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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  snowstorm of the season in Boston, and an expected ice storm in DC (who ever heard of an ice storm?!?—we don’t have that kind of thing in the West ... Transportation is a much smaller conference put on at the end of the week by the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Randomness

  

  composition due in nine hours that has me adopting the identity of someone ... Well, as Laura said in her latest entry, tonight was the "telethon" event. I probably called fifty or more people, though many of those calls

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  : 2011 and 2008.) On the Class of 2016's list, number 82 tells you to Hack Something, following the proper etiquette (Hacker's Code of Ethics) which is: Be Safe – Your safety, the safety of others, and the safety of anyone

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  We’re all aware of climate change and the impact that it will have on ... Vehicle Team, and the Solar Decathlon (read more in the Spring 2007 issue of ... got national recognition when they won the grand prize of $25,000 in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  compilation of end of the year reflections from my lovely friends and amigos ... luxury of seeing my cats or rolling around on the living room carpet (as I ... say I was excited would be an understatement. Taking advantage of the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  : under my keyboard, behind my monitor, on the side of my computer. Raphael ... over. The guest bedroom has a huge pile of cardboard boxes, and Raphael hid in the biggest one, on top of the bed. Heroically maintaining a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  at MIT, and I love it. Here are some of the classes I am taking or have ... the class by listening to, looking at, or talking about an example of ... , including a look at the "Table of Forms."  We would have lots of assignments

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  Regulations of the Faculty 2.11: Classes shall be suspended during the following ... the Registrar in consultation with the Chair of the Faculty[…] — Day ... 's Muriel Cooper-esque. There were lots of Museum staff around all the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The landscape of the Charles River around MIT is almost ... , swimming and fishing are progressively re-emerging as about 90% of the length of the river is now considered safe for swimming. Health risks remain

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  for some logistical reasons, and then the start of the semester was ... ! The experience of college has so far been incredibly fast-paced and ... community--I recently ended my term as president of the Ethiopian

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  ? Of landing inside the best Wall Street firm from which to write the story of an age? Of landing in the seat with the best view of the business ... last year for the commencement of the Class of 2011. And it's echoed in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  horrifically cursed system of units, where 12 units is considered the equivalent ... more typical 5.5 to the exceptional 7.5 of sophomore fall. So, once again ... of my life—the SuperUROP corresponding to 6.UAR, a year-long class

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  start at the stroke of midnight, at the sun’s first rays, or at whatever ... me rolling out of bed on a particularly warm Thursday morning in the ... alarm shatters the sweet silence of my 4-hour slumber, but I use ninja

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  ="Spanish IV"]21G.704.[/annotation] One of the benefits of this is that I had no ... of the work I accomplished this week! I've had a pretty chill semester ... typically known for having a lot of budget dedicated to it. I chose the game

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  MIT so far. I know the future only has a lot more of these in store, but ... realizing how much of a shitshow the movie was, we switched to Pitch Perfect ... day. That was also the day I broke up with my boyfriend of one and a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  hands on some power tools- of the large variety. One of the principle ... was the setup for a lab where we analyzed the gas velocity profile of laminar flow of nitrogen in a long tube. Notice all the wires. Each lab

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  the imagined animalistic avatars of some MIT courses, programs, and ... , and that none of them were harmed in the making of this hack.   ... strangest and most exotic creature of them all: the wild, weird humans of MIT.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  coating every mouthful of cheap sustenance reminded us of the importance of balancing work and fun because fun is the seasoning of life but needs to complement the substance of our life experiences, or something equally

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  , except that he vastly underrates both Galaxy Quest (one of the best movies ... better than two stars). Now, Roger Ebert didn't like "War of the Worlds", and not just because of the whole Tom Cruise/Oprah thing. Rather, he was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  It's almost May. For those of us who are not on the waitlist committee, May 1 (really May 2, since May 1 is a Sunday) marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next. From an admissions perspective

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005