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• Blog / MIT Life

  Two Cool Projects

  

  In this second-to-last entry, I want to encourage all of you to check ... and the unique pieces placed in Art Galleries, where people will be able ... individually. Sinchi Warmi can choose to ask its members to contribute a portion

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  eight. You say, “Mom, can I buy that entire cake and eat it?” Of course ... Sixteen months ago, in April, I made a promise to myself: if you ... ="Pizza, you idiot, you were in Naples"]pizza[/annotation] . I was ready once

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  , I can get caught in my head; I like the freedom to pause and breathe ... In the middle of an already-packed IAP, I received an email: I’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photo Scavenger Hunt Let's give this a shot.

  

  worth of photos to put in my blog and writing my entries, I thought it ... spell MIT -A beaver. -The nerdiest/coolest thing you can find -The largest ... 'll give you a week from today to mail them in, and I'll post the results

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  soda can holder things. In fact, I got a bunch of free stuff that I wasn’t even looking for. Besides the two soda can holders, I was given a ... I experienced at CPW was just amazing. How can one compare an MIT

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  follow Nance's "Beaver" act, but managed to draw a few laughs. I was ... unlike any other school in the world. As a freshman, you can work in the ... finally meet a lot of you. You are all awesome and I can't wait to see your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  enjoying the laziest IAP I can muster. I sleep until at least noon every day ... one. Remember when I was a contestant in a blogging scholarship a while back? In the end I got a very commanding 4th place out of 20, and I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  i should buy a plastic wastebin to wash my bulky wool sweaters in. (i ... where it lives in my mind and peering at what lies within. some of this unboxing was literal -- i visited my family's place in vancouver over winter

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  me at all, unlike Spiderman 2, where the value of an eigenvector can be ... inappropriate, because I saw it in Harrisburg and not at MIT. Also, my 8 ... mutant army to Alcatraz. 5. I am in love with Ian McKellen, and my favorite

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  filled with student art. In this post, Kidist and I teamed up to tell you ... why I committed to MIT was because I was in awe of Borderline ... interests and passions at MIT, and I'm so excited for everyone to see it in

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  on hand when I’m in a rush, and where everything that doesn’t fit into ... the only things I write with. I buy them in bulk. It all started in high ... They say you can tell a lot about a person by what’s in their bag. Or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  that I've actually done, including getting published in the Tech. In ... , that's a nice reasonable list. In case you're wondering, I've done 24 of ... one clue - I have mudwrestled at Steer Roast, where I battled Ross '05

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  applications - i.e. in yesterday's lecture, where we discussed the limitations of ... in a place called "Malinckrodt". (I wasn't an Orientation Leader in ... Winehouse sticks out like I'm wearing a Tim the Beaver suit. Nina, on the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on Aero/Astro?

  AeroAstro the oldest and most respected university aerospace program in the United States, and it's easy to see why. They have an Interactive Robotics lab, a Human Systems lab, a Space Propulsion lab—and the
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  perfect fit for MIT and I can't wait to see you as a freshman this fall ... and see MIT in all of its glory. We finished off the evening with what I ... standing room only Open Mic Spoken Word event. All I can say is two snaps up

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  tickets any MIT student can buy through MITAC. And thus, on a Saturday I actually planned on sleeping in, I was out of the house by 7:30 and on my way ... Hurricane Harbor, the water park where we swam amidst 12 year olds in a wave

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  midlayers! (1) Baselayers When I'm in the city, I usually just wear cotton t ... ItForLife, but I think that particularly with coats and boots, buying quality items ... ^ how not to do it.   "Help! I'm from [Los Angeles

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  down these rabbit holes where I return to the past, entryways found in ... where the past can touch me. And so I pick myself back up again and I ... can't stop the dread that pools in your stomach. And inevitably, I fall

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  . Unfortunately, whenever I wash my dishes in my hall's sink (which measures about 1 ... ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny ... listening in health class. Your advisor? Rightttt! I think most people really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  to do it in high school, but I was afraid I'd get homesick and wasn ... . Since I hadn't taken any lab classes or worked in any labs, I wrote about ... of cute, in an eager beaver sort of way.) The NIH website encouraged

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005