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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  show follows a family on a ship on course to a planet in the Alpha ... . Anyways: a great story about a dad who goes up into space to get data on ... basically, some aliens leave an artifact on earth so a crew is put together to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  something along the lines of "I think you're asking this to get a gauge of ... 'll check in on this post every so often to try and answer your questions ... Hi blog readers! It's been a few months since I've graduated, a time

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  Europe for the summer before going to grad school. You start talking to a ... use a tachometer to measure the motor rotational speed as a function of ... Underground was running on time, and you all made it to the competition just in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  quite a few years ago. Seeing the MITLeaks announcement on Monday reminded ... had five on my list, he nearly fainted...that meant he would need to ... purposes). That...gulp...rejection (yes, it was a very difficult word to say

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  to explain that they needed some maps for a puzzle. This sort of ... out who had the means, motive, and opportunity to do it. We're given a ... topic I'm bashing my head on, but that might give something away to other

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  wood-fired pizza made from a 10-year-old sourdough starter, A4 is the go-to ... years ago. I was left with pieces of pepperoni and cheese on the ground, a large stain on my pants, and a burnt-and-undercooked slice of tomato sauce

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  th, but I know we're going to have a blast. July 3, I plan on checking ... the MIT campus (makes for a nice walk on most nights). (I think I may ... Boston Common for a bit then walked over to Downtown Crossing. After

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  how Ryan describes TOFU: TOFU is a project to explore new ways of ... in reading and committee for the last few weeks. Today may be a Sunday ... awesomeness that is all of you, I wanted to share this different awesome thing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  , though, it can be a harder question to answer. Our profession requires no ... to a lay audience. I don't operate heavy machinery or conduct ... me to join a judging panel featuring Peter Dourmashkin, a beloved

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  admirably ambitious - it was a pleasure to meet you :) The RA telethon will continue on Thursday, so if you didn't get a call yesterday, don't worry; we ... have to sacrifice a couple of your weekend plans. It's entirely feasible

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Decisions Coming soon to a web site near you!

  

  . We're on schedule to release MIT admissions decisions online at 12:00PM ... to check your decision online, you will need to have registered for a ... automated system to reset it. Simply visit my.mit.edu and click on the "lost

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  was made of. Now fast forward to today and what is on my mind. Today, I’ve got a bajillion things to do. And today, I will not finish all of them ... as a freshman in high school. She is me at the core. She is enough to

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 Pt.2 lecture videos go brr

  

  to write about a few more of these projects over the summer, but I wanted to give a short update about 18.S190! Just this last week, lecture ... was endorsed by a commentor on that post. So here ya go, here are some

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  being recorded to be put on MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW). Which means I need to care slightly more about my [annotation note="maybe I should do a ... poetry workshop being run this IAP I hope to be a part of, and I've gotten

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  applications and I promise you that no one will be harmed! Take a moment to ... stressed-out over the SATs, ACTs, SAT IIs and EIEIO (a test only given by Professor O. McDonald), but you deserve a break today. Listen closely: drop

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  opportunity to do real research through UROP, MIT also has a number of exciting ... Development Initiative, DfC is a student-run group which has worked on projects ... hands-on work isn't done with a formal organization [ref: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  with Carlos, I walked over to building 16 to lend a book I had just ... People often seem to think that going to an elite school, particularly one with a large population of graduate students, means that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  -planned outfit that I could conveniently use to be a smart alec to anyone who gave ... are all very welcome. I hope it helped you chill a little about the whole thing. There will be plenty of time to go crazy and lose sleep once

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  rather than sitting in a car on top of the track. We had the car-on ... harnesses and had to wear helmets. I didn't manage to get a good picture of a rider in motion, but I did get a picture of this rider who was about to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  time to check on any such documents (there is a time for this later). Do ... these documents directly to MIT, a registered Docufide Document recipient ... documents to us. All teacher letters must be typed or written on official

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012