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  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  . Essentially, MIT students get the month of January off to do whatever we please."]IAP[/annotation] period and decided he wanted to make an automated nerf turret. Here is how ... , Raymond had to get a hold of a fully automated, fully electronic nerf gun

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  cool experience. Free transportation: MIT students get free access to ... ’s even just nice to be able to get out of the MIT STEM bubble for a bit ... ’s also just nice to get thrown back into that freshman year excitement for

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  then wind yourself through a bit of awkward hallway to get to the library ... ."]fourth floor[/annotation]of the Student Center, which is nice and easy to get to ... embarked upon a journey -- a long journey! An arduous journey! -- to visit

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Live Writing] MARC 2024 A big meeting about small things

  

  Meeting about Amazingly-small Rocks and Computers), and I get to be there ... get to hang out with these people who are much brighter than me and ... turning around the sun. When things get that small, weird stuff starts to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  I couldn’t get myself to write.  I miss signing up for college campus ... the few that actually gets to go to school here. I remember that on one ... wished to get into an ivy league school.  I miss looking through the old

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  are buffet-style, allowing you to get as much food as you want from several "stations" around the dining hall. Indeed, an easy way to level up ... , so I usually only do this if I get a to-go box (e.g., during late

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  just happy to see fresh and current MIT student faces, but after getting ... for finishing the hunt first is getting to write next year's puzzle) I ... . My favorite thing about going to a place like MIT is that you tend to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  ’s journey with Henk Rogers to get the game out of Soviet Russia. One of the ... would’ve been like 7 or 8 back then. But then we get to classic Tetris ... I could never get anywhere close to his scores. He eventually quit the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / Class Projects

  Make a Lamp! and cart the pieces of it from IDM to IDC, the forge, Metropolis, and back…

  

  hours to get the project done! However, fitting the individual nopales ... learned about all types of making, from woodworking to 3-D printing. I was ... process, a guest lecturer, and lab time to test out the process for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  that. Also, my little sister just got permission to get her first tattoo in the coming month, so I felt suddenly inspired to get one now. It ... . And I’ve worked to teach myself since then, by getting my [annotation

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  than an hour to get there from the fifth station. It was probably the ... weather started to get really, really bad. Difficult to stand up, let alone ... stopped to get some of the best hot chocolate I have ever had in my life

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  . thinking about this room makes me kinda sad. east campus is scheduled to get renovated next summer, and if that happens as planned, i won't get to spend my ... the years and years of stories attached to each piece, may not get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  I love going to the MIT Media Lab. Being part of the MAS Freshman ... class (MAS.110) or for just getting "lost" in the many halls of the labs, looking at every project I can find. But today, I was there to attend the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  me, and I have to work hard to make sure I get enough of it. Burgers ... Comparative Media Studies. I'm kind of considering it. > I have yet to see if ... . This marks the end of a very good start to what will be a very good

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  ). I'm now sitting at home, trying to relax but not quite, because there is a LOT of work to be done. But how could this be! It's Christmas ... judgment to go to classes, carry on coursework, etc., I feel like this

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  personalities. When I say that, I'm not just referring to undergraduates, but also to grad students, post-doctorates, and even professors - and in my ... here, right now I want to focus on an aspect of diversity I never fully

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  school are getting married. It's a weird thing to be a female scientist in ... 'll get to some answers next time I check in. EDIT: I stuck a really super ... there enough air for everybody to breathe?" Just as I've never noticed a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  biggest concern right now is hot to get my recommendations to MIT in time ... after reading the journal. However, to get the whole complete picture, one ... to get across, and while I'm planning on writing about it in the essay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  . Despite all my best efforts, I couldn’t get the lock to turn. My host family ... myself to someone new, I get the opportunity to meet myself again. I know ... , Girona[/caption] 9/8/2025 Dear blog, Last night, I arrived to Figueres

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  to it, like a gas does. so i'm telling myself that i need to get this ... we get to critically examine programming languages from a design ... people to show up to things and trying to get people to take responsibility

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023