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  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  in 1992. What I didn't know at the time is that FIRST was actually ... ). I figured I would post it here for those of you for whom, like me ... game in a long time I am legit jealous I won't get to participate in a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  full day on Saturday while surveying the yard in anticipation, I said to ... , which would take place for the next six months and culminate in a final ... cupcake in my hand (I was lucky to know where to stand to grab an early part

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  updating this later tonight. In the meantime, I would love to hear questions ... more and more about my own freshman year - in particular, the choices I ... other Greek men, I have a great deal of pride in not only my own

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  than the norm. i think i would like to live in boston - i like boston a ... i mentioned this in my previous blog post about LA, but let me ... sleep in till 7:45"]i usually leave at 7:33 to catch the 7:51 bus

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  So I thought I’d show you just what I was talking about in my last entry where I talk about the horrible trigonometric torture I endured in ... she very very busy? I would love to hear from her, and I guess so would

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  . Normally I would say that sounds like a really bad idea, but it hasn’t turned out to be so bad, and I had a good reason: I was in Israel. Going to ... in admissions (‘twas the season) and doing whatever my heart desired. I

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

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  parents love getting to visit me in Boston. The Parent Lounge: I hope you ... in Boston for 12 years now, and I don't own a car, and for good reason ... I know there are lots of parent blog readers out there lurking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  On the third day there was abundant sunshine and temperatures were in the low 80's, so I got to hike the Baldface Circle Trail in New ... after I packed two right sneakers in haste: ...here's photographic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in ... past students of RSM are now studying. I've never been in a program ... ; far be it from me to weigh in on it with empirical evidence. But what I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  leaves me in awe. This time, it is the I/O Brush: [I just realized that ... say 'Hmm, I need that colour' and other kids would suggest ideas for ... the I/O Brush would say oceans, Jacob's jacket, a lunchbox or someone

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  This year, Jeremy, Nikki, and I were in charge of the Admitted ... figure out the things I wanted to take part in. As I mentioned, my ... , Theta Chi, during the pandemic, and now I was living in a house I hadn

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

  , Discover Mechanical Engineering was amazing. I would honestly say that you ... robot before, so I thought it would be a good time to start (because of ... MIT. When I'm not telling people that I'm going to be an astronaut (in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  towels this week, or 2) suck it up and put them in the laundry. I picked ... until other people came back in. At 6:45, I woke up and discovered that 1 ... handed me a pair of crutches and said he would teach me to use them. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  KNOW IF I GOT IN TO MIT!! MAYBE THEY SPONTANEOUSLY DECIDED TO POST THEIR ... /news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1114446307 I will see you in class on Monday, have a good ... and die. I had this rule that I would write a blog entry before I would

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Corey Kubber MIT will help Corey Kubber '10 "develop and grow, with some eccentric, genius-type people."

  

  MIT's study abroad program in Japan. "I've always been interested in ... knows it will be an adjustment. "Now, I'm a big fish in a small pond," he said. "There, I'm going to be a small fish in a big pond, and I'm not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Blog: Humanitarian Work At MIT My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian…

  

  tell you a bit about me... I'm a senior in Management and Political ... thinking.   It was in the process of doing so that I discovered my true ... with which I'm involved center on politics in one way or another. I

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  article, it would probably be better not to rank... I just got a visit ... email and phone calls. On Monday, I finally returned a call I had been ... ! Rats, foiled again! I also hope to catch up on blog questions as soon as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  Rachel, who I lived with in Simmons during freshman year, are in the ROTC ... after learning about it from my friends, I thought it would have been a ... lowest officer rank, instead of enlisting--in other words, you would be in

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

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  soon, I just moved in.   As part of Orientation each fall, MIT ... wanted to try an experiment in Soylent, a meal replacement shake. I first ... and that improved the taste. I would bring one around campus and sip it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  In my last days at MIT, I painted this mural on my hall. I ... 's painted on for a while, too: earlier in my senior year I'd stripped a off ... about it. In a single day, I had a base coat up, went shopping for paint

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014