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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  )[/caption] Much to my dismay, the instructors conveniently had an explanation for ... Using Glass Pumpkins MIT is famous for its so-called “great glass pumpkin ... for myself this year, so I jumped at the opportunity to make my own

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night ... for the event under my regalia. But a fateful gchat with Chris '09 ... 've strategically exploited the UROP system for machine shop access (I did this

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  week introduction to the software security world. What that meant is ... put out by the powerful hackers who do this for a living. Script Kiddies ... . Writing Test Tools The last week and a half has been writing test tools for

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Doonesbury Conclusion Official Doonesbury news.

  

  the fray ("Me thinks the site is being bombarded by a script war between ... Cornellians to the poll in numbers sufficient for Big Red to catch up. "We ... moving effort, the Doonesbury Town Hall is pleased to award Cornell the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  chill. Today is the first February 14th in years that I haven’t spent ... restaurant that day. I wasn’t opposed to the restaurant, although it was ... was he hoping for something more? While Mike was a nice dude, I wasn

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  booths and acclimatize myself to the craziness. Career fair is always an ... stop for the second bus we needed to catch. No matter how many people we ... one for too long while we were there. But we did get to check out the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  email to inquire about missing documents. The MyMIT tracking is up ... , for all of their hard work on processing all of the documents! ... The most popular question in all modes of communication -- blog

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  : Gambling is good. Just kidding, for all the protofrosh out there, if you ... screamed because I was terrified and overjoyed for the future. My sister screamed because she was genuinely happy for me, and because she just won the

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  that for a bit. Kevin is a huge fan of the Iron Man movies, and Iron Man ... MIT campus is defined and elevated by its people, and for this blogpost ... freshman-year jolt MIT is known for. He admits to feeling like hot stuff

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  bit and plug it here. The other event is running on Friday and Saturday ... ARE YOU PUMPED FOR CPW? Who wouldn't be excited about 72 solid hours ... somehow forgot to submit the event on the left on time, it's not on the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 3 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Techiya and Beyond.

  

  part of the communication requirement. The class is essentially a music ... sixths), and we learned about theme and variations. The final project is to ... on the last day of class. This class is also very fun, and I would

  • by ARTalk
  • May 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  , in exchange for helping take down what's left of the wallpaper in her ... th East alum who just moved to California and was back in town for the ... 5th East alum, primering the room into which I'm supposed to be moving

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  summer side projects a nonzero amount of them are final fantasy related

  

  before it gave up for the day. my original plan had been to work on my ... gestating for a while and learn some new things along the way. learning ... this summer that the industry standard is Autodesk Maya...oops :P it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  , and usually the entropy of activation required for that process is just ... tomorrow. I've forgotten to do it for nine of the past ten quarters. Yes, okay, it's true that you can just show up on the first day for any class

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  cognitive sciences in 2006. For those of you doing the math at home, that ... cortex of mice. (I wrote a review! And drew the pictures for it!) I ... lissencephaly (smooth brain), then finding the gene responsible for causing the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  above the street. The rest, as they say, is history. So, here I am, just ... joints, which is part of a larger mall complex called The Garage. After ... . Now pardon me, I'm going to play with the iPhone 3G for a few minutes

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  vacation day. I'm always one to shoot for the underdog, the least privileged ... bed and woke up 45 minutes late. No matter - this is the first time it ... thing! Yeah, there is a full-fledged elementary school within the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  ="alignnone" width="1536"] as i walk into the giant 10-250 lecture hall for 3.091, i ... ridiculous outfit possible. While I was looking through the racks for pants ... for the career fair. A couple days after that, we stayed up until late

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  't actually started, so the verdict? Probably H1N1. Wonderful. MIT Medical gave him a blue mask, had him spend the night, and sent him back to live with ... form of flu, most likely H1N1. This is what I look like today

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  A Hack and Advice Two entries smashed into one.

  

  ! Kudos hackers, well done. Now, for the advice. The summer before I came ... special traditions, but it's not so fun for the tourist and the non ... information about the hack, thanks for tips in the comments]

  • by Snively '11
  • February 29, 2008