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  REX at Random Hall ice cream, epic meals, water wars and turing tests!

  

  about*!! (Come and watch! Or, are you ready SAVE THE DAY OR DIE TRYING? I ... very old. They will spend the next several days learning about MIT ... , raptor attacks, children on leashes, or chainsaws for hands? A hilarious

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • August 27, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  Lobby 10 this morning/afternoon for Splash 2011!! From 1st floor:                                                                                           View from the second floor:     Splash is a day-long event in which ... never even considered or known to exist! If you're in high school and feel

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  Summer Motto #456-1A: Rock the free stuff, always. So following ... : Red/Green or Red/Blue Although the red/green or red/blue system is now ... and the other in blue (or green). The filters on the glasses allow only

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  omnivore, one vegetarian, and one vegan. I decided on the day we moved in ... fantastic with or without meat. My Achilles heel would be Mexican fast food: those brightly colored places with cheap burritos and names like Nico’s or

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  do you think about x global issue" or "what is your goal here at MIT ... ' diary for tidbits of wisdom and then will go off to freestyle rap or ... is my compilation of his response, in no particular order: 1. Always

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  -class expert at MIT less than 5 minutes from you. Chorall Corollary 1: If you offer that expert food, he or she is probably more than happy to talk to ... expert on hand.  Just the other day, I sat down for lunch with Dr. Jim

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  : FIRST Robotics (or any sort of robotic shenanigans, really). Rocket ... inventor par excellence complete with multiple patents or whatnot. I did, and ... experience—sometimes one of us would need an extra pair of hands or a fresh

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  applicable or useful, but there you go.  Albatross Lore For a good portion of my time in [annotation note="Physics 1"]8.01[/annotation]I was failing. That’s why I dropped to [annotation note="Physics 1 Long"]8.01L

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  Two days ago, Sophia '10 drove Kathy '10 and I to Cape Cod, where we ... think it's true. ----- Five days ago, I was tucked away in a lounge on ... semester. Over the next five days, I put in 50+ hours of solid, sweat

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  Wow, most exciting/eventful two days ever. I'm very sad to say that 2 ... all day Friday in the lab, along with our regularly scheduled lab time ... teaches design and manufacturing, so the first month or so is dedicated to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  : Course 6-7, or 7, or maybe 20.  I had loved AP Biology in high school ... course they'll in, they'll hedge a little; they might say "6, or 2, or maybe 1" (that's EECS, MechE, and CivilE, for you non-MIT readers). I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  been retrofitted with an i7 processor, 256 GB of SSD storage, and 16GB of ... paid for a new computer with comparable specs. Also it ran Windows 7 ... . Or that time in 6.01 lab (that's the introductory class in Electrical

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  "submit" as the January 1 deadline came and went. For some the wait is over ... themselves is critical, although potentially meaningless if not supported or ... decisions that we make are about a lot of things that have been discussed ad

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  always bragged about its motto, "Mens et Manus," or "Mind and Hand ... of aluminum stock, 1.5"R with a height of .625". We were allowed to do ... SolidWorks file looked like As you can see, I added some footsteps to

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  as close to the ground as possible, or that I’m a mid-day showerer (not ... came onto campus almost every day anyway. But it felt official to move ... 1.5 weeks during which I really had nothing in particular to do. Then

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  form supposed to be postmarked by May 1 or received by May 1? The form is ... May 1st or recieved by May 1st? Like many other people listed, I am ... The sixth in a series... With less than a week until the May 1st

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  Hrm, ok. Let's pretend everything is seven or eight days ago so that ... in that one, want to write about it?) four or five days early for ... 't line up properly; your workload is far more than you're used to or should

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Residential Life

  Don’t Stop Believing you can take the east camper out of east campus but...

  

  into casually in the kitchen or the lounge. And the lasts piled up: Last ... committee. Last party, on the last day of classes. Last time linking arms to ... although I wish I did, that's not really true: there was a 1.5-year

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  -picking note sessions. Maybe one day I’ll share the actual content with you, but ... ; 1. “The sky is the limit” - Mom Since I was a very little Gabe, my ... “Study hard” or “Eat your broccoli.” As I prepared to leave home for MIT

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

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  write or post absolutely anything else. I thought I had shaken this ... 't know how long I'll be here or where I'll go next. If you've taken and passed (or failed) an ASE, how did you prepare? What advice do you have? If

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020