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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  shrill tone broke the silence and my adrenaline spiked. In a frenzy, we ... assault. Air strikes were effective in taking out a large number of opposing ... of people who will have to hang together, and there is a great sense of

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  iCyd This, my friends, is a GREEN APPLE!

  

  completing your degree in exactly 4 years (which is not always a bad thing ... are buzzing... the semester seems to be in full swing. This semester is ... set on pursuing a degree in course 16 (aero/astro engineering). After a

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  material. It is, in the big picture to me, a tradeoff. In comparison to last ... ’m improving as a person both in and out of the classroom. At the same time, I ... be done in terms of this city, and got to have a much-needed week off

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  've been writing to since my freshman year in high school will be taking a ... together in Paris. All the January Scholars will be staying in a hotel in the ... that interest us. This is not a for-credit assignment, just a fun project

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  " align="aligncenter" width="256"] Here she is in all her glory[/caption] This rice cooker holds a special place in my heart compared to our other ... my guesses for the reason.  A mother’s cooking is and will always be

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  there is a distinct possibility that PUF has been hanging out in the ... This is PUF! I obtained a temporary cat this summer because Ilani A ... lives on Black Hole in Random during the year, where they have a tendency

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Be A Blogger (2018)! welcome to THE INTERNET

  

  to pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in ... of the blogs is to allow our bloggers to communicate what being a ... in the office and serve as a shibboleth for student culture. We pay you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  in each color. A zero indicates that there is no hazard in that ... be in there. The closest we've got is a Dragon made of sodium with a ... all of them, is the one that gets posted in the 38-600 lab as a warning

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  's when I graduate!I've been, in a word, miserable. This sort of misery is ... why that is. Turns out, the combination of September starting on a Wednesday, and Christmas happening on a Saturday have culminated in a perfect

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  German) first. The exhibit is in a completely dark room except for the ... .com This picture is from a line drawing with balloons that Haacke did in ... and two other ARTalk bloggers in 21M.A12 (Arts at MIT), I would like to

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  . This post is the first of a series of three posts about the Festival. It is a personal reflection on the keynote address on "Nerd Epistemology ... judge the impact of a speaker is through the audience reaction, and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  it’s an intermission in between two acts of a play that’s lasted too ... do tomorrow. My lack of focus causes stress, and the stress is in turn ... . Starting to push a boulder is difficult, and stopping it is equally as hard

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  the best purchase I've made in the last year is a wind-proof jacket from ... life in general to be happy with your work, and MIT is a place where this ... was warned about them. 1. The weather in Boston is mildly ridiculous

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What’s in an MIT Student’s Bag A sneak peek into what we carry

  

  A few months ago, I stumbled across this blog, which takes a look at a sample of laptop stickers of MIT. These types of blogs are less ... . The bloggers are a diverse and multifaceted bunch, but there are

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  in Zimbabwe and Hungary. Devin is Course 18 (Math). Cory ’13, a Course ... Fluids Engineering II) problem set. 2.006 is the second in a two ... understand. Erons ’12, also Course 2 (“I major in Awesome.”), is taking a break

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  cubes in a 3D world...The game is divided into two main modes, Alpha and ... 't anything else to this post. Minecraft is a fun silly game in which you can do ... entirely: Minecraft. What is Minecraft? Quoth Wikipedia: a sandbox building

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  .21J: Health Economics, a class in which I had an exam today, we recently ... (decreased odds that I'll get sick) in a way for which I do not compensate him ... . What they can do is impose a fine on *not* consuming the good, but still

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  . Being a hopeful Course 10Eng-Biomedical and without fluency in any other ... 11:52 AM on June 9th, a cool but sunny day in Johannesburg. I took an ... up starving and freezing in a surprisingly cold South African winter

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  ) Jon Stewart introducing himself back in 1999. A moment for us is gone ... September 11th, 2001. I was a freshman at a new school in a new town in a new ... to call out BS, animated by an earnest belief that there is a truth out

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  a state of moving ny --> ma, macg adventures

  

  by how hot it was. [annotation note="a humidifier is a must in macg ... , much later than anticipated, is a blog detailing life since that fateful ... ="64169" image3="64141" /] There was a check-in process for first-year students

  • by Waly N. '24
  • April 5, 2021