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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  five things that you can’t (or at least shouldn’t) eat in the Glass Lab ... pineapple mould trap bubbles in the glass[/caption] 5. You Can’t Make Pie ... sometimes roll a lollipop in pop rocks, you also roll a gob of hot glass in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  and in the peritoneal cavity of live rats. Lo and behold, it worked ... reduce the time a patient spends in surgery. Additionally, it can be ... near you in less than five years. The translation from bench to bedside

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Coulomb's Law. Did you know that I'm probably one of the few people in human ... can also keep in mind that I will be repaying tuition loans for the next ... minutes. Lance Armstrong, that is. (Just kidding. I can assure you that we

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

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  Hi folks - a comment I received in response to the last entry: I ... impact an essay can have. I just wanted to clarify my last post in case I ... who were strong in other areas. I was really just trying to say that

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  tells you what to do after that. I was floating around in a swamp swimming ... position should be 50% old stuff and 50% new stuff, so that you can thrive ... people reading this series in the future can lay my four iterations of this

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kickstart My Art highest form of expression

  

  There was a great article in the Tech earlier this week about startup ... . Now, Mark could do a lot of things in a lot of organizations, and all of ... is a kickstarter called The Institvte: A Photobook: Hi! My name is Mark

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  just manage your time better and make decisions quicker so you can finish ... So…I'm not sure exactly where September went, but in plain English: school got harder. We're in rough terrain - first wave of exams, or in my

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  in the dentist chair and looked at the window, trying to concentrate on ... , which freaked me out a bit. "How are you doing?" Well, I thought ... do between now and next Sunday than I have ever had in one week, ever

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  going? Well, not too bad. In a way, I can't seem to ever get away from MIT ... you graduate MIT with 72,000 credits in four years and publish 100 ... this topic, but I got bored. You can still see the draft; it's called

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  Signing in from sunny foggy and snowy and icy and rainy Greenbelt ... ) before second semester start in February. And I'm alone. No classmates down ... , really. Possibly more importantly, no meal plans or dining halls in sight

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  will consider joining totally new activities in college. 8. You gotta ... the going got tough. And the going can get tough in a lot of different ... put me back in my bed. These are the kinds of people you need to have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  In my last blog, I mentioned that since the spring semester hadn ... m. After moving on campus recently and seeing people in 3D, I'm hoping ... joined clubs, went to events, partook in many things. But the activation

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Get to know Tim the Beaver! Tim shows off some moves at an MIT men's ice hockey game

  

  siezed the moment. To the 2016ers, here's what you can expect when you arrive on campus in a month and a half! Get pumped!

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  For Newtown

  

  "Whatchoowant?" "Oh, you know, just wanted to say hi." "I miss you. I'm bored ... are also in your lives - that you love them. Every day is a gift, and ... tribute can be paid to you as parents, and no greater epitaph can come to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  prefrosh in an "OMG, you're from New York too?!" powwow. Once back on campus ... '13 (off-screen) on guitar play an unknown song in the TV lounge of English House (you can even see the Union Jack on the side wall). Saturday

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  New Server As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server.

  

  Hi folks, As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server. You'll probably notice better performance in ... migration went fairly smoothly, but if you notice anything weird, let me know

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 30, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Looking ahead to IAP My favorite MIT event...period.

  

  I got this email in my inbox: ------------------------------ Hi ... , January 12th at 12pm in Lobby 7. Thanks! Jennifer for The Evil Midnight ... you how much I love mystery hunt, a few old blog entries: Mystery Hunt 1

  • by Bryan
  • November 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  frosh spray paint it. You can see from the bit on the left why the ... entertainment.   12. Seen in Harvard Square. 13. Seen near Faneuil Hall around ... in this case being the 1E cats" - credit for caption and images goes to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  partway hanging, so you need some kind of belt or pockets or belt loop in ... Cycle of targets, and there can't be any loops: in other words, the hunter ... ': times or areas where you're safe, and can't be killed. (these include

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  * "this bad boy can fit so many velociraptors in it” – Anonymous MIT ... its contributions to the fields of science and technology. But do you know MIT as well as you think you do? These facts will totally blow your

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022