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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  . "Beards?" you say. Yes, beards. See, November is also home to a hallowed ... , growing a beard is actually quite tough. To illustrate the self ... . It's a battle of determination to see whose will is strongest. You

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  to be. It's also a really dangerous place to be. No, no, don't freak ... open this door you will likely receive a shock to the palm of your hand (which, thanks to a guy named Ohm, means you'll die). Your best bet is to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  from a while back) Oy! Welcome to the much-belated “what I’m doing this ... /weekend (maybe both, I’ve got a lot of work to do this weekend). Just kidding ... -country takes the better part of a day out of you. News to me, as this was my

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  desire to stay in academia at least for a while yet. Hearing me talk, he made a comment, half-joking, something to the effect of "I can't wait to ... want to live a calm life and do a little science while I'm at it. We had

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  all the notes i took in (another) week but it was midterm week so it's just crib sheets

  

  2.002: Mechanics and Materials II This feels a bit full circle, because the first time I made this blog I created a note sheet for 2.001, the first version of this class. Our professor encourages us to think of

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • March 30, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  my room an evolution

  

  . Was this followed to a T? [annotation note= " thank you covid ... of my bed.  I have scoured thousands of my pictures trying to find a ... room. I bought a lamp to replace the hospital-like lighting that came

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  go to, and where the bus stops are, and there are a couple ... pie. a few weeks ago we went to see a musical at the paramount ... . somebody always finds things to do together on weekends. this is a nice

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Robot Competition 2016 robots dump (replica) tea bags in the (replica) Boston harbor

  

  like ejecting a mini robot to complete a subtask. Aside from the ... early 1970s. His approach to a hands-on mechanical engineering curriculum ... "No innovation without fabrication!" This is the motto of 2.007, a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  lifts to reveal a fascinating life. I have found my perfect match, my ... he resolved as a child. He will return soon to tackle the challenges of ... ’s like to love science and math, be curious about the world, and remain a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  Interconnected.is chanced to stop by the store to buy a handle for his old Corolla ... does a disservice to the small miracle of beauty that is this movie and ... Caine is a 9 year old boy from East LA. His dad, George, runs a used

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Imagination Box [by Danbee Kim '09] We can draw on the walls again!

  

  lights. If you want to foster a community of free-thinkers, who are going ... next age, why put them in a sterile box? Aren't we all supposed to ... enhance who we are. How do we have time to paint murals? After a grueling

  • by ARTalk
  • October 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  hot sauce manufacturing company, to obtain a perfect score on Pacman ... . (Okay, not really, but I feel like a childhood with his name had to have ... regime in Czechoslovakia. * Sub Pop Records, a Seattle record label known

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dass ein Ende mit mir haben muss ...und mein Leben ein Ziel hat.

  

  with a chance of you're not going to get a blog entry this week. I want ... -yo. According to academic regulations, classes that have final exams aren't allowed to schedule any assignments due after this Friday. So, all remaining

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much better ... one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is also a good time ... very helpful. If a teacher asks you to write the recommendation for them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  , How I Came To Own and Love A 'Wagon For The Little Old Lady Who Lived In ... . Not having a car was not going to be a huge problem. As regular readers ... to offload their junk for a fee. I checked my Reuse-Sell folder, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  crossovers in socal MIT Students Visit Caltech and UCLA

  

  a place familiar to me, to rediscover and see new things in those ... materials and equipment. I hadn’t expected to see such a prominent symbol of ... -MIT exchange to help construct the pyramid. The build culture reminds me a lot of

  • by Victor D. '27
  • June 6, 2026
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  "! Ring delivery is such a milestone for underclassmen that I decided to ... toughest schools in the U.S., and a reminder to take a second and recognize ... the next two years, and for a long while after that. If you want to see

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  just waiting for me to bring him home. He keeps a very watchful eye as I sleep and dares anybody who walks by to have a staring contest with him ... a hoop, then I know that I’m about to spend probably a two hours on

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  little more training than a stapler) to put two new holes in my ears. A few ... point came when last weekend my friend Ami ’14 decided to get a cartilage ... wonderful it would be to wear it alongside my green studs. A little green

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  have a spirit summons (mimic tear?) to assist me in various challenges as ... are the latest in a long history of efforts by the Institute to free up ... and SFS, we are mission-driven to make MIT a magnet for the most

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024