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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  . Schuh, an associate professor of metallurgy in the department of materials ... rapidly cool hot metal?". Well, that's what I've been asking for a while now ... . Schuh Subject: Metal cooling question Dear Professor Schuh, I am an MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  first day. They both flew in early this morning, and we spent the whole day walking around the area in the glorious warmth and sunlight that indicates the MIT Weather Machine is gearing up for Campus Preview Weekend

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s alive! I built a little car.

  

  . My car is sitting in front of me begging for some TLC. UPDATE Today, in lab, Professor Blanco helped me on my car! Thus, it's still not done ... For better or worse, my 2.007 car actually drives. It's not quite as

  • by Bryan
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year’s Affirmations can i run MIT affirm id be so good at it 🥺

  

  , plunging thousands of students into an directionless, affirmationless squalor ... in the semester (I contributed the stickers). But though we planned to ... a new year naturally lends to new affirmations, and as I waited for my

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • January 1, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  planned for later in the year! Hmmm, I think I'm going to need a bigger ... lamenting our lack of access to Pixar's render farm and kicking myself for not ... if MIT is where you want to be, but please feel free to send me an

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Spring Weekend Concert Announced: Fabolous and Lloyd Banks

  

  in Boston, it's pretty exciting to have an awesome concert a minute ... , where a national musical act performs on campus. The headliners for this ... wrapped into Spring Weekend for the first time this year (though both occur

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  Thursday a feeling: walked home in 24-degree weather after ... was playing as it occurred to me that i have no friends in this city ... fear: spending my life like i am this month, in a bubble of people who

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Mac4Change MIT students raising money to feed the homeless on Veteran's day

  

  I wanted to give everyone an update on our campaign to feed the ... difference. Over 60 people donated and we raised a total of $275 in just two ... resources and little experience and in less then a month we got national

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  semester. It's one of the most recognizable rings in the world, based on ... in designing the class ring (and plan Ring Delivery, but first things first). There's an extensive entry on Wikipedia; I would link to all the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  So over in the world of UROP, things were pretty exciting this week ... : Yea, I know that. She's an MIT professor. Friend: No, she's a GENIUS. Me ... to say that I work for her, and despite her achievements, she's really

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  , Bachelor's degree in Marketing Favorite things about MIT: I love the MIT Dome ... Office. I also love getting discounts as an MIT affiliate at the Boston ... , which are actually similar. Favorite cartoon character: the monster in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  bumping threads on the third-party sites in an effort to minimize the damage ... , maturity, and common sense. For those who don't know what happened, someone ... students via the DHL website (our shipping company), in essence publishing

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  about it before- some of you have even lived it yourselves. In addition to ... , an imposter syndrome so strong and unavoidable that it’s impossible to ... through if it were not for this queen. It was like having a mwakenya (cheat

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  year, I'm up 9 minutes too early. It's 9 minutes too early, because in 9 minutes, or so I've been told, the early action decisions for MIT are going ... : "why in the hell are admissions coming out at 9:14am on 12/14/19?", as if

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  that the choice I made was the right one for me because I looked at every ... three years ago has certainly significantly impacted my MIT experience in ... are known for being the most active, intelligent, and involved men and

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  . Although, there aren’t any slated for this fall, there is a spartan race in ... a lot! So much so that when my friend offered me her ticket for the ... get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  couches in inconspicuous locations. Mine was right next to an elevator, so I ... one of your French girls in baggy pajamas. Then we eventually slept for ... his mates realized that states up in the North East aren't all that wide

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  's distracting me from 2.004 studying). Here's how it started, with an e-mail to me and Elizabeth (one of my teammates for toy design last year) about presenting ElectroPlushies at an upcoming MIT Science and Engineering Business

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  ...here's one she loves to tell (copied from an article in the American ... biologist. “Oh no, an error in measurement,” the physicist sighed. “If exactly ... in an email: I've definitely felt like doing this before....

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  idk man it was a strange day. haven't written horror in a sec. also ... morning pale and grey. There are jobs that need doing in the basement by the ... cut look clean.  One piece you cut is fine and smooth, but the next has

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023