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• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  while the drill bit (actually called an "end mill") is in the part ... parts in SolidWorks, import them into a program called "MasterCAM," and ... you, spitting out a finished part in just a few minutes. Neat, huh

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  traveling to different planets, perhaps living in a ship for years until ... that I knew in grade school. Not even the Earth that I knew from my magnet high school in NYC. This is a planet of it's own. It's called TLM

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  COLLIER COUNTY: A set of twin girls in Collier County have a lot more in ... personalities are totally different," she said. Both girls plan to attend MIT in ... what they plan to major in this fall, the both said the same thing - math

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Rainbow Lounge Where the LGBT kids hang out.

  

  Back in the day (TM) when I was a prefrosh participating in the awesomeness that is Campus Preview Weekend, I noticed an event in my 500 page ... - present resources available at MIT and in the surrounding community

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 23, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  's already the Class of 2013! In honor of what I'm going to do during IAP ... (Todai), the most prestigious university in Japan, through a year of ... teacher brings in "specialists" from different areas that attempts to teach

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FASAP [by Maggie Liu ‘12] T-ride + thought-provoking art piece + yummy free dinner afterwards.

  

  the college application process was over, all the complications in life would vanish. Not so. After I mailed in my deposit, I received an ... congregates people who are interested in the subject or are interested in

  • by ARTalk
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  contact information for your EC is to log in to your my.mit.edu account ... applicants to the ECs in their area. Some ECs interview for just one school so you and several of your friends may get the same EC while in really

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  construction in the alley. Yesterday was also somewhat of an exception so I was ... : ----------------------------- Construction in Back Alley Next to Bexley Dorm Hello, I'm wondering how long ... pulled down my window and my shades, assured that I was in for another 3

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  time, always amidst great fanfare and in every creative, apocalyptic way ... days in a row and had a bunch of guys poke and prod at it. The verdict ... apparently wrong in my computer in a very big way. The guy recommended wiping

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  that are knee-deep in finals (including yours truly). Finals at MIT are ... your throat as possible in the shortest amount of time it can. An example? AB --> BC Calculus in high school is designed to take about a year

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  in: Steer Roast is Senior House's claim to fame - it's our annual weekend-long party centered around the overnight roasting of a steer in our ... , because only life can kill you." Steer Roast has been held in the spring

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  promised, celebrated his admission in December by running around the yard ... creating charcoal out of waste material to prevent deforestation in the third ... place in Geneva with the particle accelerator that might create a black

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  me. I spent from 9 AM to 2 PM in various chat rooms, blogs, forums, and ... come to MIT. I was just as interested in seeing who got in as anybody ... 't gotten in and spent quite a while fairly upset. Thousands of applicants

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  their position. The three professors in favor of the hamentashen were ... - Terrascope lecturer (sitting in the middle) - Erik Demaine- Professor ... professors in favor of the latke were: - Peter Dourmaskin- Professor of Physics

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  in 1.5 hours gets their picture on the wall, a t-shirt, free hot dogs ... . Anybody interested, let's meet in the 23 at 3ish. You're welcome to try to ... accordingly and went for a jog in order to make myself hungry. A group of us

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  UROP in the O'Connor Lab. The lab's a part of the chemistry department ... involves techniques in molecular biology as well as biochemistry and organic ... looking too late in the year), she asked me if I was okay with starting in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  It is four days into IAP and I have yet to sleep in my own bed. In fact, today was the first time I've been back in my dorm for more than ... in Cambridge, as well as part of Boston, and runs 24/7 - which means a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  ’t do particularly well in any of them. I ended up with a 3.9/5.0 semester GPA and a D in 10.490. I’ve never gotten a D in my life, and I’m sure many of you are in the same boat. It’s quite a humbling feeling; one I

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are ... of foreign affairs, the overpopulation problem in the world. Mostly ... , learned independently how to program in Matlab, conducted your full set of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  solves chemical engineering problems in an industrial context, with ... Unified. For computer scientists, it's "Laboratory in Software Engineering ... 's most often taken in the junior year.) And as you could've guessed, for

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007