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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  than that. What I do know is that I never really intended for it to be ... opinions on the merits and flaws of the book. For instance, to his taste, my ... , mostly government personnel, wanted to show support for the book and the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  build instruments for airborne missions, including ones to study Pluto ... Horizons team at NASA launched a space probe to the Kuiper Belt. Nine and ... made its closest approach to Pluto. It sent back a preliminary photo of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  are barely enough plates for one person to squat while another benches ... plates is rarely an issue, and you don’t have to wait for various machines ... .  I’ve come to love weightlifting, for the most basic reasons: the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  oil, unlikely to be mistaken for water." Might I provide an ... to register for PBIE happens to be June 28th; I happened to be making ... -friendly floatation device on sale, which happened to cost $10.99 and contain a manhole

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  changed every round. All I needed to do was report our team’s answers for ... for my high school, where most students preferred to participate in mock ... “Fiona, next round, you should use your thumb to push the buzzer, not

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  you're going to be using your laptop for heavy gaming, then you don ... cover all of the basics. If you're going to be using your laptop for heavy ... took computer repair classes to prepare for the CompTIA A+ certfication

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  CAD, Rhinoceros, 3D-Max and soon to come vray and wufi. I am so distressed for my ... specific distance individually. So yeah... For design computing, we got to ... have to excavate the model like an archaeologist, with tools and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  means to me, both because I am ultimately responsible for the makeup of ... briefly went to General Motors and was a design engineer for a little while ... coach, and he was Special Assistant to the President of MIT for Minority

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  to be a relatively quiet time for admissions officers now?? Thank you ... about 40-50 students, so I figured 60 students would be a safe guess for ... of my favorite parts of events like this is getting to meet some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  -candy guns, just to name a few. The space has tons of resources for tinkering ... ton of outdoors equipment for doing practically anything you could want ... cabins in New Hampshire available for rental. And the prices are incredibly

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  ://boston.craigslist.org/ and search under the for sale section. While you're there you might also ... I'm done with the MCAT! Well, at least for now (we'll see once I get ... the Next House facilities chair about the Next House bike auction, for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  made valiant efforts. When I asked for a word, they switched to English ... charged tourist prices in Latin America, which to me was wildly rude and out ... enough to get to Killarney early. Alas.  I was stressed for parts of the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  , we had to hit several locations–Whole Foods for the pre-cooked turkey ... Trader Joe’s for the cheapest prices.  Our crew of four shoppers split ... , just to gauge prices before actually buying things. Then we roamed the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  winter break for a few days of ice climbing.  Temperatures dropped to ... 're colorful, warm, layer well, and are reasonably priced. You can get 'em for ... apart after a winter is a waste of money. You don't have to #BuyItFor

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  there, because that's one of the requirements for us to just physically be ... we don’t have to worry about water for crop irrigation. But, there’s still “no water” for people to drink, cook, or wash with in many places

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  prototypes for our very own line of toys, ElectroPlushies! We took our toys to ... prototypes to the winner, $10,000 for 2nd place, and $1,000 for 3rd place. A ... there's more! This year I'm a mentor/videographer for 2.00b so I get to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  for information about non-MIT meal kits and meal prices in general. The ... of the post offers ways to feed yourself in a non-dining community for ... , I lost too many opportunities to bond with friends and neighbors. Cook-for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  elsewhere, and who write me, years later, to tell me how things worked out for ... message. I want to share my story with you and thank you for all the amazing ... inspiration for prospective students whose path to/through MIT may take some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  continuing it as an alum, but I decided that it'd be good for someone new to ... service has already taken her to Mexico, Ecuador, Thailand, and Singapore ... freshman class starting school tomorrow, it's strange to think that I won

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  than i can say for having the chance to know yow, and more hopeful for ... them for long enough. Now they belong to the world.   the ... commencement address was delivered by Megan Smith '86 SM '88, the Chief

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015