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  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post. NOTE: You needn’t have worked in a lab nor done research to enter. It’s that time of year ... This post comes to you from my friend Iris Xu, '14, a longtime friend

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  bunk beds from a better angle (in case you were wondering, he survived ... I've been really bad about updating lately. It's that point in term where every week feels like a hell week in some way. It's also been quite

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  (alternatively "How To GAMIT" or "HoToGAMIT"). Since you're reading blogs of MIT students and alums, you should learn a bunch of the jargon that we MIT folks ... Institute Requirement. A class that all undergraduates must pass in order to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  can be used as an oscilloscope and waveform generator (in the pink box ... Since the end of August, I've been living on-campus in Simmons in a ... the equipment in this photo is for 2.678, including the soldering iron

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  exciting in them! CPW is in two weeks. I can’t wait to see all the incoming ... same week, and in some cases the same day, and I felt overwhelmed beyond ... break. So, with second semester in full swing, I had about 5 midterms in

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  sheller (this device can shell peanuts, shea nuts, coffee in large ... things in the Hobby Shop, and checking things off of my “101 Things to Do ... participate in the January Scholars in France program, an incredible program for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  for Tai Shan, the giant panda born at the National Zoo in 2005, whom a ... appointments who live in dorms alongside undergrads or grad students. (Maseeh ... Maseeh and Burton Conner, to have one on the premises. In honor of

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  We have nice things on the walls And I have pictures.

  

  towers in New House), and the top floor of House 5. There are around 27 ... own bubble wrap to it. This is on a wall in the same part of the house (called the Bermuda Triangle, because people get stuck there talking and can

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  Department in fall, 2006: The Challenge of World Poverty. The class is intended for students interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent ... help? What can we do about corruption? Should we leave it all to markets

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Awesome Robot Competition? LIVE?? Check out the 2.007 Final Robot Competition! LIVE May 12th/13th!

  

  Do you LOVE robots? Do you LOVE Wicked? Do you LOOOOOVEE FREE BODY DIAGRAMS??   Well then, you’re going to LOVE the 2.007 Manufacturing ... ’t let you all miss out on the BEST PART!! The culmination of 2.007 is the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  i've been drafting and drafting this blog post over and over again in ... old, i live in random hall, and i. am. exhausted. these past two weeks ... 'd probably be under "it's complicated." i first visited mit back in my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  most of it in whatever way you want. There will be something here for ... . When you arrive on campus in the fall, prepare to be hosed. Then plan an ... Tuesday before CPW, caught my attention in particular. In it, Yuliya the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  interactive puzzle adventure that you do in teams where you go from room to room ... Now everyone raise your hands if you used to watch Saturday morning ... ' days of my childhood all in ways related to MIT. Exhibit A: TOMB

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  world can, and invariably does, conceal its cowardice in the face of human ... the 1960s. In 1968, a coalition that included 48 MIT faculty members protested “the militarization of university research,” and in

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  woman can emerge into her own The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an ... My cousin was involved in the Free Tibet campaign when he attended ... people who can’t locate Tibet on a map would clamor passionately for

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  withdraw from MIT entirely and become a hermit in the woods -- surely I can ... the five stages of grief: i. denial in which I wake up, horrified, with about twenty minutes left and a blank exam in front of me, and then

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  slots for when I can do fun things, like that nice slot from 2pm to 5pm on ... commitments to figure out if there's anything I can do to better spend my time weekly. Classes (not including in class time) [annotation note

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  thought I would largely contribute in a behind-the-scenes way, as I do with many projects in my life. While MIT students have IAP in January and take a breather from classes, Admissions Officers are in our seemingly

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  an UV camera. -Mating worms (which is really simple in theory - you put ... -student-led courses (from "Teach Anything You Want!" in our Splash! and Spark! programs ... thus far. Here's a brief recap of what I did/what I have plans for in the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  In January, I came back to campus for IAP and got to do a healthcare ... -centered design interview methodology, all in the span of the month. I shadowed a ... Bank, where I held a brain in my hands and then watched a cutting. It was

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025