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• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  SolidWorks file looked like As you can see, I added some footsteps to ... of the final run of the paper weight so you can see the lathe in action ... " in diameter (TINY!). I popped the part into the vice, set my zero at

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  If you asked me before spring break where I like to eat around MIT, I ... drizzling in the afternoon, so I went to Jahunger – a Uyghur restaurant that ... pouring outside. I didn't want to walk in the rain or call an Uber, so I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  it's IAP! I don't have classes! I can end my day at 5 pm like I could ... dancing a lot. I enrolled in an online class taught by one of my favorite ... 't like very much, so I dropped it in the second week and didn't even log a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  9.00 with no context are you a cool rat?

  

  This past semester I took Intro Psychology at MIT with Professor ... of the most interesting and fun lectures I've ever had at MIT. As a ... like but also where it’s located, and this knowledge is helpful because

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  there. When I returned, I was surprised to see someone in my seat. I ... breaking it, and offered helping in any way he could. I was baffled by the ... you can get a sense of what it was like[/caption] I examined the damage

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  excited, in fact, that I came home after class last Friday to this lovely ... perfectly: I was booked to be in my Science, Technology, and Society (STS ... the best engineering school in the world—we have a circus live behind

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  +/- .5 C at 1000 psi today after three solid days of calibration. Now I can ... deserve some props, and dare I say mad props at that, for genuinely ... -Conner rooming committee, for doing a fantastic job with the in-house reassignment

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  altitude over some undetermined state in the Midwest. I’m now writing, I can ... . Here’s what’s been going on in my life: I had a conversation with a ... ; *I’m totally not anymore. Sitting in Simmons. Peace out home fries!

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  could share in the joy!" Well, now you can share the excitement! [I ... The selection process continues here, and there's not much I can ... admits and mailing the early action decisions as soon as we can. I'll keep

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Visit YouTube to Participate in the World Economic Forum! Have world leaders watch and respond to your video at this year's World Economic Forum!

  

  ://web.mit.edu/mitir/) to spread awareness of an unprecedented opportunity: You can participate in this year's World Economic Forum! Visit http ... individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?" World leaders

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  later, in an ironic (and quite sad) twist of fate, I broke the November ... . although I had no relationship experience, or life experience in general, pea ... team bonding events because I would stay in my partner's room most of the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  on a lot of wooden coasters. I've been on the Beast, in Ohio, which is ... -lit underground tunnels. Superman was so imposing that, as we waited in line and I ... Yesterday, I got up early, despite having gone to bed late the night

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Best Free Software for College Students must haves for productivity, security, and more

  

  're also backed up that way in case I ever lose my phone. You can also share ... you should download and test out in your first few weeks of college. I ... Evernote, it becomes immensely helpful. When researching someone, I can

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Leadership Training Institute My first guest blog!

  

  about all the activities/groups that I'm involved in at MIT. However, since I seem to always be falling behind in my classes and getting royally ... been involved in actually just starting from this semester. I'm the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  unsteady smile. “I know, babe. I am relaxed. Just…I haven’t seen mom in ... worst. Imagine it. And I bet you, you can convince yourself you’ll be fine ... where I'd placed my towel. I reached for it. But it wasn't there.  

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  thinking about, and where the time I put in materialized in the form of cool ... never told them but I like to pretend that they cared. But, in all ... guest-blog about it, and I figured, hey, science is awesome, MIT is

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  I'm trying too hard. Maybe a lot of people are like this--in the first ... that, because in real life we all want to be cool. Note also that I am ... importance of being emotionally open, but in real life I am not like that at

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  The CrimZone. there are 2 impostors at harvard

  

  This isn't about cross-registering at Harvard. I was thinking about cross-reg, but I didn't want to overload myself this semester. It's about ... Orientation, when I decided on a whim to get a Harvard library card, which is

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Perfect Match? because the right CPW host can make a huge difference...

  

  is where they wanted to be, others were less certain. Some may even ... as CPW. As for CPW, I don't think it goes according to plan for most prefrosh, because I don't think it is possible to grasp the sheer enormity of

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wryping styles wryping = writing + typing

  

  calculated, slower, reasoning System 2. I feel when I type in this kind of ... backspace quite frequently in search of better grammatical phrasing. I do ... default typing styles for as long as i can remember has been more like 'slim

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 29, 2018