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• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  each develop a prototype of a product that can (and in many cases does ... : Finally, the day of the competition arrived.  I'm told that MIT President ... .  (The flags at left are in the order of team finish.) In the end, it was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  to find a souvenir store in the faraway lands of Putz, but I will send ... ="82833" /] I've always known that in lieu of cats, Putz's creature companion of ... into my limited repertoire of roach facts, I remembered that roaches can

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  of the group -- because after all, if I can open someone else's eyes to ... obscure occasions of note. Created by a leading young visionary in the ... day jobs. This summer, as in January, I've perched myself atop the flat

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Thing I Love About MIT… Is how easy it was to use an assignment to pick up a cool internship.

  

  Engineering”. I uploaded a copy of the 16-page plan here if you want to take a ... on only using MIT students! Bummer. In the closing few weeks of the ... few days later, I found myself in an office with Hardi Meybaum, co

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  this meant: "I'm already up to my neck in BS, I just want to save my ... with social and cultural adjustments to campus? (Can I get my dreads done? Can I get ethnic food? Is there a decent radio station?) How do

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  is over, you can walk out of the ring with your head held high and know ... actually about how I spent my Saturday. I was invited by several of my ... Fenway in the massive crowds of people: And managed to snag some Red Sox

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  David in tow, I visited Random Hall, one of MIT's more distinctive ... entire Boston area, I sort of feel guilty having fun if I've got a whole bunch of work backed up and waiting for me. (Yes, I highlight some cool

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  audience POV. In some lucky turn of events, Kayode D. '27 and I managed to ... !) [annotation note="photos are the bane of my existence. i fear i may have to give up on my typical habits of putting in way too many photos, but in the

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  break, I decided to visit some of my Stanford friends and spend a day in ... the "Claw," the fountain in front of the bookstore). When I started ... , rectangular. Instead of drowning in camera-armed Chinese tourists you should

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  participated in DTYD, they almost seemed surprised that I'd asked: "Of course ... the email itself. I can't say I've written many good ones in my time ... around them, how I know I can come home to a supportive group of people to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  in on all of the details soon. Relatedly, I will also be doing a small ... 'Grady, which is a lot of fun (and you can watch the episodes online!); I'm hoping ... , and to await the Next Big Mailing (NBM) in May. 2. Yes, I will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  'll highlight it in a future entry! A little background: back in the summer of ... rocket scientist. I can remember playing with this airplane that I had when ... the rest of my life." [...] "I think it's recognizing the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  in between. We can't wait to welcome them to campus to join the 4 ... in the end. Take a deep breath, shake it off, and go crush the rest of ... in their college search. We recognize it's a lot of effort for all of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunnel66 bringing the borderline tunnels online for CP*

  

  are all physically apart, we still want to be together in spirit! I can ... Borderline is a club at MIT that started in Spring of 2017 (our ... of projects, and is now a community of people interested in the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  , in which students were asked to write an essay analyzing its use of ... . Ling: "Why are you taking a picture of this sign?" Sam: "So I don ... saw in the Princeton Review book that she bought that MIT has one of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ST PATRICKS DAY RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  

  HOZIER, KING OF IRELAND, IS HERE TO SPEAK:  It can't be said I'm an early birdIt's ten o'clock before I say a wordBaby, I can never tellHow do you ... grapeIf you can sit in a barrel, maybe I'll waitUntil that day I'd rather

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 17, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  enjoy this stage of life while I can - when I really don't know what ... ! Me: I...yesss? I...I guess so? (I guess I have DNA in all parts of me ... doesn't allow for a whole lot of off-campus adventuring.) I landed in DC

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  about varsity athletics. I filled it out and mailed it in on the day of ... question...though you kinda took your time but all in all I really appreciate ... the answers. I used to save up questions and answer a bunch of them at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  One of my favorite things to do that I don't really have time for is ... I'm sure this isn't the best way to spend my time, I somehow can ... 's premiere of the show in 10-250, Ankur '04, shared some of his thoughts and

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  [annotation note="I spent a lot of time in high school on buses and I got very ... Well, here we are. I’m taking a brief stop in the Great Hall of Union ... for hundreds of miles. As someone who grew up in South Dakota, I am

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023