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  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  interest to the PSC and its donors, so students who apply for these ... you may be able to use your summer experience/work/research for a UROP ... participated in it last summer. If I have forgotten any, please let me know

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  things that can happen to an artist. It’s not that much different for ... implement: I don't use pencil for my notes when I can help it. I like the ... where to start, feel free to use this as inspiration. [caption id

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  freeze-drying the slurry and letting it solidify. Depending on how quickly we freeze the suspension and to what temperature we freeze it, we can ... because it's best to try to seed the cells into something closer to nature

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  're getting closer! 10:45am: A quick walk through Lobby 7, soon to be the site ... 2007 Mystery Hunt will begin! I'm going to try today's entry as a ... Hunt is a weekend-long competition at MIT where people team up to solve

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  't have a dining plan, so it's up to the residents to feed ourselves ... through being the chef. It's the chef's job to 1. Come up with a menu, which ... whole house, places the online order, and has it all delivered to the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  things to hand-wire a computer. I used doorbell wire, nails, light bulbs ... school in that area. It was a dream I had to go there. When I was just ... use the information when it came so cheap. If you said, '$40,000,' they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  at about 500 rpm, but we hope that we can use this class to make some ... use each machine, we get to learn by making a spiffy Stirling engine ... . In the other two sections we learn how to draw and use CAD, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  little I can add to Khan's awesome address, so I will instead link you to ... life here, but it has proven to continue to define my life in countless ... potential to be, MIT's rationale for it was even more powerful. MIT was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  decide to trash it and delete it permanently, and move on with my life ... discovered that I actually liked programming a lot and wanted to do more of it ... field, which I would use to combine 18 and 21W. This was the plan for two

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  Lobby 7 on my way to take the 3.091 (Solid State Chem) midterm. Quick ... Infinite, weaving through people to get to Building 66. 14:05: Made it just ... time to look them over--we got material to cover. Today it’s line

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW LiveBlogging Project A big experiment.

  

  you used to register for your MyMIT account so I can verify it ... past with great success, and I'm looking very forward to this year's entries! I've decided to add to the CPW coverage by creating a CPW tumblr

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  's yeast (is it dead or alive? I can't tell), I tossed Loaf #1 into the oven ... nary a mine since bidding goodbye to the tender age of microwaved pizza ... prototyped during the Vietnam War to sharpen the reflexes of future army

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  “regret” every time I make a choice, I’ve found it much more useful to ... lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There ... ’t make a specific choice when I think I need to make it, there will be a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  disaster, and it's just too early to tell what the best course of action will ... to work with you and accommodate your situation as much as we can. I ... affected in the Gulf Coast in our minds and in our hearts. It's an emotional

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  . Life’s entropy continues to increase. It’s a paradox: the more time I ... certainty is wildly oscillating. You can not compute the derivative of its ... 's responses than to construct a decent exam. It’s an exercise in multitasking

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2019 everything from autobiographies to magic the gathering blog posts

  

  hard to explain what Homestuck is quickly, but some of its themes are ... . Instead, it seems, I can eat. I've always liked food, but now I'm bent on ... growth. It’s a gripping narrative of how abuse can affect someone so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 30, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  hesitation). However, it turned out that Cam's story had more to do with MIT ... will be too. I hope that my story can be helpful to you. This is what MIT ... dad's lap learning to use lisp to generate silly sentences. This story

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  actually does something useful--it took me 20 minutes to come up with that ... (supposedly) the world's third largest shark fin in its lobby. Thanks to Matt Mc ... entry. Don't go to China Pearl; it doesn't have a shark fin. The first

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  idea in itself. It would take a period of getting used to, but we know ... initial difficulty in getting used to it. I’ve also heard a few people ... encouraged to use in official communications. The title is a little misleading

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  . Alternatively, you can use a tool like CourseRoad or FireRoad to plan out your ... from, and I even have some tips on how to use them effectively. First ... makes it really easy to explore. Do you need a course 2 class that counts

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020