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• Blog / Class Projects

  Make a Lamp! and cart the pieces of it from IDM to IDC, the forge, Metropolis, and back…

  

  to power the lights, or do you need a bunch of separate plugs? How will ... "]CAD[/annotation] for thorns because I didn’t know how wide they would need to be to fit ... case, I didn't know how to model the metal distortion that comes with

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• 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 / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  a few years before I came to MIT, I was confused about how things ... to how much I value dancing and want to use my limited time at MIT ... have to bike to Northeastern three times a week. so far, it's been a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  evenings spent psetting with friends, trying to figure out how to solve ... trade and minimum wages. More importantly, 14.03 made me learn how to read economics papers. While I never learned how to do it directly as a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  . After months of scheming and plotting how to get the words -- lodged ... . Well, kind of.  With my dad, we just reverted back to how things were ... really full circle, and amazing to see how much things have changed for the

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  in the world wouldn't do you any good, if you didn't know how to look ... the Galapagos. This knowledge of how to look was, I realized during the ... enough. There it was: The E-mail I'd Been Waiting For. "I am pleased to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  Yesterday, I went to Six Flags New England with Ling '07, Erica '07 ... not too much. You should see MIT students try to split the bill at a ... too timid to ask the waiter for change. It's truly a beautiful disaster

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  , but I wanted to compare the two experiences, with the caveat that I ... undergrad, I found it difficult to context-switch between so many obligations. I’m a teaching assistant. To get funding, most MEngs have to TA or RA

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  haven't been able to read very often because of how busy the semester has ... within just a few days and how important it is to take a deep breath, slow ... during late September, I made it a goal to make the most of autumn

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  myself to individual, alone-time self-care activities, or how those never ... . Learning how to sail and having the confidence to sail. Getting over my fear of ice skating and learning how to ice skate. (Okay, maybe learning is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  "]animated visualizations[/annotation] to better see how the game played out on campus. Where ... to the end to find out what this is ;)[/caption] Last month, I had the ... to update this post once they reveal their identities

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  how to collect the glass from the furnace on a pipe or punty (long rod ... how to obtain any glass. The furnace is kept at around 2,000 degrees ... your mind and body. We’re actually recommended to wear long sleeve shirts

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  , the break forced the teams to think about how they were doing things as ... the end of each semester to fill out course evaluations. Professors do ... performance within a group. Now I understand how professors feel. I couldn

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  happy to tell you and as I was reflecting late one night about how fast ... how long the weeklong pset was going to take, my friends casually ... professor who knew how long the homework was going to take, and not I the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  recieve outside calls, but nobody ever taught us how to do that, so I ... -motivational posters online at this website. I was walking to the down Amherst Street this fine afternoon, heading to the Laboratory for Energy and the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  things that think, and things to think with. How will this impact the ... Yesterday, President Reif sent a letter to all members of the MIT ... . He wrote: This new College is our strategic response to a global

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  2 types of games. Finite games where the goal is to win on a finite time horizon. Infinite games where the goal is to keep contributing to the indefinite play of the game itself. For example, art

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  remember is how to lace up my skates and how to fall. I’m probably an expert at falling down, so if you need any tips or pointers on how to be ... -lined asphalt to Honey Pot Hills Orchards. Laden with sleepy MIT students, the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  how my face was doing. My mother called to tell me to be more alert (I ... I'm beginning to think the foliage is out to get me. I was hit by ... actually stuck to my foot since it was damp out (seriously, you can't make

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  to MIT. I was just wondering, 1) how difficult is the application ... . On Friday, I went to a MISTI-Spain information session. The MIT International Science and Technology Initiative helps students find ways to study

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006