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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  students at MIT. It's a big job, but someone's got to do it. I'm planning on ... anything...) Since I'm a visual person, I drew this little photo to explain ... class about different methods of manufacturing products on a larger scale

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  Orbital, and on the other side, I had the option to join a team of students from Harvard and MIT to go on a cross-country bike trip (Washington D.C. to San ... doubt. My heart felt like I needed to go on the bike trip. It was a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  .     The assignment was to innovate on the current design of a ... – perhaps misguided – attempt to sum it all up in a quantitative manner ... that right. No class on Wednesday. I have been dreaming about a schedule

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  carrying on a conversation with my friends who are desperately trying not to ... is belongs to a class of acronymically redudant phrases (or ARP phrases ... number, and ATM machine. But if you want to be a functioning member of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Hola. No Hablo Español. Las voces de Maseeh: La primera parte

  

  langues informatiques a vannerie sous l'eau! Aussi, on a beaucoup de temps ... , mes amis et moi, nous sommes voyager a New York pour un weekend. Ce ... arriver, il a commence a pleuvoir mais malgré ca, on a marché toute la

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Planned Mail Date: March 11

  

  In case you missed it: We plan to send freshman admissions decision letters on Friday, March 11, 2005 by regular mail. We know how nerve-wracking it can be to wait, but please give the mail a chance! If you don't get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  'll be well on your way to staying warm on a budget. Maybe you'll even ... ?"   I'm glad you asked!  As a lifelong Californian before I went to ... winter break for a few days of ice climbing.  Temperatures dropped to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  ;   Things to bring Your cell phone. Your cell phone charger. A ... with free food you want to go to in your CPW booklet. A sleeping bag, and a willingness to sleep in things that are not beds. Not homework

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  ) go to market; they present their products at a huge event before ... projects.  On Friday, that project was to take revenge on some egg ... On Friday afternoon, the students and staff of the senior capstone

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  to do: catch up. I needed to bridge the gap that was created by a ... I work on problem sets with friends who seem to be getting to the ... achieve that or how to get to a point where I know how to approach problems

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  nicely, I wanted to give her a body pillow + cover with Fischl drawn on it ... , about a mile from MIT. It was a convenient 8-10 minute walk to get groceries from Target, Hmart, or Daily Table, or to grab a latte from Caffe

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  missing out, but I'm really not interesting enough for anyone to miss out on ... when I need to get a solid amount of work done, even though it usually turns into a marathon Futurama-watching session. I'm using my IAP time to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  Here’s a little tribute to lobby 7. Since my start at MIT in January ... ;   It’s a magnificent lobby all on its own, but even better for the ... chancellor speak, seen the president dance, witnessed a hack, listened to a

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  over to Baker House to hear the wonderful sounds a piano can make on a ... next to the shattered fragments. We also took a few mementos. (For these ... comfortable performing in front of a group [kind of to be expected] but more

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  can be seen glancing around. The same image is shown on a 10’ black ... turns to the camera in the corner comically) Did I just walk into a kid ... ESL mother, and your pet boy – at 4:42 PM EST, catching a taxi on Mass

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  line roughly a month before move-in, in an effort to capture just what it ... ’t always meant to stay, and that isn’t necessarily a bad thing- or anyone’s fault.     Besides, I don’t want to look back on this period of my

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  . Silbey let out a huge, surprised yawp before proceeding to lay on the desk ... finally worked up the nerves to ask a question in his class, only to confirm ... the a cappella groups on campus delivers singing-grams on Valentine

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  It has been a tragic week here. On Monday, the Boston Marathon was ... , and another is reportedly on the run in Watertown, a city that borders ... Campus Police on our behalf. Thank you to all members and friends of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  adventures on this map of Cambridge/Boston...hoping to find a sense of ... weekends guarantee an endless amount of free-time to catch up on problem sets ... CCC. On Friday afternoon, I went with a group of about ten MIT students

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  went into a lab in the secret sub-basement of Building 66, pressed "on" on a heater, and let it heat up for 20 minutes while the a computer ... convince her to write a guest entry? No, that's not gonna happen.

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005