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• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  are not. For the curious: "DUSP EXPLORER is an online, interactive ... engineering is giving me the opportunity to use creativity and technical ... —Resources of Urban Africa. The goal of the project is to understand the growth of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  that happen? Most of campus is already cracking down in preparation for ... the stress level on campus would be pretty high right now, most of my ... the rest of us with a few games and toys to play with over the next few

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  genuine. I'm so happy that he is on the faculty of a place like MIT. Hearing ... to dressing up as the cast, which is a genuis idea I've had since high ... for the show (which is a total bummer since it was such a great show

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  indeed write a posthumous entry if I had to. This is the number one song ... , freestyle, and whatever the other one is were all tested thoroughly. In his ... Vader's TIE fighter. Not enchanted? You must not be a cricket. The Ig

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  linear time anyway. Apparently, neither do the Aztecs. Wow, this is a ... laid on a piece of turquoise. This is where the priest would start the ... Christmas shopping instead of studying for the final. This is a good

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  the pole. The emphasis on core strength is, if anything, greater than in ... pounds of me, were to get in a fight, the last thing I’d want is for it to go to the [annotation note = "Probably. I mean that leg choke is pretty

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  building toys (for anybody who is unsure, this is a good way to start the day ... , not IN the tour. I present to you a glimpse into what the average MIT ... interior dome. Danny asks me "Is this the spot you were complaining about

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  psychopomp? The answer is about to be served implicitly atop an egocentric ... or other. 2:05 PM It is the second day of Bad Ideas, the weekend that ... hours. An alumnus of my hall is actually the record holder for the Green

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  topic of conversation, and how much sleep I got the previous night. Not ... 're a brand new man, and the brand new you is confident, composed, and ... Research Science Institute, it became very easy to fall into the trap of not

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  opportunities that the sheer number is overwhelming. It's not physically possible ... , "Dang, what did I do wrong? Oh the irony." MIT is hard. I'm not going to ... shock for this reason. I'm the kind of person who is used to saying yes to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  post is NOT, in fact, about aliens: Bell's "noise" turned out to mark the ... to the pulsars that I do my research on. Finding a pulsar is not easy ... . One day, to us on Earth, is defined as the time it takes for the Sun to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  . This is my third semester directing the program! o___o -Graded 450 SAT ... went completely in the other direction and is taking on an Anthropology ... mentioned here - although in the entry it was the Stanford Splash, not MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!

  

  fun together again! One of my friends is in the Shakespeare ensemble ... one of the most underrated things about MIT is the huge variety of ... further ado, here is just a sampling of the events happening this fall on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  head down, marching on highlights of spring semester

  

  class is nearly at the Terror. I’m doing the readings; I’m really glad I ... quart of ice cream apiece, so the freezer in 4W is half-full of only ice ... , but I liked spending time in that world. The writing is immaculate, the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  old homestead. It’s not a complete “Night of the Comet” (or “28 Days ... There are no undergraduate classes here at MIT over the summer. Hopefully you already knew that, or at the very least figured it out from all

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  ~10 years ago, this is the first you've heard of ISEF, and you want to ... is open to members of the general public for viewing and when all ... this summer, but the upshot is that we just look for students to describe

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  , though, the real reward is supposed to be incurring a love for the subject ... ranting, though. The point is that last night, a group of us helped our ... of ourselves. This is the dawning of a new age. The Age of Real

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  ’ll call dan, because that is not his name. dan is the kind of person that ... believe in it. i’m not sure if it’s okay if the only person i save is myself ... the hallway leading to the mental health and counseling wing. there is a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  intervals on the same day. I call it Dark Thursday. Learning at MIT is hard ... nights of no sleep. Everything is shockingly clear in those hours, yet the ... crystals in the Boston skyline. The air is cool and devoid of worries. If

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  is 1120 A.D., and the fates of four empires hang in the balance as the ... fact, the only thing modern historians are entirely certain of is ... of MIT is, there are lots of people here who love the humanities, and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010