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• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  is located) and Somerville (which is a subway stop past Harvard). The ... BAHFest (Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses), “a celebration of well ... my friends. As a bonus, the keynote speaker was Ryan North, writer of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  to use a CNC lathe and a CNC mill. For those of you who are unacquainted, a lathe and a mill are tools used to machine metal/plastic/anything that needs to be shaped into a part. A lathe is for radially symmetric

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Exam Cram a comic in which my friend tries to save me from chem

  

  Bonus: 3.091 (Solid-State Chemistry) class has a weekly meme contest. Because I'm a try hard and didn't know how to make proper memes, I drew a comic. The topic was on orbitals and hybridization. I really like it, so I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  18.600 poetry compute the probability i overuse the ampersand

  

  dedicated to 18.600, a.k.a. Probability and Random Variables, which I took this past semester. special thanks to: Brice H. ‘19, for your endless patience and generosity, & Ivy L. ‘20, who said, I feel like

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 25, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  just a babby sophomore, my floor had a gingerbread decorating party. It was one of a series of events organized by The Committee, an elected group of 1e residents with a small social budget. What started as a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT ... .  What changed? Me. I changed. Who was once a headstrong, ready-to-take-on-the-world prefrosh, is now a slightly jaded, very depressed upperclassmen. It did

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  play in either band or orchestra. We had "tryouts": we took a shot at ... 10 (not a clue what they were rating, exactly...how awesome we looked ... 't like feeling a vibrating reed on my tongue, I shuffled into the band room

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Calm Before the Storm After 6+ months of planning, over 2,000 prefrosh and parents are headed toward Cambridge, Mass...

  

  -before" craziness today, I thought I'd take a little break to relax and write a ... ) - Chorallaries (a cappella, co-ed) - Imobilare (dance, breakdancing/hip-hop) - Logarhythms (a cappella, all-male) - Rambax (music, Senegalese drumming

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Red Sox *wwooooossshhhh!*

  

  Hey, did a Red Sox game just start? The dorm just shook and it sounded like a bunch of fighter jets just flew by, another benefit MIT has ... has to be a game, because I just heard the last little bit of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 7, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Susan Hockfield’s Private Concert La la la la la la la laaaaaaa!!!!

  

  our president. Also, last year, the Marching Band was a bit more destructive. As you can see, Alex (a prefrosh then, an '11 now) decided to shatter a light with his sousaphone. Oops.

  • by Snively '11
  • April 12, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Video: New Zigzag MIT's podcast takes on athletics on campus, and more.

  

  A new episode of MIT's video podcast, Zigzag, is now available. It includes a nice piece on MIT athletics as well as a Thanksgiving story. Zigzag is produced by Academic Media Production Services (AMPS) and is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo of the Day – Installment #1 Photo of the day #1

  

  While I try go get in the swing of things with the start of the semester, I'll begin what I hope will become a new tradition (pending the ... 's appropriate given the start of the term. Is this a good or a bad sign?

  • by Bryan
  • September 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  2005 in Review Being in college manages to teach you a lot of life ... 'll be better off from it. Here are just a few highlights of what college ... life. I learned a lot about politics, and I also learned that losing a

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  a group of scavenger hunt questions to solve, and today they get to solve mine. This blog is supposed to have a question on it, so I'll make ... as a comment. There are iPod shuffles at stake here.

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  will find there are two groups of people. There is group A that despises biology and if it weren’t for 7.01x being a GIR (a required class at MIT ... a mix of anxious premeds and kids trying to convince their parents

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  How does one write a first post? This probably isn't the way...

  

  So, let me tell you a story. Once upon a time there was a man who ... of eternity and create a legend—a legend that people would whisper about across the shores of Valhalla. Then, after writing a slew of blogs

  • by kellen manning
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  Over a week has passed since Pi day, and the reality of the MIT ... admission, there is a bit of role reversal as a new decision date approaches ... . Those accepting a spot on the Waiting List, need to choose another

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  applications both in medicine and in fundamental polymer chemistry. MISTI was a ... Germany was a perfect opportunity to jump into a different comfort zone, work on great research, visit incredible places, and have a truly unique

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there really a swim test?

  Yup, there's a swim test! There's an awesome variety of physical ... requirement can be met by completing a beginner swim course or electing to test out. Courses generally meet twice a week for 40 minutes. The program
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  In 1981, Gerald Fink was a professor at Cornell and a member of a ... . At the time, this was considered a "radical experiment" that faced much opposition. Fink remembers being a part of one meeting about Whitehead in which

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019