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• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  find out which books you need is to physically go to The Coop in Kendall Square and look. This is the Coop's evil way of trying to discourage you ... It's so nice to be graduated -- I can make lists of things that I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  " -- floors which allow residents to have a cat -- and Third East is one of them ... turns black also. Cat hair is impossible to quickly pick off of clothing ... I was reading one of Laura's recent entries with a response to a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  to raise their newborn daughter. On hiatus. I haven't read a lot of ... what it means to say that “it is the highest responsibility of the [ASA ... Activities which it represents”? And is it even right for any of those

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  of the two dozen folks who went to Peru for the weekend went hiking on Saturday, but I had to rest on account of (a) the fact I was feeling a bit ... -abandoned car (or maybe it was for sale?) and a series of what appeared to be

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  and is spreading at a rate of 28 to 100 kilometers a year. Even the ... valuable to us is their skin. Amphibians depend on their skin for everything ... amphibians on the island. Another option is to fight fungus with bacteria. Some

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  of this sponge called life.  on habits Two quotes come to mind: “How ... all of the time is perfectly okay. It’s natural. Instead of dwelling on ... curiosity got the best of us. On one sweltering day, my oldest brother and I

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  past weekend, Snively and I were invited to be a part of a start ... . For those too lazy to google it, LiveScribe is a pen that does something ... -taking because I tend to do one of two things. Either I obsessively write down

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  product is solid enough to drop or throw around! ... hedge my bets, I've set out on a crusade to learn more about regular old ... Gershenfeld. The class "How To Make (almost) Anything" (also "How To Make" or

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  act was to place the flugelhorn on a stand that Matt lent me, which ... length, but a flugelhorn is fatter. It's like what would happen to a ... 'm aware), which is a little room equipped with a piano and music stands, so

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  true meaning of IHTFP. MIT can be a wonderful or awful place depending on ... , make sure you have time to decompress. "You" time is never a waste of ... thinking of them. In fact, I even wrote a little outline of this blog down on

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  supplement are not), and there is no portfolio review to take art classes or be ... I'm often asked about supplemental material. None of the below is ... this is helpful and answers lots of questions... Music. If you play

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  of my favorite place on earth, and there are so many things to find, see, and do! So, if you're coming to CPW this weekend, this is my ... of the things on the list above, or maybe the one with the most

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  's first decision was whether to use the beaver or the Great Dome on the ring ... . Why? Because it is made of gold and features a beaver on the front. Why ... catalog the recent history of Brass Rat designs, focusing on the bezel, or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  and meet.  Half of the week is devoted to the jamboree's theme: politics ... of the real world this summer when I had to track down a place to live ... beans and tomatillos in there. The reason this is all on my mind is

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  for now, I’d like to share three pieces of advice. These three pieces of ... must have heard her whisper “the sky is the limit” in my ear thousands of ... “Study hard” or “Eat your broccoli.” As I prepared to leave home for MIT

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  not by much. I passed all four of my classes, which is a massive victory ... first experience working on a pset for 10+ hours only to get a 50% is just ... barely scrape out a passing grade, which is now a P on my transcript! If I

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  . I asked Kevin to share some of his thoughts on his MIT journey: how it began, how he spent his time here, and now what he is continuing to do ... company he cofounded with some MIT classmates, is set to become the most

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  , though, is to retrieve the broomstick from the highest point on the map.  This class is known to be a massive time commitment. On top of building ... . But you HAVE to show up on time, or you forfeit the points. Guess what I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  ! My research was on Using Optical Tweezers to Create Nanowire Based ... picture? Those are zinc oxide nanowires growing on the edge of a silicon ... . The most basic building element is a point-like particle, which has

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  animals. We turned to [William Temple] Hornaday's book on the animals of ... background on this important aspect of MIT tradition, I want to use today's entry to catalog the recent history of Brass Rat designs, focusing on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008