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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Weather Machine We wish you were still here!

  

  , its timing was off by a week, but fortunately (for me, not for you ... certification (I'm now a certified EMT in the state of Massachusetts, which makes ... So supposedly, there's a weather machine that comes around every CPW

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.

  

  . Went back to my office for the first time in 2 days; checked email. Akash ... Google Maps for an hour or so. Met up with Lorelle and headed to the BSU ... for dinner. From there I headed to the Mr/Miss MIT pageant in time to

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  , I want to see who is interested in demo-ing a Fitbit for the remaining ... nutrition handbooks for the discussion portion of the course. I lowered ... Requirement, always provided the empty space and mirrors necessary for us to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  supplies from the prior year — or I could probably go ask a neighbor for some ... , the idea of home brings up a lot of complicated feelings for me. I haven ... A couple weeks back, Winnie reminded me that the [annotation note

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  definitely gotten a facelift :) I took the test this past Friday, and I ... feeling a little bummed at the end of the test :( When I went into lab later that day though, I had a surprise waiting for me that cheered me up

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  The Summer Science Program (SSP), which is co-sponsored by MIT, is a ... collaborate to complete a meaningful scientific research project, learning the ... one for me. After a full year of virtual school, I had lost touch with

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  , I've gotten to a point where the workload will be manageable from here ... the lab and shown it to a TA, I have a day's break where I won't go into ... you can see in my bio, I'm a senior at MIT this year. I'm taking a lot

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  sacrifices for science! Here, he's made himself into a pendulum. (Sorry for the ... for the second color? Since seeing is believing, I found a picture of a ... actually started to thunderstorm a little across the river... fortunately for

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  [/caption] Do you dare to reach forth and scoop a spoonful for yourself? If you ... on about “third-degree burns”, I gazed around the room and crafted a ... )[/caption] Much to my dismay, the instructors conveniently had an explanation for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  name for a New Zealander"]Kiwi.[/annotation] I’m sure you’ve noticed the ... cream flavour… is boysenberry.”  The room paused for a moment. The TA ... ,[/annotation] the massive flurry of dormspams as clubs begin to campaign for

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  st.  three years ago, my sister wrote the November Rule blog. a year ... -brain freshman year me decided that it was completely okay for me to ignore the ... essential. the first few months form the basis for the rest of your experience

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  the main page for each department you can usually find a research page ... slides -- when you shake up a water/protein solution (for example, by ... white water phenomenon all the time- when no one's used the slide for 15

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  somebody in the UK dreamt that a loved one had died, only for that loved one ... and share some of the old bookmarks I was digging through today. It's a ... a Santa Claus. Supposedly one of the most reprinted newspaper

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  : Where did the river go? And now, well...I've been in the house for a ... . Killean Court: Now, I'm stuck in the AXO house in Boston, where I live. A ... there a golden droplet at the end of the icicle? (Fun fact: Icicles form

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  of the MIT experience. But after being grumpy about it for a bit, we ... that is not the case for everyone), so we didn’t feel any pressure to ... decision to take a break. We took the time to decompress from the rush of MIT

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  finalizing its plans for the fall semester, the U.S. agency of Immigration and ... planning for the fall term had been built around the premise that, due to the ... cites the DACA case, in which the Supreme Court ruled that a 2017 decision

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  really is just for the fun of it. But it’s a great opportunity to ... When people ask me where I grew up, I hesitate for a moment before ... you know someone who had a clown for a neighbor. You know, if that ever

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  into the pi day verse 3/14/22 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  and then besides watching traversing the MIT-verse? I asked a bunch of ... ??), try to follow a squirrel around for over 20 minutes Kidist ’22- hmm turn ... get there) Margaret ’23- Very honest list here: 1. Sit for a while by a

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  off the REM-induced advances of a million alkyl halides out for my head. ... , Dorota '10 said the same about Course 8, Physics. As for me, I've been pretty set on what my major for a while now (in fact, I specifically

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  heading home. Protip: at the beginning of a semester, ask upperclassmen for ... just had to go to the nearby Apple Store, swap my MacBook for a loaner ... you're looking for a more exhaustive list, these blog posts might be of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013