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• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  healthy amount of skepticism; i don’t have time to do a detailed literature ... why you don’t have a good memory of things that happen when you’re sleep ... paper isn’t really about cognitive augmentation as much as a general

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  Every year, MIT brings to campus a national act to headline a big ... Concert. Here is a somewhat complete list of the history of MIT Spring ... tuesday 1987: Squeeze 1986: Ministry / Face to Face 1985: R.E.M. 1984: Cheap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  will cover a couple different trips over the past few months. And since ... a special added bonus, I have also included the diary of my ... , January 21, 2011 was definitely a GREAT day to start a weekend adventure. I

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  constitute a community. That doesn't mean we aren't reflective or analytical ... basically, it's a perfect setup for the Illusion of Validity Why is MIT ... candidates. Would this produce a lesser class? The link in mihcal1's post

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Memories I know this feelin', yes I know it very well (Thutmose)

  

  : "Don't you think it's time to leave MIT behind?" A question I know many ... helped admit. It felt poetic, in a way. I embarked on a new career as a ... CPWs past on the walls, and a picture of the quad near room 3-108 rested

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  laptop cases? this is not that post. this is a post about my desk, which ... . she signed my book!"] The Dragon Warrior  [/annotation] a binder containing a draft of [annotation note = "I meant to revise this throughout the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exploring the Outdoors! In Kresge that is...

  

  what they learn to create an alpha prototype for a new product! It's an awesome hands-on class that gives students a taste of what it takes to ... next product might be. Orange team prepares to present. Ferno: a flat

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 14, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  .  Or because of reasons.  Whatever.  You can't really have a holiday at ... What do MIT students do on a Saturday night? Well, if it's the ... : (I was supposed to be a Wellesley girl.  No, I was not prepared for

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome to the Woodshop Don't forget close-toed shoes and please WEAR GOGGLES.

  

  Laura did a pretty great job covering the variety of machine shops ... week, I work as a monitor at the N51 Woodshop. In Building N51, next to ... this place at least once. Most other people don't know about this place

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 5, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  chance to ride in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. My first experience was ... it I was 500 feet above Boston catching a glimpse of the Red Sox ... Visitors has a number of benefits, to include skipping the long line of

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  conclusion of a great semester. You've probably already heard about many of ... . At the Admissions holiday luncheon, we had a traditional New England "Yankee swap," a funky gift swap (described here) that sounds more like a 6

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  known, I am a *gigantic* Harry Potter nerd. I am one of those people who can name quite a few of the hundreds of really unimportant characters ... this past summer I reread the entire series for the first time in a while

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  ) along with a minor in music (Course 21M). As a testament to the diversity ... . Kent Riley, a research scientist at the Nuclear Reactor Lab working with Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), and obtained a UROP that combines

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  off to 3 feet, and then used the shelf like a super-ruler. No, I'm ... advantage of this. Who wants a room that's painted "Institute white"? I mean ... challenge. Neither of us had a tape measure, so we did what any good MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  , including cows! The thing is, we couldn't find the trail head. We had a ... because we thought we didn't need it.  So we found a parking lot near the ... little scary.  Finally, we found a sign! It didn't tell us where we were

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  77 Mass Ave, wearing baggy sweatpants and a baggy long-sleeved shirt, clutching a handbag that contained an article for my Science Essay class. I ... Bruce. The three of us speedwalked down the Infinite Corridor, and a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  the process, but I just can’t do it.  When I am not a writer, I am a ... In many ways, the work of a critic is easy.  In the summer of 2022, I was living in Chicago. I didn’t know anyone I was living with. Over the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  ...I probably slept instead. I'm not much of a baker, anyway. There was plenty of ... for me while we sampled some AppleBake treats: I'm ashamed to say that ... freshman dinner... We had to cook for about 30 people, so we started with a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  . And this is what I come home to: I'm living in a room titled The ... 've had a harsh life. Why complain? I can afford the luxury of reattaching ... -vacuum air. By then, I had hit the road in a rented SUV headed for the woodsy

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Indulge me for a moment. How many times have we seen the movie in ... dishonored him by stepping on his sneakers in a crowded auditorium. Why do I ... examine Mills first. Mills is a student who is defined by the world in which

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006