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• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  'm not sure it has a vibe yet. Seeing how new the dorm is, I thought I'd do a bit of a tour. I invite you to walk with me from the front door ... disturbs me a little. I like the idea, though, of getting lunch from the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  'm coming back from a long day, I wish I could move faster than my legs could ... classes. I don't want to fork over cash for an electric scooter or a bike, neither do I want to pay for a Bluebike ride for an ~8 minute walk every

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Quantifying Angst the most course 6 thing we've ever done

  

  array (a mapping from keys to values).” One of the functions that we had ... , because it is a truly angsty experience that has been in the works for almost a year -- prime real estate for data analysis! When we suggested

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 5, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Are We Waiting For besides this video from the freshman arts program

  

  like to support the band, you can download it from iTunes here. p.s. if ... Nikita Khlystov Lili Sun Zach Tomlinson I also want to give a special ... (appropriately) to the MIT Movies Emeritus page. In its place, you can find "What

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese for the Homeless starting a campaign larger than myself

  

  If you read my last post, I've had a pretty hard October. However, the outpouring of responses from high school and college students alike ... importantly, we're all here for each other. Well, I decided that regardless of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Technology (NIST). I never thought that I would find a place that loves ... building block of the simple nanoscale world. Nanowires can be used as a ... Yesterday, I officially completed the 12-week Summer Undergraduate

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 that's .0093 more than 18.S097!

  

  For the second year in a row, I am teaching a class at MIT. A real ... [annotation note="for our purposes, you can just picture this as a flat plane ... . Early on in the process, I was told that it might be a good idea for me to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  mean, I interject on behalf of you since you can't leave a comment on ... secondhand dress from a seamy thrift shop. I've come to accept the strange ... first learned the word “career,” I imagined myself as a top

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] For the second time in my life, I had the ... it I was 500 feet above Boston catching a glimpse of the Red Sox ... , Distinguished Visitors (DV) for the event. Lieutenant Reyes and I picked up the

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  and Gloria soon enough. The Two Left Behind Waly: I walked from MIT to North Station, where the MBTA commuter rail leaves from. Which is about a ... about 30 minutes to burn, I went to a local cafe. I got a matcha latte and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  As you may or may not know, I'm a Maseehdonian (aka I live in the new castle, Maseeh). Since it's the newest dorm on campus, I don't really ... the upperclassmen are from different dorms on campus, we have a culture

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  Pennsylvania, so I was in for quite a shock when I started meeting people from ... pictures but I'll steal some later from Allison's xanga. Stealing is wrong ... to watch a movie from Mike's massive DVD collection, but there were six

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  Charles River. And I can't help but think that it's a beautiful day to bid ... incredible things I've had a chance to do and be a part of - mea culpa, mea ... the next couple weeks, when things slow down a little. From the Red Sox

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  back to my country (Peru) for a year, I began feeling homesick once again ... ’s window, a shy, tanned girl arrived looking from left to right trying to ... App, The one million “I miss you” through texts, And the longing for that

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  for a flimsy reason of short-term convenience like it being easier to ... , then, for us to know what dorm we want to be our temp?" Omar '10 answered: "Drew, it is important for you to know which dorm do you want to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  why so soon?" wrote, "Hi Matt, I know this might be a bit late for you ... 't go wrong. Hopefully I can help a bit by shedding some light on MIT ... Lots of questions waiting to be answered, but for today I'll just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  this year. Q. I'm not a super-genius. Can I still survive at MIT? A ... ridiculous stereotypes about MIT and MIT students. I'm a little touchy about ... host to a wide variety of versions of campus life -- from the typical

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  answer that from a fully authoritative point of view, but I do know course ... .01, Intro to Neuroscience. This class has changed since I took it (for the ... uncertainty? I'm there!   A lab class: 9.12 (molecular

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  oh. I look at my watch. I stuttered for a bit. I look around at the 200 ... from cow dung, creating a great start to the day. I fully intend on going ... yourself "I'm ridiculous! I can do really absurd research! I should win an Ig

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  available (as in trying to drink from a firehose). (context: MIT)” I drank ... happy ending. The past is a lesson learned. I share it with you... I can ... incredibly difficult for me to complete my work.” Then I’d solve a problem or

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014