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• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  's relatively well known that, in addition to MIT's fervent love for STEM and ... desk we were here for the Nekomimi Cat Cafe event, to which they buzzed ... beautiful, but allows for movies to be projected onto the building next to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  No Touching one plane, two planes, red plane, Corn Dog

  

  watched nervously to see if our landing gear was up for the job.   Corn ... , and compliments about everything from the landing gear design to the ... took our airplane out to an RC field for some last-minute flight testing

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 11, 2014
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  my reservations—I thought it was bad form for them to ask me how much I ... Near the start of the pandemic, I decided not to come back to MIT ... Zoom University. Instead, I chose to work. Unfortunately, nobody was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  here in Kuwait. It is vital for me to receive my admissions decision ... . :-) ------------------------------------- Olga wrote: "Do you need to send a mid-year grade report for EA? I ... this the kind of thing you guys like to see for those questions?" Yes

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  converting kiddie toys into a dragster to creating moving art for a museum and designing a low-cost peanut butter machine for a women's collective in Haiti ... had the opportunity to work for him for a while, since we are both in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  . But then I was asking them to remove the back seat, saying I’d wait for ... motorcycle, my legs exposed, everything seemed to move so fast. I was, for a ... easier. Already I was itching for a next time. I returned to the test site

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  : reflective, personal, and trying to get people to accept me for something through writing alone. To all seniors: wow. I empathize with you a ton. I ... greatly for your submission to Annalen der Physik. After a careful review of

  • by Phi A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  -trivial modification to the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). Tell me this does not ... See, I am here! Sorry for the gap in my posting. My CI-M (TLA!! Sam?) paper was due on Friday. In addition to the two communication

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  pie had a hidden cost in the form of this rating inquisition. Not one to ... information in order to make a decision, but there is no substitute for ... , desires and objectives. Just a little food for thought, as the time to make

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  Welcome Center. The new center is going to be the starting point for ... interests and passions at MIT, and I'm so excited for everyone to see it in ... past and future to create better conditions for the present generation of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  I'm flying to San Francisco for the long weekend -- hope you kids in ... . Website: http://www.tuckermax.com Be sure to check out the website for ... !! When: February 16th to February 18th Where: 10-250 Time: 8pm Cost: $8 MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  downloaded from iTunes and buying furniture for the new apartment to do a public service announcement on where to buy stuff for your future ... 't ride the subway enough for this to be worthwhile, you can just pay each

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 / Field trip Art, science, and agriculture in Palestine

  

  goal for this trip was to soak everything in, the environment, people ... To set the mood: Feeling Blue   "When I'm in New York I listen to Palestinian hip hop, but when I'm in Palestine, I listen to the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 29, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  So, my last few weeks have been no fun. To put it lightly. My main activities for the past two weeks have been working during the day, working at ... suggested biking to see the Battle of Lexington, I was THRILLED! We woke at

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  to know what to pack, how to eat for cheap, etc, let me know! ... So while I like to pretend that I don't procrastinate sometimes, up until today, I've procrastinated about selecting a HASS class for next

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  (because I've been practicing piano). And I have a cheesecake to bake for my ... First off, congratulations to the Class of 2012! From what I hear you guys are amazing. I can't wait to meet you. And to those of you who weren

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  to me: When I was searching for and applying to schools six years ago ... I went on to Princeton Review, searched for liberal arts colleges ... attended with whom I will be friends for life. But it wasn't until I came to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  us to announce that we'd been asked to play for NPR's Marketplace Money, for a Christmas special on how much it'd actually cost to buy all the ... fact, we would cost nothing to hire since we don't charge anything, and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  -time. Exams and psets I don't have enough time to study for or complete. Classes ... need to do. Some days I'm only on the ice for 40 minutes and rushing back ... . Each trip to the rink not only is a 25 min commute, but add in the cost

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All-You-Can-Eat Summer I hit food coma at the first paragraph.

  

  're full. (If you came here for tips on how to get into college, I'm sorry to ... the five of us, for a grand total of: This year turned out to be a ... . It also turned out to be a record for me, as I ate 11 scoops of ice

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 10, 2008