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• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  small group, and the third on Friday going to large group. From time to ... definitely would arise the most on Saturdays. Fridays, I either went to a party ... exam I would have to hop on getting the psets that I had fallen behind on

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  Nerd movie update

  

  directions on how to remove the cables. The memo, addressed to "Imperial Drones ... Artist on the other two Star Wars prequels, and Revenge of the Sith was his ... Technical Director on the forthcoming film Cars. Both my ILM friend and my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  This weekend I went on a rafting trip down the Kennebec river in mid-to ... on the bus, and then I called Mitra to settle things from an economic ... some pretty nice "class 4" rapids on the upper part of the river. We had

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  support to borrow eBooks, convenient to pull out on the subway, in class ... There are many things in life that require you to have the ever elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  . Some of the cheerleading alums came back to watch the game and cheer on ... makeup on and showed up at the gym an hour and a half early. After running through our cheers a few times and warming up stunts, we went to the Z

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! It's time to You might be wondering, “What’s next?” Well, [annotation note="or now depending on when you see this"]later today,[/annotation] you’ll receive an email with details on what’s next, so be on the look

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  growth. The LΔ allows us to focus on the process, not just the outcome ... A on the exam. Fast forward to the end of the semester and we see that ... me, you need to know that my definition of LΔ is the following: (L

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  each have read this weekend, getting on the same page as far as what ... I must say I'm very excited to be starting the application reading ... Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  to view a closeup, and for the uninitiated, here's some history on ... campus or on the road, you've heard me talk about MIT's 2+ miles of underground tunnels. On mornings like these (3 degrees when I left the house), I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  as a noun and a verb (CNC: to cut out a part on the CNC mill ... -up. The machine whirred to life. It began to spray foul-smelling coolant on ... molds for the plastic pieces of our yo-yo. I’ll make a blog on the yo

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  studied Engineering at the University of Havana before coming to the US in ... Institute (RPI). After graduation he returned to Cuba to found the Mechanical ... , he returned to the US in 1960 because of the Cuban Revolution. Before

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  group on campus called the MIT Outoors Club that caters to the ... some rocks to bang on the bigger logs like a chimp in a lab until I made ... passion I'm glad I've been afforded the opportunity to develop at MIT, it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  liveblog I intended it to be, but I'll throw up the first location on my ... shortly thereafter, taking the opportunity to look back on campus, darker ... mirror on it. Can you guess why? Up to the third floor and into building

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  do or not to do something; *New Year’s Resolution: On Jan 1, it means: I'll go the gym starting tomorrow!! And from this week on, I'll gym 3 times a week. I'll be strong, fit, the works. On Jan 2, it means: ahhhhhh

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  trying to stay on the boat, trying to find the bottom with my stick, and ... Punting is a really relaxing and nice way to spend the afternoon if ... tomorrow. The really great thing about coming to Cambridge is that we’

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Shall We Dance? having two left feet is a thing of the past.

  

  information. One ballroom dance website had the lessons listed on Mondays and the other site had the lessons listed as occurring on Tuesdays and ... the count, it's not that hard to follow. By the end of the 1 hour lesson

  • by Bryan
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Fig. 5: Zimmer- und Wohnungsvermittlung Universität/ETH Zürich aka ETH Zürich dorm tour!

  

  abroad, and it's been refreshing to not have to rely on my broken A1.2 Schwiizerdütsch to get around on a daily basis. Random things I've dearly missed ... , I've been settling in to my summer studio apartment, interning the 9

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  To follow up on my recent entry about women in engineering: did you ... asked to help with the routing problem, Perlman spent 30 minutes ... direct information traffic on the Internet -- earned her the nickname

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Dora the Explorer My long-lost twin has suspiciously wrinkly forearms.

  

  .) --------------- Thanks for all of the comments on my previous entry about PE classes ... to admit, the resemblance is uncanny. Huge thanks to Phil '07 for the invite to the Synopsys BBQ! We were the wrong age for this event

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Ring delivery! Saturday night was Ring Delivery!

  

  Here is my delayed entry on Ring Delivery!!! (To learn about the ring ... name is even engraved on the inside, in cursive! So, in the picture below ... to the band: Here, Albert and Olivia climbed the lions guarding the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 23, 2006