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  My first real internship

  

  "Blowing up the alamo into pieces then hiding out in the mountains", I admire ... atom bomb? Well Los Alamos is in the certified middle of nowhere, which ... . Being in the middle of nowhere also means there is relatively little to do

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  -da! (Oh, all photos in this entry are courtesy of my Mac's webcam since I ... Well, my two weeks of no IAP agenda have come to a close and I ... machinery in the main MechE shop, the Pappalardo lab. Inside are all sorts of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  mentality of "This is absolutely the dorm that I want to be in," certainly not ... mentality of "This is the dorm that, based on what I know now, I want to live in, but my information is not even close to adequate, and I should take

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  New portlets are coming soon. Not sure how soon, but as soon as I can manage to sequester a few minutes of Quinton's schedule, you'll see them in ... Portlet This portlet will display a thumbnail of a poster, which can be

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  audience of this site. I support Snively 100% in wanting to have that ... process some of what gets said. My goal in writing that entry was a steroid ... keep everything in check. In the case of the Ring Committee fiasco

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  remarkable acoustics in the space I could hear every detail of each performer ... workshop in the style of his renowned ensemble, Rambax MIT. I enjoyed the ... in the process of forming, as well. On November 19, 1884, The Tech

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  ="95293" /] Although I wrote a lot of code in 6.2050, the whole FPGA engineering process ... lecturer. 6.2050 was one of the most demanding classes I’ve taken at MIT, but it has also been one of the most rewarding. In just a few short

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  Under 35 for his pioneering research in comparative genomics. When I sat ... example, if the same string of A, T, G, and C’s appears in dogs, rats, and ... camaraderie, and the ability to be in the middle of everything. After all, he

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  are some recent tidbits of my life~~ I’m falling in love with pink ... introduced myself as a freshman one too many times. Now, I take on the task of ... beloved members of my living group who have now [annotation note="I miss you

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  amount of sleep than I ever have in maybe my whole life, and literally ... On a weekday, I meet my friend Alberto H. ‘17, who I haven’t seen in ... explains his life to me in terms of his calendar schedule, which has

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on ... reconsider all of the waitlisted students again in May, when we know how many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  for a full recovery! Since then, I have been pitching in where I can ... Integrators,[/annotation] which was a lot of work, but so worth it. I can’t wait ... of 3.5 years of hard work in our 2.009 Product Engineering Process

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  released in two day's time, at 9 PM on Thursday. But because neither of us ... from creepers and during the night I hide away in my bunker and dig dig ... 't anything else to this post. Minecraft is a fun silly game in which you can do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  caulk, I fill in a couple of suspiciously mouse sized holes with the same ... using the right kind of screwdriver. I think in my case, the screws are so ... any deeper, I dremel a flathead slot in along the other axis of the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  ? I think not. So here's my challenge for all of you who got in: 1 ... made such comments to explain why they didn't get in. I wish it didn ... supposed to be here? Was I going to be the laughing stock of the Institute

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  get in— I completely understand the fear and anxiety that comes with ... you can pass their classes. Instead, a college is interested in ... I recently received an email from a rising high school senior who was

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  in this picture. But one of them was rendering something.... Then we ... that I took here. I learned a ton about the manufacturing process in a ... ...  but more on that later! This blog isn't about the lesson I learned this

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions ... waitlist: I know many of you are curious, but we won't be able to say ... enrollment decision. If you're still undecided: How can we help you make your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Our new video And yeah we’re kind of jazzed about it

  

  more robots in the Media Lab." And to that I say, of course, that’s MIT alright, and we plan to show you more of that in the coming months, so stay ... MIT and a lot of students take part in them at a very high level. But

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon EA Students, This One's For You!

  

  calling new students and chatting with them about MIT. I've participated in ... is just too much of a deterrent, it's so nice and warm inside that I ... call all yalls. Especially, since, I can chat with you here. So, here

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2009