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• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  ). Users move hands around the dial to ask a question, relying on layered ... jumped at the opportunity to spend countless hours on a tribute to a subtle ... everything I'm invited to work on; it's a real problem, and I plan to use the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  on the internet did not turn out to be helpful. You can find things ... to all the East Campus people who came out with me at 11 PM on a ... On Wednesday evening, right before the first 8.01 midterm, I had an

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  of being in the Navy, when push comes to shove I knew that the guys on ... as the sun struggled to illuminate the lifeless region. In the center ... coordinated a flanking attack of the enemy. They fought valiantly to repel our

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jenny Hu- Adapting to Artifical Gravity Junior Jenny Hu worked in the MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory to study if people can…

  

  says that it was great to have hands-on experience in the lab to ... nearby sites such as the moon and low Earth orbit. For NASA to carry out lengthy manned flights to Mars and beyond, engineers must protect the safety

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  There has been some discussion on CollegeConfidential and in the comments on my post announcing the 12/17 12:17 EA decision release ... perhaps it is an appeal to something which happened on a historically

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection notes A brief update from selection.

  

  will be sent via postal mail. We will not be releasing decisions on the web, on email, or over the phone. The date of the mailing will be announced on the blogs when we mail the decisions.Selection time is a very

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  on top of the Great Dome 13. Contribute to How to Get Around MIT 14 ... poster on which are listed "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate". Out of ... on it are rather boring ("Get your picture taken with Tim the Beaver

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  come to MIT, we wouldn’t even have the time to find rotten tomatoes ... I definitely do not regret going to. The first event was the Inaugural ... around the country. The conference schedule is posted on their website and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  College Confidential thread about the pressure to load up on AP classes ... enough to post it here as well: As with most of my posts in the parents ... qualified in those terms. Based on the thousands of apps I saw last year both

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  I’m officially on winter break. It’s hard to believe that the ... I take the time to reflect back on who I am, what I have done and ... turned in all my papers. I wrote this entry from the airplane on the way

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Our thoughts go out to Virginia Tech.

  

  updated regularly. We are fortunate to be able to rely on the ... message out to the MIT community: From: Susan Hockfield Subject: Tragedy at ... [email protected] To Members of the MIT Community: Yesterday's tragic events at Virginia

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 17, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?

  The MIT Center for Global Change Science (CGCS) at MIT was founded to ... multidisciplinary approach. The Center's goal is to improve the ability to accurately ... , Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, the Joint Program on the Science and Policy
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  weeks ago - …the assignment was to construct a bamboo-and-canvas shelter to be erected on the lawn of the Endicott House - MIT's private mansion ... to prepare the bamboo structure - Then slipped on the canvas roof

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  very special sunrise. On this day, the summer solstice, the sun is perfectly positioned to shine through the narrow opening between the heel ... at the perfect angle to beam down the Infinite Corridor. At 4:50 pm

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there an MIT Flying Club?

  -scale flying for the MIT community. Open to pilots and non-pilots, the club ... -ins to the MIT campus, organizes fly-outs to New England airports and ... The MIT Flying Club, headquartered in AeroAstro, motivates
• Blog / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

  one of the reasons I love dawn is it reminds me that the sun will always rise [embed]https://youtu.be/jdiaBZM0ZAo[/embed] on my worst of days during my best of times no matter what the world moves on

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 7, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Can you patch me through to the blimp? "Can you patch me through to the blimp?"

  

  hang from Baker to celebrate the Red Sox. We wanted news coverage, and ... calling our local Fox channel. I really wanted a live person to answer the phone so I could say, "Could you patch me through to the blimp

  • by Bryan
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  't worry--you don't only have to, nay get to, rant on the day of the exam ... One There's only one thing you can do to turn it around--work on the ... . The content was totally fair and just challenging enough not to be

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  things are they working on? How far have they come to get here? What do ... great to actually be able to just stop someone in the middle of the ... like this, or even this.* Last semester, I found the remedy to most

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  focus on the "big picture."  But it's often impossible to go from 0 to 100 ... .  Here's the main lessons I took away from his talk: How to know when to ... in 3 months? The answer is to shorten your cycle time by aiming for

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016