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• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  Emab Plaza is a busy shopping mall located in the heart of Nigeria’s capital. I frequent it often for my electronic needs—to replace printer ink ... recently, to get a small phone to use while in Nigeria. It always pulses with

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  hiccup in English), however, has had me scrambled in thoughts for days now ... ://youtu.be/nLSaCFlXn-g (might want to turn on english subtitles for this) In short, the film ... they work out for her as well, in a rather unconventional way. In a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  an American train and take in the natural splendor you can find all ... train, used to and, to some extent, continues to play an important role in ... for artists to hearken back to an imagined “simpler place and time,” as

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  literally written, and Kanji is an essential topic for literacy). I fully ... to Software Engineering in Java 6.178 is a six-unit class offered only ... in the class). Differentiating between the lingo of add, commit, push

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  touch. It is not always an easy process, but you will be better for it in ... inviting everyone to join an AIM chat room called "MIT09." For many of us, it ... were graduating and staying in the area. I've now been away from MIT for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  of course, everything in science is easier said than done. Now for my ... skills would come in handy until about a week ago when I scrambled to get a project done for one of my classes, 2.671, Measurement and Instrumentation

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break ... personal health, just in time for me to start the spring semester at the tail ... Alumni Association runs an “Externship” program in which they pair

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  lived in Random Hall as an undergrad, back when Clam and Bonfire were ... Moogega's raven staff, the variable rate strobe LED skull for my costume, an ... used in episode 2? Yup! Well, the first two things were for the costumes

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  times, it’s an exam I’m nervous about. In past years, the class average ... shower, while grocery shopping, probably even in my sleep. For the longest ... explain. A lot of it is tangled in details too personal for the blogs, but

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  is an air museum in eastern New York that restores and displays Golden ... dogfighters and barnstormers…and for two weekends in October, they host a Fall ... . From WWI biplanes. There is no fate more worthy or glorious for an

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  enough. I realized that it was, in fact, a Thursday afternoon and time for group meeting! Since everybody in the lab was late for group meeting every ... shirt, with an evil gleam in his eye. Yeah, so I woke up screaming. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  in 2.008, a meche class known for its final project: to manufacture 50 ... useful for cutting shapes into metal. In this case, we’re talking about ... for, uh, weeks. I eventually got one in, but by then I was too hosed to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Deferred Applicants Q & A Have a question about your MIT EA deferral? Read on...

  

  trimester. The Midyear Report also includes an opportunity for you to ... the Midyear Report is appropriate for you -- all materials sent in ... Here are some FAQs for deferred students... Is it all over for me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  ’d essentially been in the same room from 8am to 8pm for setup, rehearsal ... the day of the concert - they bring in their own equipment, set it up ... getting: 5 wired mics, a mixer, an amp, and 2 speakers + speaker stands from

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  fireworks. Usually we sit up on a hill in the middle of an 18th ... /neuroengineering would be excellent prep for a PhD program in neuroengineering -- my friend ... Well, I spent my 4th of July in Plymouth with Adam's family and my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome People of 2016 part 1 of an incomplete list of the greatest and coolest

  

  mentors gathered in the conference room for a final learning session and de ... audition for a play, something I hadn’t done in over ten years. It worked out ... , being an actress in VagMo was not particularly taxing. We didn’t have to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  ! I headed into lab for about half an hour to split my cells (thanks to ... there "entry level" positions for me to start out in? Would the professors ... interviewed for my UROP, I was coming in with very little experience (just a 10

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you

  

  involve some more stuff, but don’t worry about that for now."]in a vacuum ... in terms of magnetic flux flow instead of current/voltage. For example ... , [annotation note="I’m only counting blogs that explicitly use the LaTeX tag in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  an open window I get a cool breeze at night and the light of the sun in ... without an alarm between 7:30 and 8:00. The result is regularity in my sleep ... *2*4*4=64 options for the lighting in my room, not including my windows. I think

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  who volunteered for the photos in 2015!  THE END ... was one of a series of events organized by The Committee, an elected ... for the blogs. Then it took me two years to write the post. Half of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018