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• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  is bad). So I came in to D-Lab and did a lot of practice welds, and ... weld. I can set up in minutes now, steady and sure. Many more projects ... wrote it, I was in Europe, and operating this sort of machinery, with

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  hands to pull in the rope. But you can NEVER LET GO of the rudder! So I ... Tonight I was in an MIT admissions webcast, which was targeted ... that. But if you were, as a matter of fact, you’re right! I have a story

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  ...What? That’s not a memorized answer. I’ve used it in every single one of my ... has a good penguin department and idk maybe I’ll major in that not ... ... Whatever’s in the top ten of the U.S. News & World Report rankings

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  Oh, the joys of being in college. Finally, we’re independent! We can ... ’s 48 degrees and I can’t feel my toes.) I’m not the only one – many of my ... . (Actually, I’d still get a full(ish) night of sleep every night even if I did

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  your living space. I was hesitant in taking pictures of my current room ... anything you can think of. My roommate and I have used the drawer sets to ... organizing a dorm room. Sure, it can just be a bedspread and a poster of your

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  Since you're all probably sick of hearing about my summer, I emailed ... out of the ~20 cheerleaders on the squad. I think I'll just list what ... ... that's cheerleadery, isn't it? Jess '08 Well-- I'm in Italy studying

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  . I have lived in the 01239 zip code for almost half of my life. MY ... -sets, and I assumed institutions operated in the interest of the people they ... , I got into running in my 30s, racked up a collection of chronic and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  of IAP. I guess. I can't think of how to end this entry... well, I can ... Pennsylvania, is an alumnus of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity. I wonder if he ... premiere of Beauty and the Geek 2, which Matt's friend Ankur '03 is on. I don

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  , if you live anywhere in the area of this crazy "winter" (and I use that ... /the grocery store/class in the cold. So basically every day I've been ... is what I mean: Edit: Ruth pointed this out in her comment below- it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  've had a harsh life. Why complain? I can afford the luxury of reattaching ... -vacuum air. By then, I had hit the road in a rented SUV headed for the woodsy ... Incident of the Box in the Night-time was performed at least four times on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  of Mountains In The Continental United States, so I stopped a random ... a very bright yellow bag tucked under the seat in front of him - it looks like it's made out of the same material as those HI I'M HERE PLEASE

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  survival as living things in the desert only can. Let the tattoo remind me of ... though much of the time that I’m actually in Tucson, all I notice is the ... on the walls of every house they lived in. “I want you to take it,” my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  ton of in-class demonstrations, in honor of CPW. I came away from those ... in the near future. Plus, I can tell you that based on the 7 prefrosh I ... one with you - with full knowledge of the fact that I'll probably never

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  NOTHING! However, I got a 5 on Physics B and was kind of bored in 8.01. I ... in the curriculum, you can get credit for that, too. I believe that if ... but think of the time in high school that my friend Allison was giving

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sororities @ MIT- Become a part of it! Come to the first day of recruitment on September 1st to learn more about what…

  

  the smallest. Three of the sororities have beautiful houses in Boston where some of the sisters live (for example, I still live in the dorm ... of MIT Panhel, which is our panhellenic association, and you can click

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  I was in an independent living group (sort of like a sorority or ... socializing is much less spontaneous. Since I don’t live in a dorm, I can ... This past September, I started my master’s of engineering. At MIT

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  13, and if he can write about something he is in the process of ... and I did talk about the benefits of being in an environment with a lot ... Like many of you, I stayed up quite late watching the election

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  puzzle in private dining. In all of the reviews that I saw while doing ... process of putting in the final pieces earlier tonight, I took the time to ... a reminder of why I had come to love Simmons so much over the last two

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  to do with all that power?  I can't answer that question for you. What I can do is give you an idea of what's possible using the ... . I can tell you what I did: I learned a lot of math! And I didn't

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  conference started in Seattle that now has a Boston branch. I went last year ... . But how can you not with promos like this? She discussed the rise of ... being totally in control of that process. All great games come from a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013