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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  , but to be cultured and knowledgeable about the world you live in. They ... the same time. I didn't want to take too many pictures, lest I be ... because it would be saying too much. Just know that I met the C.I.A, and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  collection of these for a while, and will start leaking them out) MIT Student ... 2: "No, seriously. It was so beautiful. You know how the problem wants the form and the coefficients? I used erf and it gave me both at the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  gossip about the most recent painters at the Salon. Tea will be served; enjoyment will be had. There may be Downton or Emma: A Victorian Romance. 13 ... the non-meat variety to be served as well. 18:47 - 20:17 Dubstep with

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  oppressed being the primary organizers of action against that oppression. In ... pictures. Here are some headlines:   Thomas DeFrantz and the Dancing Body of the State    Thursday afternoon, Thomas DeFrantz, a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  ) "Somehow I wrote the wrong thing, and the wrong thing turned out to be better ... links. Be forewarned: just a black hole, these quotes will suck you in ... probably fill an entire entry about the incredible variety of people I've met

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  what may or may not actually be a PES diagram onto the test. Writing the ... Saturday/Sunday was the famous MIT Press Bookstore loading dock sale. Basically, they try to get rid of all of the overstock and damaged books, so

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  and intensity, and it's intimidating to be told that by the end of this ... Below is one of the robots I built for 2.007, MIT's extremely popular introductory design and manufacturing class: For reference, here's the first

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  will say, the best part of final projects is when you are done with them--not because the work is finally over (ok, partially) but because you realize you ... 'm so excited to work on my 6.005 final project for probably the next

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  of time to review the materials that are sent in so please be concise ... requirements for the Maker Portfolio. For current requirements, see here.  Hello ... teaching myself the language Processing, adding to Matlab, Python, VB

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  live in Cambridge, MA, how do I come to terms with the fact that I will ... chance tornado sirens would be wailing throughout the storm. But anywho ... about the current weather and the sudden drop in temperature from last

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  bumpkin, being easily impressed with all the sights and sounds of the big ... Take in the familiar sights, smells, and faces of your community. Can you bear to be without them? Can you imagine embarking on a journey in

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  I LOVE TATTE💖💖💖 back in boston baby

  

  of me leaving! It will only be a very short matter of time before I see ... know that you could only be awaiting (all of) my money to support your fine establishment. Yet I return with the greatest of news--I have

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  and Jordan '11. For many of you, a campus tour will be one of the first things you do at MIT. To be honest, I really enjoy them! I get weird looks ... building toys (for anybody who is unsure, this is a good way to start the day

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Things We Don’t Remember Enough About each other

  

  about - academics, career, finances, etc.- so much so that the relationships we have or can have in our lives should be a means of support rather than an additional stressor. Sometimes, the way we perceive other people

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We now interrupt our regularly-scheduled programming… I tried getting ahead on my reading assignments but that only lasted so long.

  

  ... Whoever writes a comment that makes me laugh the hardest will get the scrap ... . Hope you're surviving the snow! Speaking of snow, we've gotten a ton of ... ) because even though the Institute was on "lateness excused" policy and some

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selection? They're selecting the earlies...

  

  will all work out -- yeah, right! I know you're going to be thinking ... . I hung around the Infinite today and caught Ben and Matt as they were leaving for the day :-) They both looked kind of tired, but as you can tell

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  be happy, and I kept them in mind as I went back to the drawing board ... idea of coming to MIT and not learning anything? The idea of being ... explained to her my fears – I had been certain I’d never be an engineer. The

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole

  

  . The astute reader will have already noticed that the answer is, in fact ... Back in November, after our adventure visiting every stop on the MBTA ... and obscure lore about the history of the T. This is not that post

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  . Thus did the Global Poverty Initiative (GPI) come into being. I first ... solutions. The conference will feature lectures by some of the world’s ... indicative, it’s going to be huge. While GPW will remain GPI’s

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  , but the entire experience can be condensed into a long, resounding ... but. Subtract sixty or so, and you'll be in the ballpark of the right ... I repeat this sentence, it will eventually become the truth. And now

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007