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  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  't so bad for the kinetics unit, but by the time we got to gyroscopes ... captions. (This is getting to be pretty challenging.) 5.12 - Organic ... explanation were both really accessible. Also, TEAL seems to be working out a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  received my admission to MIT if I thought I'd be at a Ben Jones concert ... morning, I decided I'd go to the middle of nowhere in Maine for brunch. I made the decision around 2am, went back to bed, and rose at the fine hour

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  obligated to wax rhapsodic about things that didn't happen very long ago.  I ... year ago. It was a beauteous midsummer morn, and I was filled to the brim ... FPOPs, chances for freshmen to dabble in a huge variety of subject and

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  how to design and program a robot. They learned that by jumping in and ... impossibly hard. They learned how to build things that wouldn’t break (by ... once you realize it needs to change (by hanging on too long and then

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  Camp. The footage has now been edited together in an engaging way and will be released throughout the fall in episode format. You should sign ... wearing lavender gloves. (Whatever company decided to go with lavender

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  it must be continually stirred; otherwise, it starts to congeal in a ... masterpiece in person. to be continued... ... .S., getting on a flight to Milan was quite a struggle. All flights to the New

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  everything posted on this page to be imported back into Facebook. These are all ... for admissions officers and current students to share their stories. It's also a place for y'all to carry on a conversation with us and amongst

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  fly planes?  While many cadets go through the program hoping to be ... wide range of opportunities, and I’m able to serve my country in a way ... amazing program and a huge part of my life. However, it’s hard to understand

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  , really want to be enjoying IAP right now, but instead I've been spending ... CONTESSA blog entry to me. I know how much that entry must mean to him, judging by how many times I heard that "good neighbor policy" story

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Do You Like “Like”? What to do about social sharing.

  

  " button to blogs so that they could be easily shared via Facebook. As I said ... bottom of every blog entry. By clicking this link, you may choose to ... may have never stumbled across otherwise. You get to be the dude or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  modeling, and everything seems to be going pretty well--the grad students are ... being one of those people pardoned by Clinton during the last 20 minutes ... Sam imitators and giant turkeys and enter a raffle to win a replica of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  #NoBanNoWall

  

  of our community who we know to be traveling, including connecting them ... received this email from mit administration sometime yesterday: To ... community. While we are very troubled by this situation, our first concern is

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 29, 2017
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12:16 PM ET Your early action decisions, wrapped

  

  whatever it is, this too shall pass. Above all else, be kind to yourself and ... rule that I know of, babies —  God damn it, you've got to be kind ... I've stopped listening to Jenny's cozy destress vibes playlist while

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  ! Academically, it was the best part of my week. It felt great to be back helping ... recitations. Last semester, I ended up spending way too much time trying to ... allows for my limited time to be used elsewhere or reaffirming my

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  an ultrahigh vacuum. The microscope will now be used to image the surface of high-temperature superconductors in an attempt to understand how ... very sensitive and must be mounted on vibration-free platforms. Vivek

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  Venice that would soon be opened up to the public. Her boss gave her the ... at MIT but is expected to be learned on the job. She loved her ... the opportunity to experience life in Italy while simultaneously working

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Crew Florida Takeover My last trip to play with the dolphins

  

  (global warming must be playing its part), we still trekked down to Florida this year to take advantage of their always warm weather, and most ... video review. But what better way to come back than on beautiful water

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  minutes and were pretty cool. Can't be compared to fireworks during New ... and feel obligated to write about 5th of November/Guy Fawkes ... without knowing about Bonfire Night. Not very meaningful this way at all

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  the only way i can convince myself to write anything for the past two ... 't think i have the mental capacity to be making decisions like that ... events in each section, bullet points even to the paragraph and sentence

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2025 i3 videos megapost

  

  produced by students to show off the community, physical spaces, and unique ... -year students typically consult the MIT Guide to Residences while they fill out their housing survey and choose where to live on campus. This guide

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 2, 2025