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• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  majoring in Mechanical Engineering.   In Spanish the way that you ... “how are you doing”s lacking response.   The shy, tanned girl ... “j”s so that they could finally understand. 1 She spoke in centimeters

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

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  heart attacks! Sorry, Mom.) So your applications are already in; you ... already turned in your applications. And yes, you will be accepted to ... going to come to your house and punch you in the face if you don't listen

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  be attempting to run in the Boston Marathon. If you can brave the rain ... DID YOU KNOW? The Boston Marathon has only been cancelled once in its ... case I did something stupid and you can't see the picture, basically, it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  your throat as possible in the shortest amount of time it can. An example ... you're feeling really hardcore you can take 18.01A which shoves all of multivariable calculus in there as well, but graciously gives you an extra month

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  taught. In order to get a project off the pipe, you need to make a neckline in the place you would like the glass to break (it becomes the weakest ... glass. In order to blow the glass, you stick a plastic straw in your

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  thing you can think about in your mind without worrying about getting ... To follow up on my recent entry about women in engineering: did you ... as they can because they don't believe in themselves enough or they don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  go. Empty everything I had in my pockets; the GRE doesn't let you even ... "The author has filed this entry in the 'Life After MIT (Careers ... ." ...wow. Get ready folks, this is not an either or entry. You get both

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  "smoking" doesn't mean that you'll be submerged in clouds of smoke. People ... friends in your living group, something's wrong. Just because you love your living group doesn't mean you can't visit other people at other places

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  Arbor, as well as my recent escapades in Houston...   P.S. Can you ... blog post ever! I hope you enjoy following my adventures in MIT Admissions. For an introduction on me, you can check out my introduction blurb

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  , that's eight bands in nine days. As you can see, there's a thriving music ... heart of live blues music in the United States. You run into all sorts of ... Vaughan covers, and the rest was original material. So if you're ever in

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  else can you "buy" people's cooperation for only a quarter?’” Schindall ... image. At MIT, you can either be defeated by a challenge, or laugh it off ... While you guys anxiously await admissions decisions, I have one piece

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Impossible Design Project See what it's like to be a Course VI student.

  

  hard time coming up with something that works. You can not solve this ... giving you one of my problems to take a look at. 6.033 is Computer Systems ... which are very interesting. In particular, though, 6.033 has two design

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  you get when you cross the Flintstones with Public Transportation [] and a little art? If the hints aren't helping, I guess I can give you ... prototype ready in September for people to ride across the city. Eventually

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  on the internet so I feel accomplished" moments. Are you ready? Can you handle it? I've decided to post all of the YouTube videos that I ... is pretty much in line with the interest levels of MIT Blog Readers

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Decisive Battle The one examining "Turkey vs. Spam" on the almost-literal level.

  

  Today, of all days, in Jonestown, PA, eight members of my family bore ... appetizing. Unless, of course, you believe the twelfth or so verse of "We Are The Engineers": An artist and an Engineer had found a gallon can. Said

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  most interesting events and you can fill in the rest with your overactive ... things in life that bring you the most joy. The X-Knot (AKA the greatest ... science been so thoroughly abused in a feature film. You may have seen in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  about why you’re so keen on those opportunities in the first place. You ... a constant in my life for as long as I can remember, and added ... programming last semester which are known to both be consuming classes in their

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  ’re censored books, so you have to wrap them in newspaper when you read them. If you try to take them in your luggage out of the country, you can get ... , “somehow you can learn more from looking from the outside!” When you are in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  that in today’s world, you can press a few buttons on a screen, and in a few months a large cylinder with wings can take you halfway across the east coast to a state you’ve never set foot in. But on the other hand

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Cambodia: D-Lab students in the field Janet Li from D-Lab blogs from Cambodia

  

  in Cambodia, Zambia, India, Ghana, Honduras, and Brazil. Janet Li ... composting bins and a low-cost biodigester under the guidance of an expert in ... technologies from 18 households without electricity in Kien Svay, developing and

  • by OEL
  • January 25, 2012