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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  Yesterday one lucky prefrosh got to be hosted by me through the MIT overnight program. Be sure to sign up early and sign up often, to increase ... . The next day Adam took my German I exam--I mean, he took it along with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  gained by staying in the US, and it's going to be interesting to bring that ... , and if you can't be patriotic on Memorial Day, when *can* you be ... . That's about all the backstory you need. Also, nice to meet you!) You

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  you're done here, you should be able to make out most of the above text ... the tongue. A vowel can be classified as high, middle, or low, and it can be classified as front or back. It can also be central. The best way

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  spent a couple of hours in the morning waiting to be seen by the doctor ... for the pain, and I'll be able to sleep at night pain-free. After the ... 'm sticking to my good friend, the air-boot-cast. Before you all go "WHAT

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  this ain’t (not) Texas yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw

  

  place: Austin, Texas. Texas is not what I had expected it to be. The ... state is politically diverse. To be fair, I lived in the notoriously ... with cowboy hats:   I step outside and breathe in the toasty

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 29, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  to be an LA for the next semester, and landed the job.[total time ... As my second semester at the Institute draws to a close, I've been reflecting on how I've spent my time outside of class. Of the various

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  places over the course of the day. It would be a momentous undertaking, but ... be lunch number one. 3. Coldstone Creamery: cleansing the palate with ... death sentence. #5 proved to be the low point of the day, even though the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Satisfaction New year= New opportunities/classes = Happy Kirsten

  

  because I've been able to learn more about the force distributions in different support structures. I'll never be able to look at a bridge the same ... Unfortunately, having my "hell weeks" for the last two weeks has

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 13, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  organized the books so that they could be shipped out. I suggested that the ... The first year is finally done! Woo! I'd put that text in some <marquee> tags, but I'm afraid that if I did, my boss would laugh me out of the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  or train to the destination of my choice. While there were about a dozen other MIT students in South Wales, I was the only MIT student in North Wales. Unfortunately getting to South Wales would be 8 hours

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  Last Saturday was the first ever MIT Mini Maker Faire, and (at least ... the event justice in this blog because of my general inexperience with STEM maker culture (although I’ve had plenty of immersion with the arts

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s like finding candy in your pocket… MIT in the media - Always a treat.

  

  MIT is incredibly wired; wi-fi all over the campus. Students are likewise very into the Internet as you may have guessed, and as it should be ... hours to the Internet - aka procrastination. But is it me or are we all

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  of the day)EVERYONE I KNOW: There are elephants being marched down Mass ... true; you only know us. ME: Oh, right. Every year in October, the circus comes to town, and the only way to get the elephants from the train

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  'stin asked, "can you talk about the residence-based advising ... 'll answer the second question, first. For upperclassmen, they chose their classes by preregistering on WebSIS before the beginning of the next

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  improving my quality of life over the past 48 hours. 1. The Burton-Conner rooming committee, for doing a fantastic job with the in-house reassignment ... third choice for any student. 2. Megan '08 for introducing me to the song

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT IreneCam tracking the storm - here and on the web.

  

  over the past few days, do not be alarmed. As I mentioned earlier, MIT ... I've decamped from the Boston area northwards to New Hampshire for the weekend. My house in the suburbs of Cambridge, while high enough to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where I’ve Been All this time ...

  

  For the past month or so, architecture studio has been holding me ... studio and not come out…till the wee hours of the morning. I think I recall ... 77 Mass. Ave. See the red circle? That’s where my studio is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  visit. Not being constantly out of the office also allows us to put ... visited my high school, not even the state/local colleges. I do remember that military recruiters would sometimes stop by. So when I visit the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  tackles hardware, software, and mechanical solutions to the needs of boston ... semester, but you can start to poke around in the 6.811 course website to learn more about what we cover. the class was started by seth teller and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  I was confused when I was put into a room with three strangers at the beginning of this year. Two of the girls I had heard about in a very roundabout way, and the third I approached awkwardly when everyone had already

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012