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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  new nature. I make skeletons that walk on the wind so they don't have to ... surviving the elements such as storm and water and eventually I want to put ... 's Strandbeest stood in the rain on a patch of pavement outside the Media Lab. With

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Same as it ever was The more things change...

  

  much consecutive meetings from 9am until 7pm for me. This morning was a ... see what it was I wrote about one year ago today: For those of you ... some planning for Campus Preview Weekend, and finally a meeting with a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Busy times

  

  -related meetings. Today was pretty much consecutive meetings from 9am until 7pm for me. This morning was a meeting about our new viewbook, discussed in Ben ... For those of you hoping for an Admissions status update, here goes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it's time ... of homework, with a fourth packet due this coming Monday. I've done ... action admits -- they had a meet&greet sort of event for students

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  socially aware hacking, part 2 this time, it's personal ((last time it was also personal))

  

  I wrote a little while ago about a hack on the Dot raising awareness ... -floor lobby -- or, I guess, there was a fancy portrait. Now there is a very different kind of portrait. I have a few pictures below; the best ones are by

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unedited notes on gravity, etc. Brief thoughts on gravity, science, and consciousness that I plan to elaborate later when I…

  

  [Tonight I worked on a problem set in General Relativity until 4 AM ... laptop display I searched for comfort amidst the suburban silence of post-midnight residential Cambridge and instead found a page of half-finished notes wrung from

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger selection 2008 results We have completed the selection of this year's bloggers!

  

  of the entry] You may recall that last month we put out a call for new ... . '11 Chris S. '11 Snively '11 Look for a future entry with a rundown of ... her entries, I recommend going back and reading them! Ditto for Laura

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One more baby blogger Or blogger baby? I don’t know, is it the same?

  

  The new baby bloggers were introduced about a month ago, but I have ... about whether she’s going to be a scientist or an engineer.) And I have ... me to do interviews for my first season as an EC (I mean, like, inside

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Year of the Pig Photoshop fun for the lunar new year.

  

  ." -- Jane, California "I discovered a super-secret poster of the next ... from it to the 8.01 students. I got the original picture from the page ... Happy Lunar New Year from Peggy and the Office of Admissions! Here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 18, 2007
• FAQ / Transfer

  Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?

  While we can't recommend specific classes, you may want to compare ... what you would like to major in, you may also want to take a look at the courses offered in each department. You may receive credit for subjects of
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  I woke up today to blowing snow, the sound of fire trucks (from the firehouse across the street) and a call from our team captain saying that the ... first snow day I have had in years. The view from my window Back home

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  I know it's been a long time since I've posted a blog... but I'm back ... paint our products. We all went a little crazy at the end from spending ... said and done, we're all a little sad to say goodbye... If I could do it

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bryan is alive and in Rome Day One In Rome

  

  hour and I have a lot of emails to respond to. (Thanks for all the emails - keep sending) But for now, I'll just leave you with a few photos. Monday ... We got here safely, and we're having a blast. I'll write a longer

  • by Bryan
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  MIT is a 168-acre playground for the world’s brightest undergrads ... , spongey dorm. We have cats! A ball pit! And we can even draw on the walls ... from around the dorm. Big thanks to everyone who sent me pictures for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Liebe Deutschland! A video entry - because I was too lazy to type

  

  (Sorry for the abrupt ending! I accidentally pushed the button to stop recording a few seconds before I was actually done speaking, haha)

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 15, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  actuators to short out. A second robot, a biped from MIT's Leg Laboratory, was ... programmed to repeat the phrase "I am a faggot" while locomoting across campus ... organizations during their respective "hell weeks." A spokesman for the Theta Tau

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  on this day. To acknowledge the day, I asked the Miami crowd for a ... Alia in Seattle. I'm working on a Questions Omnibus for this week, as ... Yesterday, I held a Central Meeting in South Miami, Florida. We were

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  show us that even within narrow parameters—for example, my randomly-drawn-from-a ... Professor who is also a professional writer: Joe Haldeman. I signed myself up ... learned that a spot had been reserved for me in both classes. Writing

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  first real snow!! wow so magical

  

  : "where are you right now?" me: "i'm in the green building! what's up ... i woke up this morning and it was COLD. i checked the weather. lo and behold -- snow was finally upon us!!!! at 3 pm i walked to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 11, 2022
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there really a swim test?

  requirement can be met by completing a beginner swim course or electing to test out. Courses generally meet twice a week for 40 minutes. The program ... Yup, there's a swim test! There's an awesome variety of physical