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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Swing of Things I've been getting into it.

  

  Buzzfeed, and it was actually really cool. Apparently, “there are a lot of ... stuff from sponsors, and made a half hearted attempt at coding a meme generator with my partner before we both bailed to play pool. We probably

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 18, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  , rounded it off, and were left with a perfectly massive snowball. Step 2 ... used a pirate hat for the hat, two wooden stakes for arms, and two lost ... reports that the snowman's head had indeed been removed and destroyed in a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Letters Are In The Mail You are an incredible group of people, both academically and personally.

  

  room in the Institute for all of you, I really do. I'm off to enjoy a well-earned, relaxing weekend after working for 12 days in a row. New ... Well, you heard it here first. The letters are in the mail. For the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  have a little alcove that is home to a laser cutter and a 3D printer (I ... IMPRESSIVE shop vac. Just look at that thing, it's a beast! And it's so ... know, a small wooden toy with wheels and a string attached so you can

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  ), it was my duty not only to come up with a concept, design the book, and ... . Once the proofs for both pages and cover came back, we all worked closely ... ! But what exactly goes into the making of a yearbook? (...and one so fine

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  generic and nondistinctive, except for the one with n=1. n=1 is Liam, who ... time a chair is empty. We see friends n=2, n=3, and n=4 but decidedly n=2 ... Christmas break. She’s dressed in a thick snow jacket with boots and a scarf

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  rejuvenation and love for school again this past fall. It was definitely looking ... what it was. The Heart Rate of a Mouse (Vol. 1, 2, and 3) by Anna green ... Celebration, a three-day conference for women in computer science. It was so

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  see is how you are a good match with MIT, and usually how you spend your ... young for MIT?" And Applicant wrote, "Will my age affect how MIT looks at ... years after my high school and worked for a year.can I apply to mit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  . ------------------------------------- 112358132134 wrote: "I attend a university for 3 classes and high school for ... ) with a 3.5 gpa (including several B's in math/science), (b) without ... grounds for a second look at the application (or even termination) if the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  Look at this if you don't what a UROP is ... . A UROP! That I was under-qualified for? Let's see the relevant skills ... touchscreens: 🤢 3D modeling and animation: ❌ 2D illustration and graphic

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  students and alums often will create special boats for the occasion of the ... , MIT alum Nathanael Herreshoff created a revolutionary design for a ... Officer Amrys Williams '02, and a team of MIT alums and other folks embarked

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  was a fun way for students to share beloved recipes with the campus ... ’re interested in getting involved with Chop Stir Hack, we are always looking for ... recipe, we want you. If you have a passion for design, and think layouts

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  prefrosh, but for the past few weeks we've both pretty busy with our own ... novel) and, of course, finals. Easier said than done? Yeah, just a little ... forward to this weekend. Earlier tonight, a handful of friends and I went to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  college admissions season can be a particularly anxious time for students. I remember waiting for decisions, being both excited and very scared. Of course ... decision?" and so on. With so much uncertainty, and their hopes so high, it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  gallery of my notes note taking progression

  

  very least), I never really developed a proper system for organizing my thoughts for future reference. Pages and pages of loose leaf college ruled ... -2 somewhat challenging classes at a time, now I had 3+ challenging ones per

  • by Victor D. '27
  • April 8, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  before me, with a far higher GPA on harder classes. And he's way cooler ... semester, I'm looking forward to tons of sleep and a crazy IAP. Freshly ... coded a ray caster for 6.837, the computer graphics class that has been

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  up in a remote New Hampshire cabin with 40-ish people from MIT and ... in the main cabin with a roaring fire, and I felt like I had been ... for project completion was a bit too ambitious and we needed to add some

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  is both personal and professional. A formal and dramatic tone is not ... with a thesaurus. Monitor word usage (especially for common words like ... ’t apply as a fictional character. You know, the one with the pure 4.0, 2400

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  Hey Internet! After not posting a video for a couple weeks I totally ... the video and there has been a crazy amount of MIT-related things ... on 11-21-2014 and is giving a lecture on "BasedLiving" -- so it'll be

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  that is going to have to take a back seat in order for me to document to ... to a bloody pulp with my awesome newfound kickboxing skills. I'd almost finished them off when the second to last one snuck up behind me and pulled a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007