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• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  destroyed in a game of Stratego. (I should take this opportunity to note that ... birthday explosion in Ben's office. And, most amazingly of all, I got to ... protocol or to finish a test we're working on, I can think of no better way

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  i was drowning in. i think, most of all, being in community with the ... things. i went thrifting in porter square with some of them last sunday ... in somerville's porchfest, which i somehow have never heard of despite

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  listening to when I signed that card. 1 of the cards says "IHTFP" in binary ... , and here's what I did: 38 of the cards have a number underneath my name ... anytime I need to draw a beaver. 1 of the cards has my name underlined

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water ... of it all. When I strapped on my helmet and pads, in my mind I had the ... of this squeeze I had left in front of me: Needless to say, caving

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  . This is sort of weird because...well, I don't have much interest in going ... Well here are a whole bunch of interesting things, and I'm just going ... 's sort of like when Columbia accepted me but I was already so psyched about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  ’m stupid for asking so many questions? How can I ration the number of ... -campus? Can I afford to move off-campus?  Why are people wearing shorts in the ... , relationships, personalities, values, etc. that I was not aware of before college

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  of the final run of the paper weight so you can see the lathe in action ... fair share of building since I've gotten here (plastic bottle pirate ship, 4 robots, an Olmec, etc) but all of that used skills that I really

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  While You Wait… ...why not play Brawl?

  

  Brawl, possibly the most anticipated game of 2008, came out today. Can I just say w00t? In commemoration of this momentous event, with a nod ... . Although I've yet to see the hack for myself, as I've been working in my room

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  , and more. One of the dinner tables at ZBT; in this picture, you can ... ). I'm not a very good photographer, but here are a few images of campus ... . While I'm not technically "faculty," many cool faculty members were in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  of what you can do and be involved in. As you go through MIT, you ... Yesterday, a prefrosh friend of mine sent me this Facebook message: I ... organized with academic work, but I still can't gauge how much time everything

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  . But when I felt a bubbling feeling of frustration build in my chest, I ... life compared to other students. For as long as I can remember, one of ... myself I have other skills I can bring, and I’m at college to learn.   In

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  (Hopefully I can write a blog about it sometime soon). Either way, in joining ... what I did in my free time there was a ton of things to do. I was on TV ... is something you want some more of I can definitely try to add it, and

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  Target refrigerator from Omaha, NE in the back of your parents' minivan ... the middle of a boss battle in Zelda: Twilight Princess, so he locked ... him. Well, I can do that too. I got a little worried that the fire

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  small changes in my choice of classes, rearranging the order in which I ... friends I chose as a freshman.  I wish I had spent more of my time in ... into the essays. I worried I was in for a lifetime of regret if I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  : Resume consumption of knowledge. 3:30 PM: Study break! I decide that I can ... viscosity of eggs. I drink soup from a can, except that this is semantically ... . Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  the Great Depression, he was born out of a need for a hero. But I can ... -year-old behemoth I had pictured in my mind, but as a young adult who was unsure of ... made in my mind. And even the one thing I actually dug into, the Death of

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  out in my sophomore year. This way, I know I and my friends can ... hear about and have the chance to particupate in. And that's how I ... novels. When I was younger, I put some of these to music. It was just a

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• FAQ / Transfer

  Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?

  courses offered in each department. You may receive credit for subjects of ... While we can't recommend specific classes, you may want to compare ... Bulletin (course and degree catalog). You'll find descriptions of MIT
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  lot of my friends back home thought to themselves when I told them my ... in high school, I was a pretty shy person. I was very quiet, went to ... much top secret). - You can't live in your fraternity during your

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  I can spend 16 hours straight in the shop soldering my PCB boards* and ... A friend of mine ended up studying lit at a nearby college here in ... . As I walked her around the myriad of different labs that serve host to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010