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  Latino Cultural Center It's Mes Latino!

  

  Hidden from most of the hustle and bustle of classes and rushing to the next thing in life via the infinite corridor is the basement of the student center. This is home to a post office, dry cleaners, the ID card

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  everyone was posting about first coming/coming back to college, and all the ... Wow. So this is what official blagging* is like. It’s nice to meet ... admissions blogs myself, and so now I feel like I’m obligated to post something

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  summer is a key time for us to travel, work on dormant projects, and take ... applications to read in the summer, we must not have much to do. It's probably ... few days back in Boston, I flew to San Francisco to present about maker

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  two things that I want to throw at you today in this entry. The first ... you may be used to. Anywho, I was wandering down the infinite corridor ... Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 Blogging Scholarship! And

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  In the South for prospective students; in the mail for incoming students Travel & email.

  

  valid username character that requires the shift key to be typed -- and ... , where I got to meet many fantastic students. After wonderful meetings in ... , Alabama. If you came to one of these meetings, I hope you'll leave a comment

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  we welcome first-years to the dorms around campus ... a few other committee members, I had to design and run the first and ... two years, and it would be made available to both first- and second

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  shaky at first (this applies to all players, no matter how great you are ... ? pirate’s license? the key to the city? the world may never know ... guest post series* Theory: If we were to use the World Cup as an analogy

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to this I'd have definitely had a freak-out or two before going to my only ... registered for the course getting really excited to be there only to find out

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  will anyone have to stand up here and welcome the first female president ... was first announced. In her first speech to the community, she said "I ... I've failed you in the photo department. But I'll try to describe the

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  manageable pieces.  Our first assignment is to build a "Mini Me" robot that can ... course.  I'm able to cruise through the first few rounds of competition ... introductory design and manufacturing class: For reference, here's the first

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / IAP

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

  

  friends are indeed using the first week or two of January to extend their ... sacrificing too much else. As for me, I'm trying to keep things low-key during ... when I was going back to MIT, I couldn't help but sigh, just a tiny

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  monitors with a baseball bat. First East is home to the famous Disco Dance ... just beginning and he couldn't wait to see it all unfold. Here, he would forge enduring relationships and learn to acquire the tools of both his

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  electronics to the point of designing them, and that had been something I'd really been wanting to remedy. Specifically, I wanted to learn how to ... was a completely opened ended opportunity to design your own printed

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  interference with economic recession. Nonetheless, I'm the first to admit that ... keys obnoxiously expired while I was busy playing minesweeper* or ... nary a mine since bidding goodbye to the tender age of microwaved pizza

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

  3 Simple Steps for Making New Friends Guide to Meeting People

  

  [annotation note="The complement to the “Infinite Corridor”, the Outfinite is ... talking to her. Is this a new friend? So I went to her suite for the first ... . His first question (albeit coming off somewhat unusual to some people

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  obviously the best place to be! Q. What do you remember from when you first ... very first student representative to the CAP [Committee on Academic ... ), there will be two prominent faculty keynote speakers. To highlight their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I figured it would be cool to take ... Introduction to Astronomy Looking for Care of Magical Creatures, try 21H.909 ... to Weather Forecasting Looking for Ancient Runes, try 6.875J

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  During your first day at MIT, after you check in for Orientation ... Things to Do Before You Graduate." It's a shame that I actually misplaced my poster and have to rely on the copy that my friend Anna has hanging

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  night, and it will be my first time doing anything even remotely close to ... infinite corridor is total chaos as tourists and students battle for ... weight of 4 Psets are setting in. All that being said, I am glad to be back

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  . I went to a comedy show and golfed for the first time. I went to the ... to Cape Cod for the first time! I went to Boston Commons way too many ... design class to work on a spread for infinite–and focus on it. I think

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021