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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  University of Zambia (UNZA) before we begin our trip to the community of Mwape, near the Nyimba province. The travel has been somewhat tiring but it is ... , and Sam is awesomely posting this for me. My group has been here for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  Lab). It's about the size of four honeydew melons (or two watermelons ... – most of that did not come from inside the briefcase. But I indeed ... .2060 "Blackbird" lab kit. It's got most of the electronics we need for prototyping

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  sorts of goings-on beforehand on the 3rd floor of building 35. What's on the 3rd floor of building 35 you ask? Well there used to just be a ... all of the new tools. We spent about 45 minutes cutting leather, opening

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  of 2.009: Product Design which is the big capstone class for mechanical ... Lately I’ve struggled to blog, due to being in the middle (!!!) of ... growing up, but not one of them had ever been beautiful. Like the Aesop

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  getting in) is not the defining moment of your life. You're only 18 years ... on the Financial Aid website, and one of the most impressive is this ... that MIT is all about opportunity- and we're very proud of the fact that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  . The weather was absolutely gorgeous (as it is today) and one of the first things I noticed in the hotel was that there is a view of the MIT ... yelled out songs that they wanted to hear. Some of the songs that they

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  Admit Letters... Actually, this photo only shows about half of the admit letters, as overall there were 4 buckets of The Big Envelope. Speaking of ... tell you that the Admit Letter is 10" x 13", and the defer and deny

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  'll highlight it in a future entry! A little background: back in the summer of 2003, the MIT News Office did a series of these articles called "Hometown ... , the old series about the now rising juniors is worth a read. Back to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  , living group, activity, or current area of work. I think the official purpose of this is to help you "network" with alums and find jobs at their companies, but in my humble opinion, the best thing about this is career

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  . To the Class of 2012 -- four years is an incredibly short time, and ... addition to being a close friend, Angelica is one of the most earnest ... amuse me that the other fellow in my program is a certified body builder

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Parting Remarks Ending the same way I began

  

  future students of the Institute. If there is anything you would like to ... was for me. For those of you that have been with me for the long haul ... the next part of my life and I will not forget my time at MIT! I love

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  mentality of "This is absolutely the dorm that I want to be in," certainly not ... mentality of "This is the dorm that, based on what I know now, I want to live ... (to the extent that you can figure it out) now, because Omar is correct

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)

  

  i'll be one of the last to leave i guess this is also the conclusion ... need to have some sort of memorial service to commemorate the death of east campus and the death of this room in particular 62h306 today i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 6, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fig. 3: La dolce vita snaps from an extended spring break

  

  only dreamed of visiting one day: from the canals of Venice, to the red-bricked roofs of Prague; from the jutting grottos and bright blue waters of Capri, to the striking ruins of the ancient Roman Empire; from some of the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 23, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s here! The post you've all been waiting for, or at least until you saw Snively with…

  

  and the i3 DVD has gone out to the class of 2014 everywhere. For those ... showcasing the culture, talent, and innovation of each dorm, while also ... 't believe we're doing that" emails. * The video is currently posted on You

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

  slipped out of my backpack on the plane...silly me. I checked my location ... airport, and have since heard nothing. Legend has it, the bottle is still ... did manage to find the bottle in the corners of old photos! Pardon the

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  HT@MIT: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam An Amazing Show For A 10 Minute Walk And $3

  

  campus during the week due to the general hustle and bussle of psets, I ... their poem to the best of their ability. After they've finished a few ... Slam is held in a different exotic location in the US and, for the second

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  nitrogen ice cream. CPW apparently is one of the best times of the year - as ... ... and a sense of loss of the warmth inside of me... blah, blah, blah." And while CPW will probably indeed fill you with a sense of warmth and the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays and Good Luck As regular action deadlines approach, try to relax a little

  

  I'm sure most of you are enjoying the holiday season with your ... of the burdens of adjustment and culture shock. I've been busy ... engineering and applied international studies. You'll know at the end of the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Hawk Flies High Spontaneous jazz improv at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  unmistakable weavings of a live saxophone. When the game disbanded I followed the sound. At the bottom of the steps of 77 Mass Ave was a lone saxophonist ... Boston university, the Berklee College of Music, plays tenor and soprano

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • August 7, 2009