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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  Networking is a funny thing. It can be formal (and slightly ... was away for much of my internship, I was handed a large deal of ... prototyping. This is what I worked on over the summer (as much of it as I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  . None of the above are universal rules. Pass/No Record is a time to find ... .  Coffitivity is a favorite website of mine that re-creates the sensation of being ... in a few centuries I might even be dead.  Dead. I was reminded of this

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  -income communities, which itself is a product of policy decisions regarding how ... , and civil unrest around the globe, just to name a few. This is, alas ... distribution of wealth overall). The reason I am saying all of this is that a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  this is going? Pride goeth before the fall. Last week, I...I...I have a ... MORE sick. I went to the doctor willingly, which is a rare thing for me ... taking a picture of a poster on a bathroom wall, which is exactly what I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  wrong with it.) I learned how to use a power drill and table saw at the ... how to fix them when they “break.” Since the human body seemed to be a ... for every day that I have neglected my blog. The short story is that I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  , seduce, and hopefully-not-but-maybe-because-people-sometimes-grow-apart-and-that's-just-a ... with a reversed brass rat and ironed shirt Killian Court Lecture Series ... with MIT ID? Music practice rooms -- serenade your special someone in a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  2 types of games. Finite games where the goal is to win on a ... mindset by punishing or rewarding us based on our work and how good it is ... the world smoothly move onward. This is how you play the real infinite

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  A little bit ago, a prospective student wanted some insight on what a typical day is like for an MIT student. Although that's a very good question ... with friends. The second reason it's a hard question to answer is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  : Delicatessen is set in an unspecified time and place with the appearance of a ... Escargots." One of the things I promised myself is that this year I would try ... a whooping $6 in 26-100 were: Fantastic Planet Courtest of

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  question: What is liveblogging? The answer: (according to Wikipedia) a ... 't running due to construction on the line. Instead, there is a shuttle service ... North Station, where the MBTA commuter rail leaves from. Which is about a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  club, is a sophomore majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Music, and the publicity chair (my former TA), Brian Chan, is a graduate student in ... a room full of people doing origami (turns out I was an hour early

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  . The program is hosting “Deliver,” a hands-on, interactive activity that ... . Flashback to 2004: a few weeks before high school started, I moved from Texas to California, and during a typical afternoon drive with my dad, we saw

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  .You must choose a username that is between 3 and 8 characters.Choose a ... The Next Big Mailing (NBM) is on its way out the door. Formally known as the "A60" for historical reasons we can no longer remember, the NBM

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  about what I have to say all that much - there, I covered everyone!), I ... is awesome and all, but that's not what I'm here for right now. Neither ... . My Neuroscience class had 17 students who are pretty much the best

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  write[/caption] What's more interesting than my weird hand is how the ... gave us a breakdown of how our grades would translate to the A-F letter ... final grade calculation. However, if a final grade is very close to a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  of this story, however, is that it took us twenty minutes to find a ... ’t accept my friend’s 5-dollar bill. A normal person probably would have given up there, but since I am a solidly abnormal person, I dragged my friend

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  that I guess is on a lot of people's minds: Q. So how do you pee in space ... Today is an exciting anniversary -- July 20, 1969, was the day Apollo ... (!) talking about their experiences. There has been a lot of coverage of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  . In other words, if we feel that a mid-year report is needed to make a ... committee. ------------------------------------- What if my school is on a ... Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  Tomorrow is the beginning of MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP)! IAP is one of the most fun times of the year. It is a time where ... an externship, some will learn a language, some will do research, some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  , is that we learned that Elizabeth’s “mistake” was actually not a ... told they were identical. Here is a diagram to sum up the relationship ... identical, and the only way to know for certain is with a DNA test. If the DNA

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019