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• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  crucible slipped and fell down the sleeve of my lab coat. I shrieked and started flailing my arm like a maniac. The crucible shot out of my sleeve at ... training its next generation of people to unravel the mysteries of space. So

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  of the interdisciplinary nature of MIT. In 2005 MIT Professor Emeritus Samuel Jay Keyser gave a talk on the history of hacks. In Where the Sun ... deconstructs the psychological nature of hacking, and gets to the inner zen of

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester ... Learning. Wednesday, 11 AM. Stayed for the entire class. I took part of this ... our own virtual machine and learn about all the nitty-gritty details of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  5E Rush Photos

  

  . :) He made an appearance on the side of the Green Building during Hall ... of our favorite pasttimes is the simple act of sitting around in Black Bemis, the middle section of the hall, and talking. Mitch '03, Steve '08

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.

  

  this series of directions to follow to find the train home. START HERE ... 's Dashboard Dilemma Seventeenth in the Case of the Sleeping Dog Tenth in the ... hopes to find a coin hidden somewhere on MIT's campus typically over the

  • by Bryan
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  hope springs eternal a warm feeling

  

  anything but a kind of pure, unadulterated hope for the coming semester. It's a feeling that I haven't felt in a long time—even the most exciting of events in past semesters have been tempered by the ongoing gloom of our

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  process, with all the tranquility and order of the Republican National Convention, except that at the slightest hint of instability we throw out our ... ‘18 and I moved into Dream Machine, a cozy double in the third floor of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  I think) Getting my first taste of Chipotle with the bloggers Spending a lot of time in the Unified Lounge (Unified is a course 16 class ... . During July, I worked for the Office of Engineering Outreach Programs (the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  for the rest of Cambridge/Boston to enjoy!). It's located in the cozy yet unfamiliar basement of Walker Memorial. It was one of the first ... name of my show conveys the unique combination of music I play; that is

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  me a piece. Now, whenever you print something to one of the campus ... easily find your printouts in the massive pile of stuff that has been ... found the slice of cake in the kitchen the next morning, and decided to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  Last entry, I covered most of the questions that had been asked, but ... crunching the numbers myself to be sure. At MIT, 35% of engineering majors ... & Computer Science is 38% women. And even better, women are the majority of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  full of finding out about the lives of those who are applying to MIT and ... I don’t have to navigate the crush of people during passing time I ... favorite parts of the job. If you have ever been to one of my sessions you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP reveal!! it's like a gender reveal but important

  

  , I sent in a bunch of UROP applications on [annotation note="The ... month (and the rest of the semester), all of my non-class related energy ... mentor, and I'm the only person responsible for actually doing any of the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 11, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part four) senior trinkets

  

  This is the fourth and final installment of our sentimental objects ... usually include a picture of the ceramic mushroom itself in these posts. But ... time to do so before we left campus in what was the craziest week of our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common, but more EXTREME! You even see a bunch of people swimming in it all the ... ! Undaunted by my cries of agony, Ling clotheslines into the water. She is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  about some of the awesome and amazing people that I went to school with ... for one of the most prestigious research journals in the world: Nature ... imagine.  The Hobby Shop (one of the first MakerSpaces on campus) just

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cats!! I love where I live!!

  

  floor in the world is my home. I live on the third floor of the east parallel of East Campus, called Tetazoo after the infamous James E. Tetazoo ... the coolest things about Tetazoo is the presence of cats. Here on

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  aspects of communication. The final report, some 33+ pages worth, is due ... changes to the GIRs (General Institute Requirements). These are the sorts of ... that the current structure of required/core classes leaves much to be

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  Bruce. The three of us speedwalked down the Infinite Corridor, and a sophomore named Kirstyn joined us. The four of us booked it across campus ... , from mid-November to mid-April. It has the most volunteers of any single

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  the first day of classes, but before I get into that, we have some ... was part of the packaging of my brand new awesome laptop): OK, I find ... won't be embarassed posting pictures of it on the Internet), this is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006