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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  went to danger!awesome. danger!awesome is a laser engraving and cutting workshop in Central Square. It was founded by Ali Mohammed, PhD '08, an ... simple: they will use lasers to burn anything into anything. As you can see

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  to advertise the party of the same name put on by the Burton Third ... was rather impressive. How did hackers manage to get a 600 pound ... Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  those you're hired to serve. I was really happy to hear that she plans to ... she'll be able to hear from us before it gets to the picket line point ... morning I had the incredible opportunity to attend the announcement and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  deceit, and they're in over their heads. The key to getting past it ... , but your fellow students and brilliant faculty are there to provide some ... . Keep your head out of the clouds - but don't be afraid to hold it high.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / Events

  One of those “big picture” days 2 hours of inspirational lectures, one from the CDC director and the other from broadcasting…

  

  had finished early. I had two minutes to get to Kresge auditorium, where ... practices. Finally, we need to combat problems like obesity by examining a ... added this to my “10 reasons why I love MIT”: the lectures! We get to hear

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  , “Wait, it gets even better!” and pointed to my bed. So I walked over and ... Yesterday afternoon, I walked back to my suite in Burton-Conner after ... taped to my door.   OK? I opened the door, stepped into my room

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  . Typical for an MIT student, I am used to not a day going by without a ... considered. I have to get back to my readings, but hello from Detroit, and ... already tell that this semester is going to be very different from anything

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Preview Of My Summer Project Screenshots of the new admissions site.

  

  new admissions site. I can't wait for this baby to launch! IMAGE #1 ... , regardless of author. You will no longer have to check each blogger's box to see if he/she has posted recently. You'll also get streamlined

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  you need a set of perfect test scores and grades to get into this joint. :) ... in honor of student exhaustion, and therefore I would like to write a paean to the MIT long weekend. The abundance of long weekends is one of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  exact, but it just never seemed to work out.  By the time I had to choose ... million ways to solve the same problem, and your imagination and creativity is more of a superpower than your ability to measure things with a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• 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
• FAQ / Interview

  How am I assigned an interviewer?

  After submitting your application, you will be notified if there is an Educational Counselor (EC) available to conduct an interview. If an EC is available, they will reach out via email to schedule an interview
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Friends, Part 1 a cross-registration love story

  

  "Course 8," which is the MIT-way to say Physics). To date, Denisse is by far ... slowly) to Back Bay. By the time we got back, the sun would have come out ... Cross-registration is one of the most amazing features to exist at

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  little ways by myself to trip over logs. Here, I've encountered the same ... blogger, I'll try to keep you updated. 1. Sleep. Getting enough of it will ... . 5. Real world stuff. I want to get off campus sometimes, make outside

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  had to be screened by three different people when I went to check in for ... The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night's sleep so that I could wake up early the next day to figure out how to pack

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  was awed and astounded by an elevator that connected the tunnel to the ... your hands*. So you give up and just tell people to come to CPW. *Sorry, does this sound too angsty? Should I change it to “but it makes your

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  insecure about herself and needs to prove her worth to everyone around her by ... support systems, and I want to curl up in a ball and demand "why don't I get ... .600[/annotation] exam last week. At risk of sounding dramatic, I don't even need to

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  I walked into 21M.302: Harmony and Counterpoint II today to find this ... at the time because I had to finish this problem, due in less than four ... my activity coefficient away. He explained to us that this was a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Regular Action Decisions: Saturday 3/14 We will post RA decisions online on Saturday at 2pm... or probably a minute before.

  

  and password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your ... @mit.edu with your full name and mailing address. We'll use this information to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  supposed to get 15 gallons of ice cream on Thursday morning that never showed ... and let everything defrost, but some of you were lucky enough to get ... went home right after breakfast and missed all the fun you're about to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007