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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  and Science grad student who works on Grassroots Mapping, and Oliver Yeh ... bags, a commercial point-and-shoot camera, and some helium. Each rig costs less than $100, and will help monitor the oil spill's impact at a

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT YO Early Admits 2014!

  

  ! (where it's probably sunny now? - and yes, gummy chocos are pretty awesome, and your isef shirt is too :P) What's better, a Gummy Choco tube or a MIT tube? (The choice is obvious) And we have Lindsay S., from

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Calm Before the Storm After 6+ months of planning, over 2,000 prefrosh and parents are headed toward Cambridge, Mass...

  

  , and planning the Closing Remarks and Variety Show. After all the "day-before" craziness today, I thought I'd take a little break to relax and write a ... the Closing Remarks and Variety Show Saturday night. Details: Saturday

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule Is Awesome & it's better than Snively's / Sometimes completely unrelated entries are posted in pairs.

  

  .735: Writing and Reading the Essay. It's my last class in the HASS requirement, and my second writing class at MIT. 4.440: Basic Structural Design. Forces! Trusses! Flying Buttresses! For undergraduate and graduate students

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  My Halloween Costume is Better Than Yours It didn't give me an inflated ego or anything.

  

  Halloween. I then ignored all of your votes and went with the most popular ... confident I could pull off. But thanks to the wonders of google and my credit card, I ordered some of the necessary components and had them shipped to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  Graduate from MIT." I immediately taped it onto my wall and I've been ... have to step-up to the plate and complete it! For the skeptics (and photo ... been to a Bruins game, but two of my best friends, Anna '08 and Maria '08

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

  

  Act of 1957 by speaking in from of the Senate for 24 hours and 18 ... afterwards. ...and honestly, that while is just a bit too little. Anyway, after three days of finals I packed my entire life into about twelve boxes and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Andrew Lukmann '07 and Ruth Miller '07. I intended to write an elections ... talking at the debate, watched by opponents Dwight Chambers '07 and Chris ... my feelings on where we are and where we need to be going, and why

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Since I Been Gone Running and nice weather -- and no school

  

  from UCLA (go Bruins!) visited last week, and couldn't believe how warm and sunny it was here. Apparently in San Francisco (where we're all from), it has rained for 25 of the past 31 days. (And apparently it is a good

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 3, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional context on how the pandemic or other circumstances may have disrupted your coursework, access to testing, and extracurricular activities. If you feel it
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  building project is like a sidequest: fully unnecessary and a lot of work ... these things. I simply had some copper plate and a bandsaw in front of me, and I’d learned recently that bandsaws, unlike scroll saws, don’t cut

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  bday burnout no more spiders please

  

  week before it was bad, too, and also the week before that, but it's officially Midterms Week™, and I feel like I've barely been keeping my head above the water. -- Last Friday I finished my work for the week and the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 18, 2021
• Blog / CPW

  cpw 2026 camera roll dump three mysteries and two tributes

  

  At Meet the Bloggers this year, a prefrosh came up to me and saw my shirt and said "I know you." This happens at most MTBs. Then he said: "you're the guy who writes updates and stats about the class." That isn't who I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2026
• Blog / How to Food

  SUCH a fruity guy in which I prevent scurvy

  

  As of last fall, I officially moved out of Maseeh and into 3W ... EC during their freshman year, and then everyone else who never had the ... leaning more traditionally EC, while in prior years it was more isolated and

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 20, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU! GOT! IN! Come hang out with us in the comments, you all star! And—more importantly—celebrate with your community and dear ones. We hope you feel like you’re on top of the world, and we’ll have some

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  to MIT, I am sad to report that the habit has ceased and I no longer ... burnt by the burn-out of too much work to do and I steer clear at the ...  and judo, football, and board games]. My friend, [annotation note

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  The Craziest 3 Days of Soccer Ever broken records, halloween practice, and senior day!

  

  season!! We just wrapped up our regular season, and I wanted to share the ... that faced us. And after we beat Wellesley 4-1 that night, we were one ... and unstoppable. Watching her sprint down the left side of the field

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  Building 45: 11 minutes, 43 seconds On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I take [annotation note="Linear Algebra and Optimization"]18.c06 ... , and as I enter, the all-wood space opens up to a giant staircase that I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  … Even though he placed first and I placed fifth and logically we both ... abilities and get Sanatan’s. You would have had to step back and build ... time and access to reference images. With his work I have no idea. then

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  intern at a start-up that focuses on artificial intelligence and data ... learned this summer and what it means for me going forward: I shouldn ... position where they can't care about compensation. And to be honest, a large

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022