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• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  recruitment is essentially the process where potential new members (PNMs) come ... made up of the most interesting, humble, and kind people I've ever met ... they'd already made up their mind and passed their judgment. And it made

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  's literally nothing I can't turn into a formula):     Where S is ... that the best solutions/products/designs are those that are butt ... feel like anyone could do them. Those are the hard ones. This I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  , there is a wide variety of places around campus where you can get your ... resources. The primary component is the shop area- but nearby are also several ... was the setup for a lab where we analyzed the gas velocity profile of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Food No Context blogging no context

  

  10:00AM bottle of soylent on the go for breakfast.   12:59PM free lunch after accidentally walking into a Joi Ito (Director of the MIT ... professor gave had free coffee and biscuits for us in class. Love Course 15

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  (formerly 2.70, now 2.007), 6.270 robots are totally autonomous, so once a round begins, there is no human intervention (in 2.007 the machines are ... concepts and applications that are related to various MIT classes (e.g. 6

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  objects attached to them. Here are the things on and around my desk and also ... these were from home. Now most of them are more recent. Bottom left: A ... Max made me when he was tiny. Most of the colors have rubbed off. A

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  reasons that are probably irrelevant to this blog. I. Change We Can Believe ... I will say that I believe politics are relevant, and in my mission to ... I had to miss a free, pre-screening of Be Kind Rewind AND a chance to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / IAP

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

  

  blank, quizzical stare, as my aunt silently thinks to herself, What are ... -up question - “So what are you doing for this IAP?” - a little later.) But ... faculty are, after all, famous for their innovation. So when you give 4

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  !). As it turns out, my office isn't very far away from where I live. Being ... job site in Needham, where I catch one of three trains between the hours ... Pike. In a world where attention seems split and starved, the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  carrying on a conversation with my friends who are desperately trying not to ... completed an analog controlled segway knockoff called "Segfault" and made a ... few of us think are fun, and you'll probably find no better video clip

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  ? How can you make the best decision? If you've made up your mind for ... 2014 students who are still undecided) will be tomorrow (Thursday) at 8 ... questions are still on your mind? What can Mollie (or other MIT folks) help

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  undergraduate, she made sure to take time to explore our campus and enjoy the ... drug. The benefits of using bacteria are that bacteria are stereospecific

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  : The people. Hands down. The people at MIT are not what I expected them ... , have fun...the people here are so down to earth. Everyone's got a nerdy ... thought I could do that here. Honestly, I wouldn't trade the friends I made

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  made her application very strong. But a single element of one ... -pressed to find a single admissions officer who could. Because you are not numbers to us, you are human beings. So when I see your names, I think of

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2023 i3 videos megapost

  

  first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where ... Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life ... with the advent of YouTube/Vimeo/etc they are now posted online

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Scrapbook Sometimes Stickers!!!

  

  obsession with stickers. Sorry the pictures are so blurry! Lighting is ... makes me feel better no matter what is going on and where I may be. So if you have some stickers and are feeling overwhelmed, get some pretty

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.

  

  This past Sunday was the East Side party, where the denizens of the ... super safe and awesome. Here are some videos and pictures that I took ... ! I also did a lot of hair dyeing over the past few days, here are some

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 25, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  here we are, me crufting on the blogs, you not knowing who I am. I never ... are curious.) But in any case, if you don't know who I am, all you need ... up a fake science show where Ryan and I would do experiments in our

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  social network sites) because that's where the people are. So starting ... love MIT, you may not want MIT to be where your friends are, jumping in ... have been uploaded, and over 600,000 are viewed every minute. Brody

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Got Questions? I have answers.

  

  few other things I'm forgetting right now. Although my classes are ... MIT, I know that many of you are currently in the midst of choosing where to spend the next four years of your life. It's a huge decision, and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 23, 2009