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• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  of doing it logically by introducing a definition as it comes up in the ... (highkey) bad. The structure of the class really is made to give students as ... class, there are slides posted, plus an extra notes sheet that has some of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  Co-written by Rima Das and Amber Velez Amber: One unique characteristic about MIT is its plethora of makerspaces. There are big basement ... map of MIT makerspaces throughout campus! Rima: The makerspace map is a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cute! an MIT mood meter – Are you smiling today?

  

  Infinite and tracking the intensity of smiles passing by. Students walking ... face. This mood meter is part of the MIT150 Festival of Arts, Sciences, and Technology (FAST) and is one of four mood meters installed by the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 16, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  . Even if I described my own dorm, a lot of people would probably disagree ... the author of Beaver Scope Almost a year ago I stumbled upon an impressively precise description of MIT's external IPs. Naturally, I saved and

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  SOON (maybe even this weekend!): a step-by-step recap of the marathon I ... lot like "People Are Strange" by The Doors. Hurry up, I think you only ... of The Tech since the marathon, so of course they decided to cover it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  picture of his favorite computer game offered by Mad Scientist Software. (I ... So as promised earlier, this week I'm highlighting another one of my ... : 4, graded Final Exams: 0 This class is also taught by three different

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  In honor of some holiday, MIT's Laboratory for Chocolate Science ... , but this one was much more organized. We had four "flights" of dark ... your tongue instead of chewing it. We started out with a piece of Dove

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  spent a lot of time reading Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson by the pool ... with another area of your choice, it's called 2A), I live in Next House (where the sidewalk ends), I'm from Bethesda, MD (a suburb of Washington

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  it's how problems are solved in the real world, by small teams of smart ... MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student! Incredible faculty We are a research university that places a great deal of
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  process some of what gets said. My goal in writing that entry was a steroid ... went over like a bag of rocks with the MIT administration. Long story ... audience of this site. I support Snively 100% in wanting to have that

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  grand finale with several inches of snow, followed immediately by 10 ... choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter propaganda, and that means more snow shenanigans! This time brought to you by

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  hosted by the local Patagonia (you may have heard of their prominent anti ... instant rush of novelty that consumerism thrives on. And hey, I’m not ... already have. It becomes part of you. My favorite (and well-used) fleece or

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Holidays with the Huangs a nondenominational celebration of capitalism and duck

  

  health with the power of time, the love of my parents, and the mesquite goodness of Barbeque Lay's (okay, so maybe to mediocre health). And I can ... being on break has let me catch up with some of my closest friends, make

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  food was augmented by the addition of the campus produce stand that ... been filled by a myriad of other activities--meetings, pset groups or ... proponent of the dining system (or lack thereof) at MIT. I’ve eaten in a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday Roadtrip Out on the open road.

  

  ruined my appetite by finishing half of my Mocha malt before my burger was ... So this past Saturday, I set out on the open road with some of my friends for a little fun outside of the city. Step One: Acquire vehicle

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  specific types of content. Second, I've decided to display portlet content by date instead of by user-preferences. Based on the feedback I've recevied ... Happy new year everyone! I've been out with the flu most of this

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  this is not so straightforward by formulating two variants of the problem ... bogged down by this, we will have to grant the existence of some morally ... preserved by killing the tourist is of such high value that the Y constraint

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  , you may be wondering why this is the story of the 5 Wits. Well, there ... temperature to drink by mixing hot water with ice. Memory, who couldn't remember what the 5 wits were. Fantasy, who loved to dream of castles and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  represents the transition of the newly admitted class from the Admissions ... circles on campus, you may become known by your username, so choose wisely ... ://web.mit.edu/yourusername. Neither of these methods are foolproof, but they are good first checks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Last Look Back 201920192019

  

  of way. I'm back home, surrounded by the interminable expanse of flat ... lot of it is good stuff that's happened to me. By no means has this year been an easy one, but most of my list was inspired by a scroll through my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 31, 2019