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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  Have you ever wanted to see how accurate you can make a GPS? Have you ever wanted to see just how hot your PC can get before it starts messing ... entire semester to pursue that question by designing an experiment

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  [by Xenia Antipova '13] The very first time I heard of Richard ... boorish man took the heroine to see a Wagner opera. Being a frilly type of ... and could only think about the lovely things that he could afford to

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  that about 30% of us were going to be kicked out of the class by the end ... you recall was a miracle for me to get into, followed by 8.09. A solid ... picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  to "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" by David Sedaris, (hey ... Hindemith beat me to that by like 40 years), so I've been looking for a good ... Summer's mixer to cream together the cookie dough, so I ended up making

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  would be fun to read. Be warned - I may (read: will) overdramatize a good ... day tubes made it to South Florida, Neha '10 (that's Mr. Neha to you and ... came, so she drove to school to give her the tube. Kris '10 and I were in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  So I just happened to come across two articles this week related to ... Consumers" where they talk about some new technology that's being developed by a company called Kovio, which apparently was founded by MIT alum Colin

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  're adults now and that means you get to make choices. Of course that also means you're adults now, and you have to make choices. Some are trivial ... really a hard concept, just hard to apply : Spend less than you make

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  time for a quick break, then go talk to prospective members of the ... hasn't yet arrived. Hmm. 7:35am: Nance picks me up; we head in to campus ... campus copy center) to be copied -- 1000 doubled-sided, folded copies are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  , I'm trying to tighten my culinary grasp in order to make new and ... '12, not to be outdone, responded to the above by building a “short ... -preservation instincts began sirening for me to pick up the scissors and start cutting

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  gone by. Sometimes, you just have to perform. As I make my way through ... burst onto the stage to welcome everyone to the [annotation note ... happened, I was still a freshman, desperately trying to get on my feet. In

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  , I just find it to be a little bitter, which may make me a supertaster ... and we have to make sure that my turkey waste is hygenic, so I completed ... conversation. I discovered that spinach, which I previously considered to be the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  requires me to drive by open pastures of cows, I might cave. We'll see. So ... to get into the Museum Of Science for free. A few weeks back, Diana, Evelyn, and I went to check out some of the exhibits. Now probably one of

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  guarded by a vigilant goalie with the power to apprehend nearby pucks and ... game to play. Each team has three to four players on at a time, each of whom rides on a noble steed--those scooters that you used to sit your

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  MIT is cool, you’ll go to X because it will make them happy. Ah, if I ... Congratulations! You have finally been accepted to college! 4 ... Weekend (CPW), you will have the opportunity to experience what life at MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  , surrounded by beautiful souls and amazing resources that encourage me to ... In an Uber ride during my freshman year, one of my friends turned to ... now” If you had said that statement to any of my classmates from high

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  amazed by how well i'm able to bounce back and keep facing forward rather ... hang out with me as i wrangle my worms or make spontaneous plans to get ... doesn’t make you feel like you’re sinking, and by telling you all of this

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  's posts, I wanted to share this reddit post by David B. '11, about his ... . While all your CS friends are going off to Google and Facebook, making six ... again by jobs and say WHAT THE HELL? I WENT TO MIT, DAMMIT. But everyone

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  started the day by running (1) and (2). (2) brought us to the Museum of ... Daniel would start by taking a class, because he didn't want the game to ... more years to finish that list. I've decided to make it a personal goal

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  really do think universities need to do more to make college affordable for middle class families. (Let's not forget, though, that by far the most ... team challenge (school spirit??) seemed to be straight out of "The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  summer on track. Make a "101 Things to Do" list for that city or area ... ask as many questions as you need to do the best job you can. Make ... don't hurt either. Send postcards to people. They make for cool

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011