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• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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

  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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  first-year learning community, to study Greek philosophy. growing up, I ... As we’re approaching the first of 2024, I’ve been thinking about firsts. First bike, first time camping, first best friend… and my first

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 31, 2023
• 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 / 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
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  are only relevant to my first semester. I'm going through them now (3 ... first walked down the Infinite. I knew college changed you, but I didn ... majority of my friends, and how to essentially survive my first year at MIT

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  because I particularly wanted to read Infinite Jest, or to break into post ... Infinite Corridor during a typical day to get from Lobby 7, to Building 26 ... first got to MIT, I looked up on the dome and told myself, I'm going to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  imagery a bit to claim the first Google search hit for “unreformed by Ikea ... time, collapsed into a high-speed parody of months that used to stretch ahead like infinite corridors. A year ago: I tried/ditched required

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009