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• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  't a movie or show) Fatima> i don’t watch youtube a lot, and this is ... youtubers and twitch streamers make content"]hermitcraft[/annotation] season 8 ... . Last website you went on Fatima> wikipedia Jenny> youtube Nora

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a walk down memory lane in the form of albums

  

  memory of my first ever video I've ever watched on YouTube being the Club ... on YouTube and there was something about Stranded on Rockhopper Island ... Minecraft phase and a lot of the YouTubers would put a lot of Approaching

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  a semester to pursue any research question we can imagine. This is a ... research projects we would be working on for the rest of the semester. It ... based off of my conclusions, then wrote a final research paper on the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  many pink dresses come to 2.009 :D

  

  There are four pink dresses in my room. Presentations for MIT’s most well-known MechE capstone, 2.009: Product Design, are coming up this Monday. There are six teams — Red, Yellow,…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21E our major in a diagram!

  

  We are majoring in 21E, a joint major that lets you combine any humanities field (21), and any engineering field (E). We were recently messaged about the requirements of 21E,…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a Pirate Now just in case I don't get a real mit degree lmao

  

  As of last week or so, I’ve taken and passed the following PE classes: Fencing Pistol Sailing Archery SCUBA And if you know anything about prestigious MIT PE programs, you…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  at/around mit i've been --

  

          i’ve been spending a lot of time away from mit. i’ve been going to lincoln laboratory in lexington once or twice a week (running experiments for my…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Robot Competition 2016 robots dump (replica) tea bags in the (replica) Boston harbor

  

  “No innovation without fabrication!” This is the motto of 2.007, a semester-long class for mechanical engineering students. The class teaches students design and manufacturing hands on and culminates in the…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  We were so lucky to have the UA Alumni Affairs Committee invite John Maeda — former MIT graduate and MIT Media Lab professor, former President of Rhode Island School of…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye, for now

  

  Regular readers may know that I’ve admired Apple’s design philosophies for some time.  (Regular friends are well aware of this, and are also sick of me talking about it.  By…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to take. 12.409: Hands-On Astronomy. It’s a 6-unit P/D/F (your options are: pass, get a D, or fail).…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  While browsing through my news feed the other day, I came upon a post from the MIT Alumni Association’s page that caught my eye… The Great Gatsby as a video…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  So course 5 (Chemistry) is doing something cool. Last January, filmmakers followed around the participants of 5.301 Chemistry Lab Techniques as they struggled with the intensive, high stakes world of…

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

  We now interrupt our regularly-scheduled programming… I tried getting ahead on my reading assignments but that only lasted so long.

  

  Just so you all know, I’m working on a new Q&A video. Thanks for your questions, I feel loved. Special shout-out to my midwest friends. Hope you’re surviving the snow!…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  18 is a fine number, especially when it counts years. It’s an excellent age for wine, or so I’m told by the sommelier app on my phone. It’s an excellent…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  In my continuing quest to obtain a teaching certificate through MIT’s excellent STEP program, I am taking two teaching courses this semester. 11.125 focuses more on theory and 11.131 focuses…

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  San Francisco, je t’aime nothing to do with mit :3 (...intern in cali! )

  

  Back in March, I typed into our internship database: “california health internship.” Little did I know that this would turn out to be an AMAZING summer. I worked at an…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  So I just happened to come across two articles this week related to MIT, both involving RFID technology (for those who aren’t that tech savvy (like me), here’s the wikipedia…

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.270 What's a 6.270?

  

  Who knows what course 6.270 is without having to look it up? Anybody? Anybody at all? 6.270 is a LEGO robot programming class that takes place during IAP. Not Mindstorms,…

  • by Snively '11
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YoYoPhones The iPod has nothing on this.

  

  Before you get all “zomg” on me. This is *not* the iPhone v2. MIT students are much more clever than that. So this semester with my overwhelming courseload of two…

  • by Bryan
  • May 21, 2007