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• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  , 2006 (9:00a.m. EST) to January 22, 2006 (11:59PM EST) How to enter ... . Also, I wasn't too interested in the prize of a VIP card to any of Boston ... DID YOU KNOW? The melody of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's "I Don't Know

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  even be mailed an absentee ballot to their dorm. TurboVote is a classic example of a well designed civic technology: solving a societal problem by making something that is difficult (and shouldn't be) easier by partnering

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  dropping a class, or quitting that activity you don't put enough time into ... computer science,[/annotation]which means I'm now a [annotation note ... having a person I couldn't avoid checking in with."]for the first time in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  labels you a name that “isn't very nice” and leaves you alone. Of course ... following questions immediately. 1) When was MIT founded? 2) If MIT was a ... MIT is likely to face, come 2113? 6)Over a 1000 freshmen will be

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  A photo posted by Michael Cheung (@m_cheung_) on Apr 13, 2016 at 4 ... goal of colonizing Mars.  You can't get to Mars without making a lot of ... and Airbnb, and shows no signs of slowing down.  A common criticism of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  in the dungeon? Well, 3-107 isn't actually a dungeon, but the room ... realize you're locking your boss out of his office, don't you?" Me: "I'm ... As you may already be aware, today is Ben's birthday! I won't

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  glow. I’m sitting on a cold concrete slab, where the tides would normally ... , the glistening sun rays dance on the water and, behind me, a night ... for the ride, whether it be to try a new cafe or jam at a concert. Those

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  saxophone (this isn't a spoiler, I think). The Martian (2015) – Ridley Scott ... three weeks leading up to that date poring over a complete set of ... is money, and IAP is essentially like being handed a briefcase full of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  's worthy of a blog entry, even if I'm 2 years late in posting it. Yesterday and today, MIT hosted hundreds of middle and high school students for a ... electronics lab, getting advice and supplies for a whole range of supercool E&M

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  from my class, who is a double biological engineering (20) and music (21M ... , at that point, it wasn't really my decision, and there were a lot of ... immunology and biological engineering. While music isn't directly a part of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  shouldn’t be able to get into a top school too. So in 10th grade, MIT ... home for a whole summer. You have to understand that my parents didn’t go ... you don’t know how to cook, that’s not a problem because we pair you

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  spring break it would probably be hard to implement a fully functioning T ... T tokens that I have accumulated before Charlie Ticket comes to a ... semisweet chocolate and tossed it into her chocolate cookie recipe. I had a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  other two are. I'm old. Sorry. Seal shank Look for a bunch of small ... class ring was unveiled during a premiere at Walker Memorial, then distributed at a swanky event at Top of the Hub, a very classy restaurant at the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  dome has its own charm. I didn't really start this post with a point ... working on a bunch of cool video projects while more relaxing things like ... Andrea H. '18 have been planning a pancake-eating contest for weeks to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  for me.. well, I guess I’m lazy. Or busy. Or a bit of both, because the fact is that my walls are disappointingly bare. I'm a failure, I know ... A few weeks ago, a friend at Princeton traveled up to Cambridge for

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  flame wars and being used correctly, it's also a great way to let somebody eavesdrop on a ridiculous conversation you're having with a third party. I'm not just saying this to say it, I'm saying it because I just had a

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  mildly. I’m overwhelmingly obsessed with the internet. I think a lot of it ... recognize them at all in person. I grabbed my badge, bought a t-shirt and ... : Ah! So he wasn't just doing a weird dance, he was doing the "I go to a

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  circuit diagram doesn't do much for me. It does have a little color going on ... -catching, professional, and seem as if they were made by someone who isn't the person ... upcoming thesis defenses. Those posters have a kind of soul to them

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  doomed by a lack of substance. I can't be boring. It's started to carry ... Institvte. It's been a long three days. I don't really care how space ... today will be a day worth blogging about, even if I don't end up blogging

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  happen. (Don't ask me how I know these things, okay, I'm just trying to ... from a few blocks away, and they didn't seem to be ahead of me. And ... So. I know a lot of you reading this are Americans, which means that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008