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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why

  

  support for future missions. The goal of my project was to design a ... , em-dashes and alliteration. Why? There is a good argument to be made that art for art’s sake is reason enough. As Robin Williams said in Dead

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 14, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  mulled over the problem for a while, keeping an open ear to the projects of ... bypass liability issues for the pilot program. On his return to MIT ... all this work, he wouldn’t be able to go back to Ghana for the summer to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  “school bus” for the working class. And it’s odd to realize that I am part ... resources for one family. So I guess I’m adjusting to suburban life: surprise ... philosopher. I know two or more MIT professors who I would love to be, for their

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  guarantees on-campus housing to undergrads for eight semesters, I was under no ... . Unlike most other universities, it's rare for students to move off campus ... for most people. They allow students to focus primarily on their

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  Andrea H. '18 have been planning a pancake-eating contest for weeks to ... stomachs and no desire to return to IHOP for infinite pancakes anytime soon ... guess an unofficial theme for this IAP has been to explore and get off

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  product design, so thank you DPD for exposing me to my future career⚙️! I ... (RIP CME). Michael C. and I even travelled together to Tanzania for a safari ... , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  basically not sleep for an entire weekend. Current students/bloggers love to ... for the MIT blogs about my experience at CPW" rules. > You have to ... be going insane trying to eat 500 lbs of food, watch people juggle with

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  actually hear Pia's voice, to meet my first person from Wales (Dominique) and ... I'll start off by linking to some of your photos: Anthony et al's photos Rob's photos Ash's photos Eric's photos CPW is a crazy time for us

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  to science education and best known for its eponymous robotics ... exactly the kind of person he had always seemed to be from afar, just moreso ... have ever known. For many of our readers, I suspect Woodie needs no

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Summer With Tulip Interfaces, Inc guest post by Sharon L. '21

  

  , and if you don’t understand how to use a tool, for instance, you can be sure that the person who does is willing to help you learn. Every few ... factory, makes for some really great mornings. I can’t begin to emphasize

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  . And finally we come to Sheila '13 of Connecticut, who opts for separate ... surprise this time next year. Surprise! Boston is cold. Sorry to spoil it for ... person to get their picture in before Valentine's Day officially ends. A

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  , is that at MIT I've been able to feel seen. Most times for the better ... this blogpost is meant to be a mock-up of my monologue for the MIT ... wanted for this blog at least. I've included annotations to provide some

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  Freshman Pre-Orientation Program, and was so excited to explore MIT for a ... , there’s another meeting for GEL students to review their internships over ... of events for August, Boston has been graced with cloudy skies

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  cool I guess.” Well, Joe, I’m pleased to announce that for my 6 ... . Graphics rendering For this project, we got to work with the PSoC 5 (short ... like the DACs), so I laser-cut a custom shape for the controller to make

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  tried Mystery Hunt for the first time, but epically failed to help the ... personally learned how to purl and am finishing up a scarf; I’m hoping that my ... best time for me to go on a Birthright trip, because you need to have

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  The Maslab 2007 competition (the culmination of the class for which I ... have a new battery, and their robot is fine, so they should be good to go ... proudly sent out some photos of their robot without giving any context for

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  some days it’s like I mean nothing to him. I don’t take it personally ... "oh frick" waiting for me to let him out.         Caboodle you socially ... , though, my friend Schmessica* who lived on 41W for the summer was able to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  the nose for it. Cons of living in EC: + People tend to put all the ... culture, which in turn allows for people to feel like they can be more ... they are, they will welcome you and want to hear stories. -- My personal

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  needed to exchange last year’s light-rail tickets for current ones because ... for my number too, I didn’t give it to him. We talked some more, laughed ... suffocating suburbs we moved to for the school districts, where there was little

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  was to craft an advertising schema for a company which was in the ... third was to research ways to reduce emissions for a particular company ... trying to carb-load for the half marathon, Sunday morning. We revised our

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022