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• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  This is part two of a series, consisting of a lightly ... lost a fourth vote and is on his way to losing a fifth. They say the ... , and [annotation note="this is a high bar; I usually hate talking to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  ? Chelsea: Um, well, I’m Chelsea. I’m a junior in course 21E. 21E is something ... during a stressful semester. We’re all figuring out how to project a ... making it into a Twitter, uh, thing. One group is doing the first season of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  there is...a lot about the school that a lot of people don't know about ... Physics I. A lot of people complain that this system is not normal and ... enough, but there is definitely a lot I still do not know. Pass/No Record

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  department. (That's why 2A is much cooler. *grin*) Course 9 (Brain and ... .008 is a manufacturing class where you're required to make a large batch of yo-yos using cool processes like injection molding. LMP is a lot like

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  for a MIT ID number. Do I have such , or how could I obtain MIT ID ... to you lickety split." I might also add that the MIT ID # is a nine ... , Confused in Chicago writes, "I've heard from friends that MIT is pretty much

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  ;   So nowadays, mostly my relationship with my hair is a relationship ... as much as I could tolerate waiting (which was only until my hair was a ... --which is where I wrap my hair in a T-shirt and just let the T-shirt absorb

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  time now, and it is the task for which I am paid; I am basically a ... Women in Aerospace Engineering (WAE). WAE is a student group that, through ... Red Bull staff, but aerobatics is evaluated by a panel of judges on the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  and advocate so that you can follow them. There is a sort of laid-back culture to a lot of the places I've found on HelpX, which is pleasant, but doesn't necessarily match with my 'how much work can I fit into a day

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  hazed because everyone understands how rough it is to get thrown in this ... schooler first picking a fight. Everything is treated like an experience to be cherished. As freshman year is coming to a close, like most other

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  with 1-2 other students and he/she is usually a grad student or professor ... because the last thing you want to do is to waste a supervision. The good ... The sun always seems to hover near eye level. It gets a bit

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  stronger, or wander down a road at a rate much slower. People watching is ... much as you may think they do.[/annotation]In a strangely comforting way ... which she views the world from is pragmatic yet optimistic. 4 A whole

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  ; I like how full every day is. I don’t believe in rest. but I wish ... the desert it never gets so cold   mid-November. there is a ... a disclaimer some events are slightly out of order I was not really

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  teach a bunch of aliens how to play baseball. It's like 50 pages long and ... - either by context, word roots, or just a gut feeling. Don't ask me how you ... is getting ridiculous. I apparently hate engineering so much I can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  cross! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Elizabeth. My hair is a ... ago, so perhaps you might be curious as to how different life is for me ... . But let me tell you - working at MIT is a suh-weet deal. All the awesome

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  on mit’s mailing list culture update: tetazoo glounge

  

  emails, much like drinking from a firehose. a mailing list is like a group ... it's a testament of how powerful mailing list culture is here in mit ... put up some time in march 2020. it's still up. it goes to show how much

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, per se a selection of fantastic dishes, part 2

  

  creations in my [annotation note="No, I am not working, this is just a jo ... dorm cooking is comparable to a three-Michelin-starred restaurant. With ... of American chef Thomas Keller’s famous dish is crafted out of a desire

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 24, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  't matter a bit in the end! You said how was MIT? You know -- MIT was a ... 'll see that this is a place of heartbreaking defeats -- but at the same ... . MIT is different -- it's a neverending beast. You will wake up covered

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  much stuff? HOW?) and went hiking in the White Mountains, a ~2h45m drive ... 're not familiar with The Tempest, Ariel is a little spirit bound to serve ... anybody is wondering. Here's a picture of 4/5 of us climbing a sculpture

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  the driver in a vaguely [annotation note="this is how I knew the guy was ... scent.~ My friend is a big fan of perfumes and she's been taking me to ... "] this is a pic from when I arrived in Greece, but the Thessaloniki airport

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  this entry: what is IAP? The one-sentence, in-a-nut-shell version that I ... Independent Activities Period, is a month-long intersession in January between ... when I was going back to MIT, I couldn't help but sigh, just a tiny

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008