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• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  figure out how I would constrain the balloon. I tried thin strips of duct ... , I would provide shelter or food for them, resulting in a symbiotic ... the chocolate, imagining how the ants would create paths and patches in

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  research on what the VR trends would be in 2017 and found out that a lot VR ... to spend the money. I didn't realize how big of a deal CES was. Then I ... January 5th, I was in Vegas.     Vegas was like a dream

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  am. I don't know how I did this 2 months ago, how do you pack up ... -drying in the bexley basement. I went to a movie tonight called Vicky ... francisco in the middle of the Nevada desert which would be my first time out

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  'd gone to MIT I totally would have lived in EC. I'm not saying it's the ... explanations... The Beard. As you've probably noticed in the picture above, I ... first name is Edward. When I got to MIT, Edmund and I thought it would be

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  year in Burton Conner, as I was still settling in and still used to ... freshman-- How are you doing in your intro classes? How much sleep are you ... learned? How will I make the most of the (million and one) opportunities

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  graduate school, I've just started to ponder what life is going to be like in ... without the commitment, but then if I like it, would the MEng be a wasted degree since I would have a PhD as well? Right now, I think the answer is

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  there, that is. My January looked a little differently. In fact, I’d say ... year, I wanted to spend my three months back in Texas. I looked forward ... worry came in not finding anything to do back home. I didn’t exactly want

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  . I had some romantic notion that my life would kickstart if I lived in ... , I felt like a pebble in a never-ending stream of people. It would be ... it was the one I could relate to the most. In ninth grade, my dream

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural

  

  in an art classroom. To get the straight edges for the background, I ... (I was born in Atlanta). Lineart It was weird to do color first and lineart second, since that's the opposite of how I usually draw. Doing it

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  In 4 weeks, you will leave home for an academic journey of 4 years ... things I’ve found helpful. Pack: -- a memento for your shelf or wall ... sockets appear in the oddest places. -- a Twin XL sheet set, a towel, and a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  yesterday when I was still sitting in 8.01, worrying about understanding how ... Hey guys, happy 2011! It's been awhile. As I write this, I'm in San ... semester - and also, I've mastered the art of changing out of a suit in a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  When I saw this video back in late April, it was instantly copied to ... never realistically go. In fact, if I had not visited the University in August and completely fell in love with it, I wouldn't have even applied

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  even in the cool loner way, regardless of how I played it off. It took ... post.   Can I interest you in some background information for the ... through the back-front door and I check in to my room. It's hot and it

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What summer programs are available?

  MIT doesn't offer a traditional open-enrollment summer school program where high school students can come to campus to take courses and live in ... programs have their own website with the application process clearly outlined
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  knows that if you sit me in front of a TV and give me a game to watch, I ... in my seat as I urge players to run faster, jump higher, and save the ... would be France. I remember waking up at 3 AM to watch them churn out an

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  . So let me ask you, how are you? How are you really? Because I ... finished. I want to hear about how the semester’s been tough. Heck yes I want ... sense? Same. I want to hear about how you're afraid of growing up. I want

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook ... day would be fairly dull to keep up, at least in my opinion. It's really ... you have a smartphone? Understand that I didn't have a smartphone in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  the future in my major. But at least I would know that there was some ... , and I figured I might as well try too. Since I knew I'd love to work in ... that I wanted to try and do a minor in course 20. I figured I'd start

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  in the space, how to get access, and notes about the space’s culture ... in just how many maker spaces (or spaces for making) it houses! To try ... as they discover and interact with more spaces. Eventually, I would

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  I know, would have me help her take apart computers, and in our free ... Lately I’ve struggled to blog, due to being in the middle (!!!) of ... younger, but I found myself facing more often in college, as I found myself

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017