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• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  here at MIT, as well as some of the incredible feats of engineering ... first time!  One of our new freshmen, Diana H. '17, is giving it a go with ... of 1968. East Campus has a lot of history, and my floor Tetazoo is no

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Term 2006! Spring Term Oh Six starts today (music video included).

  

  if I had one of these, my morning would have been different. 9:30 AM ... , Prevention, and Treatment of Human Disease So to tell you the name of the ... of a boy and his trials with energy and entropy. Directed by John

  • by Bryan
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  points. If you lose control of your attitude, two things happen: (1) you ... is one of the most crucial parts of flying a spacecraft, which is why they’re equipped with suites of sensors and actuators dedicated to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  state as a pre-frosh at Campus Preview Weekend. I was one of those admits ... relieving— none of that pressure to 'forge new bonds' and make small talk. All ... and not at all reflective of our general government process lol

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  The mildest note of warmness singing through the bipolar whimsy of ... hemisphere like a pool of microwaved butter. Spring, wrapped in connotations of ... the ones), intimidates the part of my brain that has suffered through

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  didn't have them in the earlier part of last year. I'm moving to a new ... wake up at like 8 or 9 every day regardless of when my classes are. Stop ... and listen to music at the same time. I'm really envious of the people

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  at mit. in that same vein, there is this sense of awe at "wow, i cannot believe i'm actually doing this." mit. ten years. at the end of this ... but recognize now, or new ways of change that have cropped up? i

  • by Phi A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  have some sort of internal control. People have just been getting new ... I was reading one of Laura's recent entries with a response to a commenter asking about cats. East Campus is one of the dorms with "cat floors

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  Institute of Technology......) But one of the largest challenges, at least for ... I'm fairly sure all of you are familiar with the fact that MIT has ... psetted, whilst having plenty of time for movie-thons and Guitar Hero on a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living ... ocean is only a short train ride or drive away. In fact, many of

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  . Yesterday, I woke up at 7:35am.  Starving, I got a sandwich to-go at the Student Center and then trudged off to the basement of Building 35. Along ... rectangular aluminum blanks into a pair of finely detailed molds and then

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer & the Coming Commencement stuff and things.

  

  introduced as a senior at MIT. Yikes. Of course, all the actual seniors are ... forward to waking up at 6:30am on friday. I'm stationed left of the stage ... I'm living at Bexley for the summer and working just a short distance

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  cute date ideas or like. hang out ideas

  

  !!!! I’ve had a lot of fun WINNING at Red Fox Escapes, an escape room ... Official Actual First Date here at MIT. Because I’m sentimental, here’s a list of fun Ellie-tried-and-tested things to do with one or more people

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  comes to curiosity and the receptiveness of kids to new ideas and the ... Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in touch with one of my favorite English teachers - indeed, one of the best

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  ! One of my classes, 2.008, focuses on manufacturing and machining ... fair share of building since I've gotten here (plastic bottle pirate ship, 4 robots, an Olmec, etc) but all of that used skills that I really

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  of the west parallel of East Campus. This year, Rob Miller '95, our new ... of costumes worn during the day around MIT's campus. I personally was ... weird being out of the norm. It's strange that I still feel that way, like

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Hello, Layover (Part Two) Electric Boog-a-loo.

  

  Due to an Act of God, I am in the shiny new JetBlue terminal at JFK ... informs you of the options you have, at which point you can decide what's best for you. I know you're all getting a ton of stuff thrown at you now

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  the driving force behind the new age of space travel because of that one ... watching 230-lb guys (who can also throw a ball at 99 mph) Irish step dancing in their underwear. Who isn't a fan of that? Seeing as I fall into

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  of machine and computer tool use so all the Mechanical Engineering students will be equipped to handle upper level classes. But instead of ... the engine is only half of the process. The machining is divided between

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  is this behemoth titan hanging over all the weaker, new heroes of today ... discovers that he has multiple forms of cancer and at best one month to live ... had been tossing around the idea of hating superman for a few days at

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024