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• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  lot. i helped design an airplane in 16.82, one of the capstone options for the aero/astro degree. here is a part of that airplane (i worked on ... lot of time with my a cappella group, the toons. we went candlepin

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  Market in three weeks and the shelves of my formerly bomb ... that the lady in front of me in line was paying in cash, I decided to ... ... let's do it the harder way." Still, it wasn't a day to remember. I didn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  overlooks a city but is not quite part of the city a thought: my capacity to ... rationality is some people's holy grail. emotions get in the way of reason but ... brother, the most stubbornly rational person i know--but of course you can

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  reschedule exams (like my exam on Friday potentially), the Dean of Student Life ... of influenza that was tested to be neither A or B. Flu season hasn't actually started, so the verdict? Probably H1N1. Wonderful. MIT Medical gave

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  . There's a little black plastic part on the main bar of the bike where I ... locked it up for me, after which we took the bus to Harvard to see a comedy show. We spent quality sister time together for a bit before I rode the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  of the day)EVERYONE I KNOW: There are elephants being marched down Mass ... running all the way to the Museum of Science by the Charles just to catch up ... true; you only know us. ME: Oh, right. Every year in October, the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  about 18 months. So today, I attended an info session on the Masters of ... yes and no. For example, I've often heard of the stigma that those ... D/head scientist combo is because most of the people I know with PhD's have stayed in

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  penalized in the application process for disruptions outside of their control ... knowledgeable letter on your behalf. A few sentences at the top of a letter ... We require letters of recommendation for our application. We strongly
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  the same dorm touch, they merge into one! Note: The order of dorms ... hand by the wonderful creators of this game 🥲): Random Hall: 96 windows ... Combine other dorms to reach the almighty Simmons Hall

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  classes because i genuinely enjoy them, or because of the inertia. what's the point? why am i doing all of this?   https ... whiteout conditions is a song by the new pornographers, and it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  above and beyond what we had originally anticipated). We're aware of the ... , most MIT staff are out of the office today and tomorrow for the holiday ... ***EDIT, 12/31/12 1:49PM: Of course, no sooner than I post this, it

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  the year of YouTube, iPods, gas for $3.50 a gallon, record-high temperature, Wiis and PS3s, the World Cup, penguins and pandas, eight planets ... , designed fuel-efficient cars of the future, observed subatomic particles, won

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  . Today, May 15th - which happens to be the International Day of Families ... students for the Class of 2019, not even Leeroy Jenkins. We have seen all the wonderful updates that many of you have submitted, and appreciate

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Past Enrollment On A Map [updated as to not freeze your browsers ^_^] My final project for 4.502 (Design Scripting).

  

  of the past ten years (go back and forth with the bracket keys). Mouseover a data point to see the number of undergrads from that state. Now that I've gotten the hang of this (note: I've never really programmed in

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  , living group, activity, or current area of work. I think the official ... I will promptly get on a bus and go to New York City. The MIT Alumni ... can apply to up to 3 positions in the San Francisco, New York, Los

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  back in east campus jiggity jig

  

  silly tradition, here is a picture of my old room. the move was ... if we couldn't do the dozen other hall traditions because of covid ... 's been gone. so one of the themes the game touches on is what it's like to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  shaped to remind the consumer of a child's arms folded in prayer. 6 days ... -day weekend and every single day of the weekend was the most beautiful day ever ... , awesomeness in general. So I thought I'd write about some of the more awesome

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  tendency to sit fascinated for hours by the refraction of light through pens ... granted by the structure of a shoestring's weave, internal discussions on ... other than that of the dried wood pulp from which it had once been

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  the "Oh the memories, it went by so fast, if only I had more time" crap and skip straight to what the end of the semester at MIT is actually ... professors is to assign tests right before finals (to minimize the amount of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In ... and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of ... Much Clue. To give you a flavor of the Hunt, I decided I'd post here four

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008