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• Blog / IAP

  IAP in BRASIL! my summer in january

  

  While most of my friends were freezing and building igloos on MIT ... the Southern Hemisphere as part of an MIT course: [annotation note ... I could talk about, but here's a snippet of what the class is about

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 5, 2026
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  holidays in boston a photodump for you to procrastinate with

  

  instead of studying for my [annotation note="I'm posting this as I leave for ... lack of any holiday spirit inside of me, I have done a very minor amount of holiday-themed things around campus/Boston to remind us all to have

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  figuring out the optimal scoop-ability of your favorite [annotation note="or sherbert, if you’re me"]ice cream[/annotation]? What about the power of nerf gun bullets? Or maybe the power of a single footstep? Want to know the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  died after medical complications. He was 75, and one of the finest men I have ever known. For many of our readers, I suspect Woodie needs no introduction: to the tens of thousands of FIRST participants around the world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  job interview, and I made the HUGE mistake of not studying a campus map ... . Most of the times I have asked other admissions officers how they got ... of college, I searched for opportunities at nonprofit organizations

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  had come to $3.14, the monetary equivalent of the ratio between a circle ... jokes (out of pity). It is currently the first day of school’s eve, more ... did not say it was impossible.) Glamour shot of the East Campus

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blended Learning at MIT benefits of technology in MIT classrooms

  

  See the original version of this post on the Office of Digital ... equivalent of a textbook.”  This week, a panel of four MITx ... classes at MIT as part of a series of xTalks hosted by the Office of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  feel like: So I just made a vlog to get back in the rhythm of filming ... the video and there has been a crazy amount of MIT-related things ... Thanksgiving, making it impossible to attend all of them), I'll go into a couple

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  to develop and test these sorts of things in an environment where if ... tens of thousands of dollars of payload into the emptiness of space just ... . You see, one of the things I want most to get out of freshman year is to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  “hands-on”. Before I got here I would've listed, off the top of my head: FIRST Robotics (or any sort of robotic shenanigans, really). Rocket ... ’d totally rock an MIT-themed Family Feud episode. What do all of those have

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and visiting colleges. A friend and I were part of an Honors Band that weekend ... upperclassmen band members. Until we got tired of walking, and a couple of these

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  stampede of Nike-shod joggers, you can congratulate yourself by turning left down a ramp that winds straight into the lushest pad of greenery ever seen outside of a salad that contains neither fruit, nor croutons, nor

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  weekend-long party centered around the overnight roasting of a steer in our courtyard and the subsequent feast. The following description is courtesy of a ... Steer Roast as an extreme barbeque: instead of grilling hamburgers and hot

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  in here. Not a day goes by when I am not absorbed by a mass of tourists with cameras, taking pictures of the most random, well, crap, that I've ever seen. Pictures that I've seen taken include pictures of a wall, of a

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  ROTC Color Guard was something along the lines of, "You see that man over ... in the Air Force." Both men instantly had my respect. One of the many ... leadership training is probably somewhere at the top of that list, but that's a

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  curious about and just aren't asking. One of them, I answered in one of my ... picture of MIT at night, looking out over West Campus. You can see the West ... large chunk of Cambridge, and part of the Charles River, with the Museum

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  Just saying hello from the middle of my peaceful and relaxing vacation. =) First of all, now that all of the early action nonsense is ... messages for you prospective '10s. Congratulations to those of you who were

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  name of the fictitious character who often takes responsibility for mysterious things that happen at the Institute during the middle of the night. My clever little paragraph up there is just a cute way of saying that a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  I've been reading a lot of slow, contemplative writing recently, which is the kind of writing that always makes me want to write my own blog post of that nature. Frankly, I've been overdue for such a post

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  It's been a few weeks since many of you have submitted your ... 're working pretty hard to read each and every one of them. I know the wait is ... every one of you a fair chance is to read what you've presented to us, and

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020