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• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  because they'll probably win an Academy Award for Best Inanimate Object in ... 's Universe (although he's been asking for it back. Not that I wanted it in the ... of the housing system. For the past week, I've been sleeping in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Your CPW Host The host assignment meeting was tonight.

  

  !) and released hosting assignments for CPW. Here's what the crowd at the meeting looked like: (note fellow blogger Bryan in the front row, freshly ... , are very much looking forward to CPW. In short, we're all very excited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  here's a look at what I'll be doing for the next three weeks: More ... for sophomores majoring in engineering. Going on a week-long retreat ... A couple of days ago, I was working on an entry talking about all the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  the MIT Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is organizing for high school students interested in MIT and all the science and engineering that happens ... Cambridge to participate. This time around, however, SWE is holding an

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  trying to find a UROP because of this, and instead waiting for an ... participate in at least one UROP during their undergraduate years!” Coming into MIT, we knew we wanted to UROP at least once in our time here, because

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  store was empty, except for the owner and his friend, who looked at us ... were doing astronomy research for the summer. His face lit up, in the way ... music, so when they came to perform in Charlottesville last Sunday, I was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  hit me in the face. Not a light caress, not a brief reminder of the autumnal equinox, but an actual BAM! Leaf in face. It was new, and weird, and ... place in the Top 200 in Math/Chem olympiads in high school? Thanks for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  Is this you? Are you an MIT student who can't get in on the October fun because you're drowning in problem sets? Is midterm season killing ... costume for you! Pro: It's an easy costume to pull off when you promised

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  Jeremy R. '16 with a link to a new McDonald's commercial for their new Suction Tube for Reverse Axial Withdrawal, or STRAW. It's a clear send-up of ... , doing real engineer stuff." Jeremy instructed me to look a bit after a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  MISTI gave me a list of websites to search for people looking for ... placed in, but either your salary, the place you work for, or MISTI will ... been in an accident, and then automatically place an emergency phone call

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  around and looked at the white things in the blue room and said them out ... scared. This was my second time going to walk-in hours, again after an ... woke up the next morning at 7am, for an interview with a really awesome

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  the day… Armed with a handy 40% coupon, we put in an order for all the ... whipping cream. Despite charging us for an even larger carton than we ... was still young! It was time for... a rager? Nope, time for an

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  , in my very first blog post, I came up with an assortment of general ... requirements. This is exactly what the plan looks like right now. I'll major in 8-Flex, with a minor in 6 and a minor in 18 or in [annotation note="an

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  called it — and I thought, why not? We met on Sundays at 10 pm for me in ... , making small edits. Next, I’d look for a form I was eager to try, and scribble a new poem in my notebook. The process took about an hour on good

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

  research in the context of current national and global events. For Fall 2020 ... Pandemic, a biology lecture series on the coronavirus that anyone in the ... description is below: This class exposes students to the study of history for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  in the eye and saying "What do you do for fun around here?" It caught ... A friend of mine ended up studying lit at a nearby college here in ... mechanical wonders in various states of disarray, blabbing incessantly about

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  equiped to look pretty in the lab. For example, I can pour a gel, then set ... . Moreover, this set is rather rigidly defined for undergrads; it's an old ... remember most about Cambridge. As for Biochemistry, I hope students in either

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  (Only in Texas can you legally drive 80mph on an Interstate highway!) This week, I drove about 1200 miles from my house in Arizona to the Fort ... , the guy I'll be working for is an alum of MIT's transportation master

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  . The reality is that for most of us who are majoring in an engineering ... family member and talk for a half hour. Watch an inspirational video ... done in short periods of time." "I want to thank MIT for exposing me for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  last time I applied for one in their group.) You might not get an ... -sounding idiom), I no longer have an excuse for putting off this blog entry until T ... evidence shows that more women tend to wake up in time for lecture. (At least

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009