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• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  last night working on my ICE-T ("ice tea") problem set. To answer James ... is hard enough), a fuel cell that could theoretically be used to power ... hydrogen, because that could explode and kill you while you're talking to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  Camp. The footage has now been edited together in an engaging way and ... wearing lavender gloves. (Whatever company decided to go with lavender

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  easier to find than my room keys, or the chunk of free time missing from my daily agenda, or even sources of Vitamin C. To start with a simple example ... geekishly fun and downright scary. On one hand, it's hard to complain about a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  unsent drafts and attachments old and neglected enough to be hanging out in ... to myself 1.7 years ago during my first visit to MIT: Wednesday: I ... then went to the top floor of the tallest building in Cambridge (later

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  to put together a petition to have an alternate version of the ring ... to customize the ring to reflect their time here. At the end of the freshmen year, about a dozen students are appointed to the Ring Committee (by

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  spend a lot of time putting these programs together to answer your many ... adult swim. Parents, Welcome back to the Nance Effect! Hopefully you ... color to an audience of color. With that said, I believe that the vast

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  We've come to the time of year when many of you readers will find out whether you've been admitted to MIT or not. I want to express to you all my confidence that you will be admitted to several great colleges, and a letter

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  COPENHELL a giant metal fest in Denmark 🤘🏽

  

  to the next pictures from there if needed!) https ... . The screaming kind’s pretty cool.” Last week brought me to Copenhell, the biggest music festival in Denmark dedicated to metal. Tickets have

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 28, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  earth. From little victories to large setbacks, everybody's gone through something. As we move onto 2016, I like to think about what in my own life the ... Together by Neerja A. '16015 A Penny for Your Thoughts by Erick P. '17

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  new meaning. So this week, I decided to shape up a little. By this, I ... , gathered my books, went to a study room, and didn't move for about four hours ... less intimidating. That's not to say it's easy. This semester, in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Nerd movie update

  

  special effects blockbuster, you may want to check out this department. I also caught The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy recently. Though I was a ... unofficial MIT Hack Hotline spread the news to selected members of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  It's December, which means it is time to (drumroll please)...   ... (cue airhorn noise)🎉🎉   As someone who loves to obsess over random, [annotation note = "Spotify Wrapped HATES to see me coming

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  living here. According to them, somebody had first smelled smoke in the ... chemical burns, but luckily these burns were considered minor (according to ... few weeks ago, a friend and I decided to figure out what had happened

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  Ohio Alumni Club get-togethers. Over spring break, I get to met the ... librarian wondered if I was over 12 years old—not great to hear a month before ...   to feel cool. I enjoy role-playing with my sister and going to the zoo

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  of 1929 when senior class president C. Brigham Allen brought together a member from each of the Classes of 1930, 1931, and 1932 to design a ring ... Ring. They couldn't decide whether to put the beaver or the Dome on the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  toothpaste.   *and yes, we got into/came to MIT together. Though ... A few weeks ago, a friend at Princeton traveled up to Cambridge for ... , my boyfriend’s* mom had a bit to say about the colorfully painted walls

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  to fifteen hours to finish. When we emerge from our cyclic periods of ... into your 'camera'. To save computation, you cast 'light rays' in reverse ... -level gist of it is pretty simple; on a low level, we had to build in tons of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  's taking on a new project, writing a computer program, or putting together a ... what already exists, always eager to make progress on the goals and ... to talk rather than do. On more than one occasion, I've taken on more

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  accessible and become quite useful when you want to avoid various above ... everything's closed for the night. What do you do? Put the two together, and ... . Once said novelty is firmly affixed to said vacuum attachment, the lid

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  It's time to answer more questions... You should know that writing up ... answers are brief, but I hope that by publishing answers to all of your ... your question is more in-depth, you may wish to call the Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006