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  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  ever want to know the surface area of a golf ball with radius 3cm covered ... , like the ability to tell someone their video on YouTube of a baby hamster ... only there were a way to show you the humble beginnings of the 'net

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  want to also talk a little about my experience being Course 18 and how it ... to a problem like the one from class, but with different numbers. After ... problems you’re asked to solve—it is a creative activity with strict rules

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  developing countries. We hope to bring the tests to chlorinators set up by a ... to do so much. I feel ridiculous and strange sitting in a hotel room ... listened to salsa drifting over from a neighboring restaurant and watched

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  over to Baker House to hear the wonderful sounds a piano can make on a ... next to the shattered fragments. We also took a few mementos. (For these ... comfortable performing in front of a group [kind of to be expected] but more

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  UROPs in the lab to meet with Professor Langer for a pizza dinner! I ... Last week, I blogged a little about how MIT's student body really ... MIT. At the same time, though, I have come to realize that MIT's faculty

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  you to get yourself a Kerberos Identity/Athena username. What will this ... task is to choose a username for yourself. Yes, MIT believes in letting ... check the MIT directory to get a preliminary idea. If your first name or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year’s Affirmations can i run MIT affirm id be so good at it 🥺

  

  a new year naturally lends to new affirmations, and as I waited for my ... cancelled due to crew timeouts), I composed a list of new affirmations ... This blog is to all the affirmers out there. Especially any that

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • January 1, 2026
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcome our new bloggers! Huzzah!

  

  summer, we are happy to announce our new bloggers! Please give a warm welcome to: Hala K. ‘29 from Michigan, who built not only robots but ... Carolina, who went on a quest to find a Pink Lemonade Celsius near her

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2025 i3 videos megapost

  

  to kindred spirits that they hope to live with. (A note that not all ... As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing process, rising first-year students typically consult the MIT Guide to Residences while they fill out

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 2, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  residents to be on a meal plan. Every dining hall serves breakfast and dinner ... the liberty to choose to be on a meal plan or instead rely on other food ... —most students choose to brush up on their culinary skills or enroll in a lower

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  Please note that, as  Hello World! I'd like to introduce you to a project that we've been working on for a while. It's a Maker Portfolio, and it's one of several options that MIT applicants have to send us

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Seatbelts, Everyone! Interrupting Radio Silence...

  

  a week ago, I feel compelled to at least pretend I have some salient ... ...for a little trip down memory lane. What inspired this sudden ... speaks the truth. (for those confused, i must point you to the wikipedia

  • by Alina G. '11
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  to have achieved genius status. I've got a lot of ground to make up ... 'm officially a junior, halfway done with college, done with thermodynamics, and not even close to done packing. But, that's what tonight and tomorrow

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry, no dorms yet but… ya wanna see some classes?

  

  was a good time to take a quick survey of what you want to see of ... ...). I probably won't take my SLR to snap away clickclickclick during lecture because that is pretty obnoxious when a professor is trying to speak

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer plans

  

  tomorrow, it ends. Tomorrow, I get on a plane and fly to Newark, New Jersey ... Blue Brain Project, a joint venture between EPFL and IBM to ... Switzerland to show you. Don't expect anything too soon, though - I'll need a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 2

  

  very interesting.(I have a super slow net connection to download or hear ... . decisions...I am not able to believe that a nobel prize man like prof ... , "Is it possible for a junior to be admitted to both MIT & RSI

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  ate a breakfast of cheese & crackers. I walked to my first class of ... the hallways, wonderful communities to join, and a whole city to explore ... ’d love to, I can’t put my mental state through a rigorous scientific

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  heaven and earth behind the scenes to forge a meaningful connection between ... local music and perform in a concert! Day 1 Fast forward to about three ... the Amazon rainforest. What a way to start my spring break! Immediately

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  , though, is a precious commodity, and I’d like not to squander it, now that ... myself to high school Shorna. It’s a very strange relationship I have with ... . And, I mean… there was a lot more to it than that. I was going to live

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  much more than the material that is directly taught to you. If you’re a ... only the slightest amount — maybe even a bit that wasn’t important to the class as a whole — will stick with you. To show this idea in action, I

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 27, 2021