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• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  cheaply available. To build that speaker, Gedion used a soldering iron to ... ratchet, or a screwdriver, or even pliers--he just has to use the tip of a ... sounds like a fun, silly mini-project that an MIT student would do in their

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  't be running from activity to activity anymore, but I do have a few ... 't have the chance to dance together anymore, but we still have a few things ... summer to prepare! Coming in, I had absolutely no idea how weird managing

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  , I find it difficult to solve difficult problems without using a ... your toothpaste is. You may want to open a window and set up a fan in ... spraying the wood finish. Use a paper towel to spread the coating evenly

  • by Phi A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  instead of someone who's lost and drifting at sea, trying to find a way back ... When I'm sad, or there's some conundrum in my life that I need to ... channel in particular, delicious day. It's a very fitting name, because it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye Free-Body Diagrams Hello free -

  

  work space in the intro architecture studio to find this: This is simply a dream. One of the most exciting things about partaking in art-related anything is the sheer range of supplies you get to use! Although all of the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 18, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  ’s better to use a different circle constant: one that relates a circle ... [/latex] And so now we have a second piece of evidence for tau: its use in ... ’ve decided to do a post dedicated to my favorite number. Here, [latex

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  undergraduate has to have a "concentration" in one of the Humanities, Arts, or ... classes within that department. The idea is to get some depth in a HASS ... " compared to what you might find at a big liberal arts institution, but that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  ] While these are nice or whatever, I find them to be a bit generic. Here ... wholesome. I would love to find that photo."]Take a selfie with tourists ... descend a staircase to find your preferred bathroom. Walk across Harvard

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  significant as coming up with the idea of using a spoon to eat soup. Back in ... completed his thesis earned and a doctorate in Chemistry. If you're coming to MIT grad school now, don't expect to get out with a PhD in less than 5

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  to use that fear to find ways of working smarter, not harder. Where ... take the time to find, refine and trust in your voice. Only after that ... Indulge me for a moment. How many times have we seen the movie in

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  meeting, he gave me a list of professors to get in touch with. One of them ... 's office and expect to find him there, which is kind of a bummer. That said ...  physicist extraordinaire still finds time to be a down-to-earth, supportive advisor to a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  pizza store, I took a walk, expecting to find Absolutely Nothing and ... also remembered that if a snake chases you, you're supposed to run in a ... a hike to find a secluded place to pee, stung my leg on some nettle

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Course Lounges press F to pay respects to the entirety of course 21 and CMS

  

  their own course lounge - a designated space for majors in each course to hang out, do their psets, and meet other people in their course. A few ... , because we're edgy and unconventional, our equivalent to a regular college

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  about being in a country where nobody has electricity or regular access to ... It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in Haiti, but I'll do my best to try to summarize. We just got back from a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  besides, I hadn’t been to a good concert since the Rolling Stones were in ... find a new place to buy clothes. Here's the video Prof. Winston was ... at MIT whenever he is in town. This time I took him to see robots in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  How many desserts can one consume in 2 ½ hours? Five MIT students decided to find out, while celebrating a 21st birthday. We had three stops ... pastries just waiting to be injected with ice cream! They opened the store in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  -and-ink self come alive. Don't just say, "I used to work on an assembly line in a ... "hook." A former student of mine applying to enter a master's program in ... ? Find it and then find a memorable way to say it. Grad schools require the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  measure a year, I began to wonder what units I use to measure my life. The ... specific songs define the distances in my life? A walk from East Campus to ... an Ethiopian Song. The late night shuffle to La Verde's at 3am finds

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  , but I also find myself alone in a quiet house a lot more than I used to ... sorted out. 1. Where I live I used to live in East Campus, an undergrad ... tucking in an apple and a little treat next to my tupperware of leftovers :3

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  preparation. It's a (well-paying) job that uses my major, even! I really want to ... computer science as a whole field for its own sake enough to major in it, but ... . Try to pick a place that fits you in the summer in case you get stuck

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007