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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  summer after their freshman year. This program is a Professional ... my summer PDT at Dyess AFB in Abilene, TX. Dyess is home to the 7th ... marshaled and launched a B1 and conducted engine tests. In addition to our

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  upcoming weekend is a 4-day student holiday in honor of Columbus Day and the ... flew in from Texas, we now have the beginnings of a competition routine ... learned this weekend is like this stunt, except that the flyer does a back

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  A Collection of Creative Questions A collage of some of my silliest assignments

  

  Average MIT student ?? Maseeh is that bad though btw Not a ... I think a lot of MIT professors have a humorous side, and most of ... questions they ask for their assignments. So here's a short collage of some of

  • by Richard O. '28
  • February 28, 2026
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  take a break from the sit-all-day-locked-in-my-room studying technique ... , directly across  is the second-tallest skyscraper in Boston, and the ... up a breakfast burrito at Qdoba and camped out in a little park just

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  is when I sense some carelessness in a product.” Every Wednesday night ... steps in real time.  So I learned a bit of Processing (which is really ... There's a paragraph in Steve Job's biography where famed Apple

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt). There are a great many more of you that were deferred that admitted. I'm sure ... say the least) to all of you. Please take heart in knowing that you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  Last Thursday, MIT Medical had a walk-in clinic at Walker, where MIT community members could walk in and get a flu shot. I was initially a bit ... the past. A bunch of people in our hall told me to get the shot. It

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  pliers to Boston. In my room, there’s a shelf of books taller than a man ... where I’ll live a year from now, but wherever it is, I’ll look for the ... .009 project. But I’m exhausted, and burnout is settling in. Can I keep this up

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  were placed in dorms based on a ranking form they filled out. From Aug 31 ... bit of time working on Burton Conner's website, which is a true work of ... conner...my god, is she a beauty. from b to shining c, burton conner offers

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  lot of overlap in purpose - find the one that works for you.) MIT is a ... 'll be a time for some new adventure before classes start.  Boston is to be ... MIT, where the education is likened to drinking from a firehose.  As one

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  awesome as it is to wake up 10 minutes before a class and not get to eat ... . Thanks society. Every once in a while it's important for an MIT student to have a good breakfast, which is why Sunny's exists. A short walk

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  a house for sale. It was October and we were still living in an ... . The program is hosting “Deliver,” a hands-on, interactive activity that ... . Flashback to 2004: a few weeks before high school started, I moved from Texas

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  miles in the snow to get away from MIT and plan for our upcoming semester. They often say that "getting there is half the fun" and I would tend to ... to this place. 2. I'd never driven in the snow. 3. It was dark. Thank

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  poker is a wonderful medium in which to draw analogy. Sitting with a J♠ J ... This, potentially, is the longest I've gone without a blog entry ... 2.006 test (which was likely to be VERY hard). All of a sudden, in

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  the Stata Center. "The Student Mural Project is a competition open to ... , is reproduced as a high-quality wall-sized print and displayed on the ... : Literature. The event (which occurs weekly!) is open to everyone, so even if

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  I do not own any fall clothes. It seems that this is going to be a problem for me. I Iive in a triple. One of my roommates, Claire, is from ... .” Abby and I stand in awe. What is this “fall clothing,” and do we need it

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Yes, This Actually Happened wwydfcfa - what would you do for chick fil a

  

  've missed above all, however, is Chick Fil A. There are no Chick Fil A's in Boston. The closest one is in a town called Dedham, MA. My craving for ... ramen place in Porter Square), but also I've left behind a lot of good

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  right now. Below is a little sample of fiber arts pieces I've made in the ... sequences I've put in are way too similar, and essentially, the tree search is stuck in a loop, constantly going back and trying to find a better

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  encountered. A frazzled post-doc in my lab today told me that science is all ... Not gonna lie, my happy-to-sad ratio is a little sad-heavy at the moment. In the past three days, three separate experiments have gone wrong

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  birthday. Clayton decided that we would celebrate in style with a "Gentlemen ... hadn't worn a skirt or dress since I was junior in high school. I doubt ... me in my ignorance, it would be a major fashion faux pas to wear this

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005