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• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  uses an Arduino Nano hooked up to a stepper motor driver (for the gears ... : Mechanical Raymond took 15.S20 Design for 3D Printing as his first foray into ... designing the model, Raymond knew he wanted a turntable for easily maneuvering

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Lazy Day Today is one of them

  

  . Bleary-eyed, I wake up a good half hour before my alarm and maintain enough consciousness to turn it off, knowing that I won't need it after getting up so ... sunburn, whatever happens to apply to you.)   Catch up with

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  between each letter for the modern fonts would end up being exposed since we ... I absolutely love the design process. Everything from coming up with ... sick of. So when a discussion came up during a house meeting about things

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  Sinus pressure and general malaise have prevented me from typing up ... bouncing around my head for about a week nonetheless.   In the summer ... school anyway (scholarships, man). For some reason, I went to mitadmissions

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  I originally signed up, I just signed up for my UROP, went home, and ... IAP stands for Independent Activities Period. For the month of ... [annotation note="UROP stands for Undergraduate Research Opportunities. this

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  decided to roam around the campus for an hour. Of course, I ended up in the ... taped it because I could probably crack up for hours watching it ... up to give a talk, and embarrassed a couple kids by bringing them up to

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / CPW

  I’m coming back to cross stitch on campus again It's been three years, but I'm back!

  

  . Go. Check it, I've just started getting it all set up and prepped for ... That's right - the last time I was on campus for CPW was three years ago. Those attending that CPW are now going to be wrapping up their

  • by Snively '11
  • April 3, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  sophomore year that I will without a doubt write more on later when I catch up to October...) and building gliders for it. Running away from getting ... . During July, I worked for the Office of Engineering Outreach Programs (the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Rudolph Family Weekend Better late than never, right?

  

  everyone's... but mine. In mathspeak, for all MIT students not equal to Kate ... people who were on campus for Family Weekend last weekend. And not only ... here for what is now over nine weeks, the longest I've ever been away

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Judd Logan is my homeboy He's amazing, so amazing

  

  son grew up on the reservation and has called it home for her entire ... for Education Statistics, only about 13% percent of children who grow up ... night. For the MIT people, Tony Stark a/k/a Ironman........ Just my

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  preference towards students...but it sounds like for everyone else, they'll be ... also important topic that comes up every year. Typically, in September ... presentations about MIT. And, many folks come visit MIT's campus, whether it's for

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  , you will thrive wherever you wind up. For those who will come to MIT, I ... your applications, I know how much energy and care you put into them. For ... staff, I want to say thank you for your interest in MIT, and for sharing

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  applications, I grabbed a Zipcar Prius and set a course for New Hampshire. After ... Mina '03 (who is now working for Kamen's company, DEKA), and JKim ... amazing, the real star of the night was WestWind itself. Coming up the long

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Could Write a Song a Hundred Miles Long I only sing Coldplay because it will help me get girls.

  

  class. I was in for quite a surprise when I showed up on performance day ... was the music for "All In Green Went My Love Riding," my final project for 21M.303: Writing in Tonal Forms 1. The class is traditionally taught

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  'll rust. Your kid will wrinkle up if left in the bathtub for a couple hours ... , The World According to Garp by John Irving. 6. Gearing up for the ... . My entire lab flew all-expenses-paid down to Colorado for the week to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  wrapped up within the next few months so we can write it up for publication ... bottom, mind you!) -- didn't mean I got out of writing essays for the two ... textbooks for all my classes. I read three papers from the scientific

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  weekend, I woke up early, packed some physics notes, and headed to Boston's North Station where I would board an Amtrak train for the day. Amtrak ... schedule is advantageous and allows for many day trip opportunities

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  -to-face and to set up a time for their interview. We will always finish with an ... RSVP here. On Wednesday, I will fly to Florida in preparation for my ... you can pick up as well. The meeting itself will last no longer than 90

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  to really like it, for a few reasons. Certainly, it is a swiping of the nomenclature of a certain telecaster's forum. Now I don't care much for that ... recall how the topic came up, but as we were talking, I was applying

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  to learn for the test. For an AP. For a final. The singular goal was to pass. And this was good enough for high school. This was enough to get ... , almost like my innate daftness is an excuse for not being able to learn. In

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020