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• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  procure it. You can buy fancy clothes and blue steel at the mirror in the ... If you live in Britain, or in a country sufficiently influenced by ... still in college, or, blinded by the bright lights of the Beyond, have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  .021, Physics E&M. I failed the regular version of 8.02 in the spring, so I ... class really fun. He's a really down to earth guy who has been really in ... loved this class so so much and wanted to ~ memorialize it ~ in some kind

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  . Legend has it that it is the third most recognized ring in the world, after the Superbowl Ring and the Pope Ring. The tradition began in the spring ... forward in leaps and bounds. Then we considered the elephant. He is wise

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  not THAT bad. This craving is just strong enough to make you go off in ... treat that you could ever dream up was in this case, but one item ... it belongs in Plato’s theory of Forms; it exudes the very essence of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  : !!!!!!!! Decisions in 6 days! I honestly cannot believe it's been nearly two years ... /Cog) student, I can definitely say I don't feel lonely in either department ... almost every MIT student participates in at some point during their MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  though. I always miss all the good stuff in the Midwest - last year while I ... bike in (not that any weather really stops me from riding my bike. Though I've never tried in an earthquake) if my bike hadn't gotten stolen

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  Sorry for the slight gap in entries, this weekend was crazy. I've got at least four entries that are in various stages of being writ. I don ... are said/done at MIT in the dorms after midnight. Both are 100% true

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  In response to a request from a current applicant, I'm proud to ... for you, I've been taking photos for my lab reports in 2.671. This ... laminar flow of nitrogen in a long tube. Notice all the wires. Each lab

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  , authorities have set up a row of big-screen projectors in Berlin spanning an ... all ready to write an entry last night on how some cities in Germany are ... in all the train stations make up a personal itinerary for you listing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…

  

  until I can get home and watch the show in its full glory. Yeah, I really ... Carroll, Austin Scarlett, and Kara Saun. Anyway, in the middle of the recap, I came ... afraid that the magnets in her design will not work. Lo and behold, they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  newborn.  In the 3,000 days, I moved to Washington, D.C. (for a fellowship ... heat pumps.  In the three weeks, I have mostly just snuggled and fed and ... food people have brought to me. Life with a small baby is rich in

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  bay area parties well, two of them

  

  in the last two weeks, i've been invited to two parties in the bay area. the first one was an invitation from a co-intern, who sent it in a group text with all the other company interns in the bay. it was a link to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 15, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  held entirely online via a website they give us. When we log in, we are ... hellhole that is Massachusetts. In this time, I've been trying to keep ... promises in the beginning of the year that I have not kept. I said I would

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  year has started off in the same way: "I'm so sorry for having ... at least five or six MIT '12s currently in the running for Rhodes Scholarships. In case you missed this or this, let me update you: so far, 44 MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  yours, in fact! But I did want to write briefly about something really ... -up to help make learning foreign languages easier in foreign ... can also check out the Lingt website at http://lingtlanguage.com. I

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  buy into the notion that somewhere, in some crevice of my brain, lies ... . So— in keeping with the theme while also in the interest of not ... Ask yourself if the message hits home in any aspect of your life- it

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  way more time in my dorm than usual. Sean Collier's memorial service was scheduled for Wednesday, and classes were cancelled in anticipation of ... jumped into action. Early in the morning, dorm presidents (like me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  Movies Watched in the Past Year Through Which I Have Remained 100 ... being. I can dream in black-and-white or in color, but not in black ... brainwashed you into buying Coca-Cola. Need I say more? 3.Slumdog Millionaire

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] It was 5:30 a.m. on a Wednesday morning in ... , dinosaurs in feudal Japan, a traveling carnival gone horribly wrong, and the ... decided on a production schedule, and Guild Camp began. In many ways, Guild

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  supposed to supplement the rest of it. We had to run out in the middle of the event to buy more. The rest of the ice cream finally arrived. There was a ... fridges in the snack room, we found that one of them wasn't turned on. The

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007