the London Bridge was dismantled block by block and moved to remote ... -biggest tourist attraction after the Grand Canyon. Designed by Disneyland planner C

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  by the Festival. Here some folks are making ice sculptures... ...and ... registration desk until a little after 8PM, went to the Prefrosh Welcome Event in ... news is that this has been an ideal place to see people as they arrive on

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  running the job search, asked all of the applicants for the role to make a ... wanted to put in this blog post for some time. The problem is that talking ... this institution and the work of admissions has meant to me, is too

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  Leg Room. Bound to have terrible neighbours whose goal it is to make ... you will need to be able to pick your seat. I warn you that all of the ... pretty easy, set an alarm for 24 hours before your flight and make sure you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  of waiting and not knowing, and want to get back to you as quickly as ... The college admissions process is often compared to dating. It's a ... courts the first, and so on. We spend time and money trying to identify

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  winter, but I know to go through the motions of making plans with people ... fact that I get to spend six hours a week in a class taught by Junot Díaz ... written. it is highly unedited and makes me feel both embarrassed and proud

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  best color in the box. From the ages of 3-10, my life goal was to be quarterback for the Detroit Lions, though I was eventually was forced to give ... they come one right after another. I happen to be a bit of a nerd. I

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Professorial Help Thanks to the faculty.

  

  at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, works to make metal ... 2010, I'd like to take an opportunity to thank the many awesome faculty ... help the world transition from a fossil-fuel-powered world to an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  making a difference. Oh, and by the way, the movie was great. Gowariker ... the Bollywood equivalent to, say, Tom Cruise/Hanks). When we arrived, the theater was packed. The last empty seat in the house went to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / How to MIT

  socializing safely ...but also leaving my room maybe once a day

  

  required to by MIT"]flu shot[/annotation] and felt so...distant? maybe it was ... to meet up with all of them since I'm hosed all the time. given current circumstances, I've had to pick and choose who to spend my [rare] free time with

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  Together in Service MIT community working collaboratively

  

  week of symposia that is free and open to the public and organized by ... I love a good theme. I make a big deal over birthdays in my family ... the theme is to have an organizing principle that helps convey the

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  ’d be the person who answers your frantic phone call and then tells you to check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to make it to these mandatory training meetings which conflicted with field

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  make things explode using only sheer power of will, I need to set the ... chances of success by adhering to a set of guidelines as a passionless means ... to this very exclusive party. It's interrupted by classes and a few

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  that I'd try to narrate her story by myself, but I soon realized that ... . My roommate couldn't figure it out either, so I decided to ask Melis for help over AIM -- she patiently explained to me how to solve it, but

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  This entry is ostensibly a guide to purchasing an appropriate cell ... students. In reality, however, it's just an excuse for me to advertise this ... , suddenly, when I got to MIT, they became completely ubiquitous. The first

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  intense, it refused to be subdued by the iced tea I picked up - although ... 'm not knocking Nutella by any means - I'm going to try to find their ... I'm a small-time, not very experienced foodie - but I'd like to think

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012