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• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday A day in the life.

  

  on their way to 3.091, professor of which is reportedly "The Man". The ... : Shar, friend in 5.112, leans over to say that their regular professor is ... . Shower time! Showers at Z-Center much nicer than at Next House. Note to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

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

  

  dessert in the North End, which is Boston's Italian district. We went to a ... my camera to the concert (which was held in our gym). It turns out that ... dessert at a cafe next to Mike's Pastries, which is probably the North End

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

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  didn't have them in the earlier part of last year. I'm moving to a new ... : I need to stop throwing all my clothes in the dryer. When I saw that a ... I can't sleep when I need to sleep in the furniture I need to sleep in

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  asked us to perform some of Bach's greatest hits in class, mostly from the ... parties, a floor-sponsored trip to some island in the middle of Boston ... DID YOU KNOW? The German language has two different verbs for "to eat

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  . In the other two sections we learn how to draw and use CAD, and ... to get the creative juices flowing, and in the real world it's really ... In an engineering class with a lecture format, you get to learn a lot

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  a Toyota Corolla) and drive to my hotel. The hotel room I'm in is ... 't believe how much has happened in just the last 3 days, from Detroit, to ... block to the Michigan Theater, where our central meeting is to be held. It

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/18/21, 3:14 PM ET i guess the title kind of says it all, huh?

  

  early action, and because you are the closest in age to the 2026s and I am ... through Minecraft WAIT IS THIS is this part of the…omg...im supposed to give ...  apply.mitadmissions.org/apply, click the link to Log In, and then hit “Forgot Your Password?” and follow

  • by kellen manning
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  college is quirky than by saying you live in a triangle? I had the room for ... MIT Logo on it. Next to my birthday cake were two robotic arms (the ones that Iron Man talks to in his workshop), which I assembled (from

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary ... 're not herded into giant classes like so many moo cows. According to the ... recitation is not the person lecturing. For instance, I have 5.60 lecture three

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

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

  

  inexplicable desire to drink soda. As in, I had to drink soda immediately or I ... naturally, I set out for the nearest and most convenient source of soda available to student-kind: the friendly neighborhood vending machine. But

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

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  I've failed you in the photo department. But I'll try to describe the event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It ... was first announced. In her first speech to the community, she said "I

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  eclipse on April 8th. I had happened to see the total eclipse in 2017 in ... Truck Guy, much to the chagrin of my wife Steph C ’15). [carousel image1 ... in the snow during the eclipse leading up to totality, squinting up at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  way to the wastelands of bygone travels. I landed in St. Louis on ... that this is probably the most disturbing analogy I have ever penned ... detail, until we get to dinner. In short, the event was the world premiere

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  folly of my cynicism. In fact, she is the person who inspired me to start this blog. She traveled to Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the tsunami that ... . Enough about me, though. The point is that I’d grown to be quite

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  , our primary goal in reading these essays is to get to know you, the applicant. It's not to be wowed, or feel like we need to read the most unique ... planning ahead of time, which I respect and value (maybe the most

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  want to see is something like a person falling through the floor (via ... much like being visited by a fae.) It was too late to add the class at ... what I had to do. Heck, my last name is literally "Qu"! The universe was

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  with us when the time is right for you and we'll be happy to work with ... , where every school in the entire county has been closed. San Diego County ... access to the Internet, to your computer and files, and your home over the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  -curriculars, either in an essay or on the application form, try to make it more than a ... schools admit you, you'll go on to achieve great things in life. This is ... have is to be confidently relaxed. I hope that you have gone both through

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  ’s rights, and race relations. She plans to do the M.Phil. in development ... engineers to encode memory systems genetically to assist in the study and ... to Oxford University to read for a degree in the Philosophy, Politics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Charmed, I’m Sure What I did my 2nd IAP

  

  that two people sat on every step in the aisles. Props to Kevin, whose ... 't write much here. On Friday, I went to Charm School. I had a hard time ... . I learned the charming way to “dab” (not wipe) my mouth. I learned

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 31, 2005