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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  oh, the crash and the burn

  

  People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry in an effort to get back into ... narrowed it (haha, get it, ultimately) to JMS's Amazing Spider-Man run or ... am happy to be working on myself again and not drowning in my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  , see videos below, or read the product brochures. 2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering ... out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products. From the website: In

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  In the near future, MIT Admissions will release the EA decisions. To kickoff the season, I thought I'd share a little bit about my acceptance to ... left 70.77% of applicants, or 10,673 applicants, to deferral. This is

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  little more training than a stapler) to put two new holes in my ears. A few ... , that is precisely why I paid money to have holes put in my body. And then ... I got my first piercing in eighth grade, at Walmart. I had done

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  jingling in a calm breeze and wish they’d sound more like plates breaking or ... .) and various sensors (accelerometers, capacitive sensing, etc.) to create ... encourages us to go wild with our imaginations, as long as the end product

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  up three freshmen, or a partridge in a pear tree. However, we did ... Some people[1] say that you need to seriously rethink your life when your days don't end with grass stains on your knees. I'd like to suggest

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  of bits to open. I don't know how many of you work with wood or are ... toy? Our assignment in lab the next day was to build a pull toy. You ... inaccuracies, the ghost doesn't have to be blue in order for the PacMan to chase

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  wonderful way to take my MIT journey above and beyond! Living and working in ... opportunity to successfully complete my project. In addition to authoring a ... continuing work in research and achieving a doctorate in my field. I hope to

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2022 judge our music taste (the 5th installment)

  

  it comes to classic tracks or recent releases? With music, everyone ... when it releases, or prefer to just listen to music from any period? Commonality (C) vs. Uniqueness (U) — do you listen to mostly popular artists, or

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Events

  IAP is moving along

  

  , so we get a lot of random alums in far-flung locales who want to play ... chance to talk about some of the things I've been up to. Mystery Hunt: I ... references in the name?), a large conglomerate of students and alums of the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  'd just be so excited to be a (fill in the blank here) grader. Things have ... principles. Later in the course, we are going to study nonideal solutions ... Remember what the first day of school was like in elementary school

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  forgot dinner and are in fact pining for a cold drink, hot sandwich, or ... basement in the middle of the night, I moved to the side and acted like I was ... accessible and become quite useful when you want to avoid various above

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Tag In which I do a YouTube thing for a (bonus) Halloween vlog

  

  any trick-or-treating myself. Although other people in B-Entry decided ... wayyyy too early (anything pre-December is too early in my book, in case ... college life sometimes. My dad decided to send me a surprise Halloween

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alaska Where I am right now.

  

  I have decided that today I will operate under the assumption that I am in Alaska. Not because it's cold or anything, just because it's a change of pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed.

  • by Snively '11
  • October 28, 2009
• FAQ / Afford

  How much does MIT cost?

  books and personal expenses are broken down in detail here. If you have a specific question or concern regarding financial aid, visit Student Financial Services online, by email at [email protected], or from their contact page.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  tech was going to be showcased at the Consumer Electronics Expo in Las ... kicking in. It's one thing to follow the news on the Internet and tweet at the companies at CES. It's another thing entirely to be there in person

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for undergraduates living in the dorms. I went on that trip for the first time today, and now I have enough apples that it would be wasteful for me not to eat

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted in Early Action.

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the class of 2017! This is what you look like right now:     Go ahead and introduce yourselves :)

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  with . . . ” in order to evoke the accurate positional relationship of my ... card costs exactly $15. (In case you're curious or vegan, I blocked ... culminating in the unveiling of a 20”x24” Polaroid portrait of Polaroid

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  less intimidating. That's not to say it's easy. This semester, in ... fascinating, not the least because I get to see Winnie-the-Pooh cartoons (in ... over my test booklet and frantically tried to finish problem 5 in the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009