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  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  ) Ring Premiere happened! For almost a year now, I’ve had the privilege of ... Rat for their class.  If you don’t already know, the Brass Rat is a ... . standing on business, even. working on the ring design in private. In order

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  , every day stop cooking. Order Uber eats  leaving your room is for ... nothing more of it for two months. One Month Before Bad Ideas I had a plan for IAP. A blissful period of rest, exploring Boston museums, baking

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  ’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to ... , searching the empty cavities of my skull for words.  I was busy and not ... ’t stick, or just from having insufficient regard for the proper names of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  really well for me. Evaluating the Prompt Perhaps the obvious place to start is reading the given prompt. This was my prompt for my CMS.616 Games ... original research (for example, using a case study approach where you focus

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  umbrella organization for the nine historically black fraternities and sororities. Similarly, NALFO is the umbrella organization for 23 historically ... for meeting students all over New England. In keeping with MIT”s Latin

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  (nicknamed "strobe alley") now stands as an invaluable resource for students ... on forever). I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the ... with three large binders of negatives, a taste for medium format, and a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  Rats for ninety years, and they're a hugely important part of MIT ... on it. In April, we all dress up fancy for Ring Delivery and poses with our shiny new rings. The ring buying period has just concluded for the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

   breathe and ground yourself, even if just for a second. and we, the bloggers, will be ... the way in advance. I googled for various rejection letters so that I ... particular order. We’ve been there, too. by Danny B.D. '15 (2014): If you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  and for all during the safety demonstration. So here it goes: Hi there ... you for choosing ‘Tute Airlines. Our flight time will be approximately ... has properly been stowed under your bed and tables are cleared for

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  your breaking point, and learn how to make time for yourself in order to ... ; Advice from Graduating Seniors John P. '17 MIT is a great opportunity for ... different screens did wonders for my productivity. I wish someone had told me

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  rand.random Random photos of 2016

  

  ’re arranged in order. ( by the way, ‘random’ is a Python module that helps with ... Story About Muti") in January, I stopped for lunch at a Chinese hot pot ... , MEng '17, for a picnic. April Researching at the Media Lab is honestly

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  It's 3am and I should probably be studying for my first 8.01 exam ... of time management. For me to put in the maximum amount of work into ... textbooks, taking notes, etc...) and have time for anything else seems near

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  Note: The following is adapted from an article I wrote for CMS.350 ... too :-) It's three in the morning and MIT's campus is, for once ... day, it's the main artery for foot traffic among academic buildings, but

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  order to score a little higher. We were on the clock--the weather ... ) for three laps around the course in as short a time as possible. We knew ... little worse for wear after yesterday's heavy flying. The time to beat was

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night ... for the event under my regalia. But a fateful gchat with Chris '09 ... 've strategically exploited the UROP system for machine shop access (I did this

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  order to isolate the more notable parts of my MIT experience for the past ... for my brain to remember things, as I'll tend to ramble on and on like ... did really, really horribly. For some reason, I doubt that is the case

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  time for anything. Fortunately, there's two periods in which most of your burdens are lifted: IAP, and summer. That's why for this summer, I decided ... being responsible for doing Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  When I was first applying for the GEL program, I heard a lot of ... program designed specifically for engineers, or is there really a difference ... like a carnival for job-seeking undergrad and grad students. Some

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  stage in Kresge, thanking Pres. O for a great opening act - he was one ... my darn itchy hands for escaping necessary work+studying way too often ... mechanical pencil, and the ensuing distraction becomes a euphemism for

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  Clubhouse coordinators for outstanding leadership skills, technical and ... the Museum of Science for free (yay MIT ID card!) and because I figured ... while Kim got all checked in I flashed my ID and got my hand stamped for

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008