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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  place to watch the fireworks in my next entry." Without further ado... 1. From a homemade floating vehicle on the Charles River. Enterprising MIT ... Couchamaran. The Couchamaran is just what it sounds like -- a sofa on pontoons

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  section of the current (soon to be "old") apply section on MITadmissions ... leading a project to redesign the new sfs.mit.edu and mitadmissions.org. Although we are two separate offices, we report to the same Dean (that would

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  a 500-something on one of the sections. And he seemed to be doing fine ... like to quote Laura without her permission, but it's on the same site so ... school to focus on courses I tried to take on my own), it might not be the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  One of the first things I did when I got to MIT was join the campus ... member, and was on air within weeks. I've continued to remain involved ever ... responding to the rare complaint from a listener"]programming co

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Sounding Stupid More Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  understanding the concept on the first try. Don’t ask the person sitting next to you to clarify what’s on the board; they’ll ridicule you for poor eye ... . Don’t go to office hours; you don’t want the TAs to put a name to a face

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  to split $5,000. They spent 250 hours on their project. To Christy, the ... I'm frequently asked about the students that are admitted to MIT. Who ... , and the students are going to be great members of the MIT community. A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  . I had been on the lookout for other options, and ETH seemed to be the ... chances to boost your grade and less pressure on the final. Also, there are ... out to a group chat, and we all drooled at the thought of spending

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  analyze how people respond to rising uncertainty- creating a stir on the ... team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times.” I ... so happy to meet so many of you. I hope you all make the right decision

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  , Sofia takes the folders on the trip upstairs to the admissions officers ... 't yet shown up on the tracking system. We're still processing lots and ... to happen: The document arrives at MIT Mail Services (in Building WW15

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  I work on problem sets with friends who seem to be getting to the ... opportunities to pursue the things I was interested in, I feel very grateful to be ... entry to [annotation note="the Museum of Fine Arts"]the MFA

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas ... traditional decorating of the tree. Just a few miles from my house is the famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  a sloth Go to Cape Cod and relax on the beach Mend my relationship ... alone blog. I wanted to do an end-of-the-year reflection but thought it ... wanted to show you it all: the silly, the poignant, the ones that I really

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  parents, then briefly back to the office on Monday. Many exciting times ... blog topics today. Kevin posted the New York Times article on MIT ... on the Time Traveler Convention. Anyway, check both of those out. Last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  So I'm about to cook a turkey for the first time in my life, but before I foray out into the world of basting and boiling, I wanted to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to you all. And just remember had it been for

  • by Bryan
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  display to read from 0 (joystick on the far left) to 9 (joystick on the far ... ," which was the easiest to spell on a 7 segment display). Tomorrow is some ... Engineering Tools." 2.670's job is to get students familiar with the tools and

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  processes are, so I thought it would be good to engage the system I was ... out to vote for him, the first time voting for many of them. He asked me ... group that doesn’t seem to want to have anything to do with the decision

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  day on which I will again not tell you about FASAP. Except, that is, to ... . “Read the next sentence,” I respond. Thanks to FASAP (which gives its ... is about as easy to follow as the derivation of the Schrodinger

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  sleep. So to a degree, the reaction my friends had was well deserved ... House, and I was on my way to Baker. (pause for information) Just a few ... openminded, I was initially pretty opposed to the idea of joining a fraternity

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] A Journey to the W I D E by Wide Tim (Margaret Z. ‘23, MEng ‘24)

  

  who has dreamed to be WIDE since Day 1! On the day I was born ... ’s hard to go through the semester without seeing him, from a poster in the hall to a post somewhere on Instagram. I even have a little sticker of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some of the topics Here are some of my classmates' CI-M paper topics

  

  Textile industry and trade Determinants of the price of vodka Access to the ... the real estate market for condos Impact of Vioxx's downfall on pharmaceutical company stocks December 8: The Atkins diet and its effect on the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 22, 2005