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• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  work out at Stanford   h a c k e d   then stop by the Stupid ... ;   First, here's Danny demoing the World's Worst Spoon, which him and ... also had the idea for a plunger that would scream at you while you used

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  Hello friends, it is near the end of term (*cries*) and so today, I ... /not good it was, did at least spark the pottermania once again :3) 1. The corridors and staircases move I used to have to take the 3rd floor

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  (#MIN87) being at Bullhorn's new headquarters on the 17th floor of 100 Summer Street, one of the many tall buildings in Boston with its own Wikipedia page. Fun Fact, 100 Summer Street is shown on the TV show Arrow as

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  Writing is difficult. It's the last day in July.* I find it very easy ... this all in one go in my remaining 47 minutes on the train, instead of postponing for another 47 days of drawn-out anguish at the accumulating height

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  semester begins Tuesday, and so will begin the class I’ve been diligently ... on this blog! Coming from Colorado, the weather itself actually wasn ... stare at all the flakes falling from the sky, and it will feel like magic

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  tackles hardware, software, and mechanical solutions to the needs of boston ... semester, but you can start to poke around in the 6.811 course website to learn more about what we cover. the class was started by seth teller and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  about the hackathons that happened all the way back at the beginning of ... Family Weekend. I had a 6.01 pset due Sunday night, the last part of a 6 ... really due Thursday night.     After calling the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  manufacturers to share their talents and hone their skills. As part of the celebration, the President is hosting an inaugural White House Maker Faire, where more than 100 technically creative folks from all over the country

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  This weekend marks the notable milestone where, for the first time in ... . I'm currently working in the Space Systems Laboratory helping to develop a docking port for little satellites on the International Space

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  /Chris Perry) It's pretty much felt that way since the beginning of this ... a lot of work all the sudden, and it's terrible. Ask my roommates, I ... and heat/mass systems. That all being said, I do really enjoy the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  don't think I have to detail the personal benefit of travelling, but I can assure you that it is much greater than the sum of the complementary ... 've been a firm practitioner of estaloam and have had the opportunity to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  how to give an honest assessment of myself is probably one of the most ... burned the midnight oil already, you’ll get to hear a couple of my thoughts ... the summer, among other pseudo productive things. But no, I was

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  I was confused when I was put into a room with three strangers at the beginning of this year. Two of the girls I had heard about in a very roundabout way, and the third I approached awkwardly when everyone had already

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  In the hassle of getting my life and graduation requirements together ... students struggling to graduate on time for the dumbest possible reasons ... 't spread them out, realizing they forgot about the swim requirement a day

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  the new school year, aside from seeing all the new, wide-eyed freshmen ... ; is the blogger get together known in all it's syntactically misleading glory as: "The first annual blogger meetup!" (Even though we've had one

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  be engulfed in the so-called MIT bubble. Which basically means, getting so into the hectic rhythm of classes, psets, extracurricular commitments, that "soon it's like, 'Oh yeah! The rest of the world! I forgot it

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  Imagine, if you will, the following situation... You join a dense ... people ushering you inside; the person nearest you hands you a pair of glasses to wear for the upcoming experience. You pass through another

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  over to England to visit a childhood friend. I've spent the past week ... , and attempting to imitate British accents as best I can. All the ... to post a long long time ago, regarding the epic IAP 2010 travels of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  Wow; it’s already 2010. Anyways, Monday 1/4/10 marks the beginning ... Period), it’s basically the whole month of January during which …MIT ... of the most popular offerings that fill up very quickly include the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  Hello everyone! So should I introduce myself or talk about the 2009 Blogger application? That's a silly question, isn't it. In the annals of competition there are iconic achievements: the gold medal, the yellow jersey

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009