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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  when it's to protect their young. Right on cue, shortly after we hopped ... was standing on the side of the road, and ambled into the forest as we ... Skyline Drive, and looped around the park on the highway, which (en route

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

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  to step on your camera if you leave it there." "Okay, I'll put it on two-second timer instead of ten-second." "You better run." "Don't worry!" ... DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  .007, Design and Manufacturing I. The basic goal of the class is to design and build a car to complete a specific task or set of tasks and score as many ... . The idea is to get as many of these balls into the highest scoring bins

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  (This post’s tagline is ironic because I’m actually kind of hosed.) I ... another hour instead of buying food or watering my plants. Three weeks into ... already boarded. I rolled up to the driver. “Can I get on this bus?” He

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  for a variety of reasons, the majority of which are related to Sam's Mom ... line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common ... ! Undaunted by my cries of agony, Ling clotheslines into the water. She is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  like to see us do blog entries on over the coming month or so? How can we ... MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to ... that are within walking distance (or easy public transportation) of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  waiting for class to begin. The magic of making friends, of course, is that ... between classes or in the dining halls. Throw on the pressure of classes ... people In Real Life has always kind of freaked me out to some (albeit small

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  students will have taken an idea from nothing more than a sketch on paper to a real life product. This course is a FANTASTIC opportunity to get to ... specifications for fruit... or break things apart to learn. Despite the fact

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  campus and college. The following is an unordered list of some of our top ... 2015 has had its ups and downs for pretty much everyone on planet earth. From little victories to large setbacks, everybody's gone through

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  for a few days), since my fam is hopping on a plane to LA early tomorrow ... -cheerleader-dense part of the country (except maybe Miami, FL?). So to all the people I ... suppose it's usually more expedient to leave a comment on my blog -- I can

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  was a limitation on the size of the cups we could use to drink apple ... a while, but within an hour of walking on campus I was learning how to ... which there is no going back. I experienced… Apple Juice Liberation. You

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  of your comfort zone, whether it is trying a new activity, or ... I’m officially on winter break. It’s hard to believe that the craziness of the semester is already over, that I have completed my finals and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  remember if the log of the pressures was related to the ideal gas constant or ... There is a whiteboard in Ben's office which was apparently once used ... . No, really. To all of the recently admitted, and any other hopefuls who

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  of the bracket and unanimously lost to it. Sorry, Julie Andrews fans ... whole do-mi-mi, mi-so-so business starts to lose a little of its charm ... could never miss an opportunity to allude to Clay Aiken on my blog. Hero

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  ". To which I thought, "You're darn right, pal!" But of course, now that I ... weather; for me, it was either really cold from head to toe or very warm up ... to watch out for rainstorms in the spring (or any time, for that matter

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  a spot on the wait list. Not all of those students will choose to ... foosball champion decides to go somewhere else, we may, or may not, go out of ... wish to remain on the wait list or not. Once it’s live, we

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  sets on my iPad though because that makes it easier to submit the pset on ... . Without giving details, my project is to program two robots to move ... robotics, which got buried down in my conscience by the stresses of adapting

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  you ever want to see him again, you must meet all of our demands. The ... place it on the dining table of the 132 suite at precisely 12:10 AM on ... felt missing, at least Pi/3 radians of my heart...It's great to have him

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  global fight for freedom--is of growing appeal to many policymakers ... corner. the blankets on the floor are on top of a standard foam mattress ... on how the internet isn't all it's hyped up to be. excerpt from the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  groups, and the first year is graded on a pass/no record system. While your ... , need to develop time management skills, or are facing challenges that are ... Learning at MIT is not about memorizing formulas, but understanding