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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  , post-6.046 exam. I know that before I came to MIT, my impression of the ... that perspective I had, and hopefully, this entry further shows that MIT is about BOTH work and fun. Not just work! Sooo - on Friday night

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  If you're considering MIT, you probably like to build things ... closet, we used the course 16 lab which is decked out with foam cutters ... (featured in the video). 16.810 is offered each IAP, and I certainly plan on

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  STEM occupations - and if you think about it, Boston is right across the river from where MIT is. The sixth geekiest city was Lowell, Massachusetts ... blogs that aren't MIT Admissions blogs, I'll sum it up for you: The US

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Cultured C-Show 2011

  

  Starbucks locations in Watertown, MA is like 200:1. Seriously. Soo many Dunkins. ~and~ (5) I had a blast at Culture Show 2011 :) C-Show is an ... ). It brings together MIT students from a variety of races, backgrounds

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  here you really have to pick and choose what is important to you. I do ... cool? Food. So like 90% of MIT events have freeeeeeeee foooooooood ... Verde's. (In fact, the only time I even ever use TechCash is to do laundry. I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  As a lot of you probably know, the MIT class ring is a little more ... a huge part of the undergrad tradition at MIT. Getting your "brass rat," as we call it, is a Big Deal. Each class selects a ring committee which

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  blogged earlier, is also sponsored by the French department, part of MIT ... AIDS, there is a lot of joy. And life without joy is pointless." It ... French-language students at MIT are benefiting from a breakthrough method

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  aspects of communication. The final report, some 33+ pages worth, is due ... opinions of all kinds about tradition and change. Today's MIT home page spotlight is the Task Force on the Undergraduate Educational Commons, so

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Professorial Help Thanks to the faculty.

  

  about how MIT is trying to improve the environment at Environment in depth. ... climate change is the number one problem facing humanity, and I want to be ... bag folded in half. The sLimcell as Sadoway calls the flimsy battery, is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  MIT is hard. Seriously. That's why we have study breaks. I know that ... pset all by myself. Doing psets alone is torture. For me, anyway. I know some people who hate doing the work in groups, which is fine for them

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  I thought I would share some of the things I did. Who says MIT ... recently graduated and is now working in the Cambridge area. We decided to ... .S.S. Constitution in Boston Harbor The Constitution, a.k.a. Old Ironsides, is a three

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Events

  How I Spent My Sophomore Spring Break I didn't go to Florida or Cancun, but I still had a lot of fun!

  

  weekend, but it was a much needed break from the craziness that is MIT. And ... Two weeks ago was our Spring Break at MIT, and the halls of Tetazoo ... MIT, preparing myself for the UPOP Spring Team Training Camp.  UPOP, or

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 6, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  starters, and for something MIT-related, let's talk about Splash. Splash is ... was interested in). 6.828 is MIT's junior ... ). One reason I really like my dorm at MIT. Which is why I'll just end

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  at a disadvantage. As Matt once said, "MIT is an elite institution, but ... at MIT's level? What you will have to do is learn how to study and be ... think "Finding heritage at MIT" is one of my best-written entries.

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  hand in hand. But what you might not know is that MIT's original hackers ... If you don't go to MIT, when you think about "hacking," you probably ... caffeinated soda and delivery pizza. If you do go to MIT, resourceful rooftop

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  charter fishing boat is only as good as its fish finder. That's the sonar ... Pinkett: The Tech: Once you leave MIT and get out into the real world, to what extent do you feel that the classes you took at MIT contributed to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  Premiere, as its called, is one of the largest milestones of the MIT ... things...a little differently. First, some history: the MIT class ring is ... skyline is shown at night, in tribute to the fact that MIT students are

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  think that’s what life at MIT is like. A million opportunities and ... encountered at MIT. However, I’m told that the ‘tute is also pretty ... While at MIT CPW, I had the wonderful opportunity to sample all sorts of

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  affirmation that MIT is hard. That, although there are certainly many fun parts ... other institution. I do firmly believe that there is something about MIT ... . Or, in perhaps the cleanest expression of the point: MIT is hard only

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Traditions What's the point of going through the motions if not for tradition?

  

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 29, 2009