Search

Search Results

• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  merit aid (free registration required) On to the questions... FWD wrote, "I'm so confused. MIT has a beaver? But so does Caltech." Right. The ... skills weren't good enough to figure out when Caltech adopted the beaver

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  The sixth in a series... With less than a week until the May 1st ... as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you ... 's up with my financial aid? You or someone in your family should call the

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

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: 'Aranjuez' by Jorge Muñiz & José Luis Duval   I. With the fall semester complete, I could finally focus all my energy and attention on training for the US Championships, taking place the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  Over the past few months, I have become obsessed with crochet. Before I came to Boston, I dedicated quite some time to ironing out the ... should I begin on the airplane?  [annotation note="Spoiler Alert: It

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  Go read about the Big News first. (I considered adding spoiler space here, but um...that'd just be weird. Because the rest of this entry is SO ... the Internet. Too much. Seriously...that kid is just weird sometimes. He

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Living in the Past The one where people drive up just to visit me.

  

  friends from high school marching band decided to come up to the Boston area for the weekend. Well, if I'd known they were coming, I would have ... head down to the North End, where I met them at Mike's Pastry. Probably

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  Obligatory Swim Test Lore:  The MIT Swim Test was created in the ... around since then, and despite many non-swimmers’ grievances, the test will continue for the foreseeable future.  The idea of the test is that if you

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  the last several weeks of the semester, I was so relieved that I didn ... Computational Photography Final report I only took this class because the course ... autostitching, or automatically stitching together separate images of the same

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  are posted on the MIT events calendar), and they usually are are very impressive and inspiring and wonderful, etc. In the past few days, a few different events and people have collided, and the talk I attended brought a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  This semester I built a Tamagotchi: a 2000s toy where the user takes care of a virtual pet! My Tamagotchi, fondly named Tamako, was like the ... ="aligncenter" width="280"] this is what the original Tamagotchi toy looks like

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 that's .0093 more than 18.S097!

  

  For the second year in a row, I am teaching a class at MIT. A real, for-credit, in-the-catalog-of-classes class, at MIT. That I teach. On math. Let's back up a moment. The (Loose) History/Background In

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  wow and dazzle them on stage. This year was the first time that I had ... , but I was excited because the headliner was Shin Lim, a Boston ... on this later. Anyway, it just so happened that the banquet coincided

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  Below is one of the robots I built for 2.007, MIT's extremely popular introductory design and manufacturing class: For reference, here's the first "robot" I ever built, on the first day of 2.007: Before I took 2.007, I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  Francisco (hiding from the bitter Boston cold...hehe), after a long semester ... mega-sale, so it cost like $15 =p...by the way I'm such good friends with ... semester - and also, I've mastered the art of changing out of a suit in a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  In the past three months, my relationship to cooking has swerved from ... and dusted with cayenne pepper. The first time I slivered the crisp pink ... sleekly each succulent slice melted into pulpy, fibery bliss. The symphonic

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  A Run through Boston Having an adventure was easy. Carrying the camera around was the hard part.

  

  Recap: I survived the last week of February with hit points to spare ... Exam” on Friday morning, my challenger played the familiar “Long, Hideous ... card. Equipped with foresight and past experience, I pulled out the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 4, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  all. You can browse some of them here, on the financial aid website ... get an idea:   In fact, that's the source I used to find my job 3 years ago- but the website has thankfully undergone a dramatic improvement

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  I wrote this in pieces - from Cambridge to San Diego, the train from San Diego to Los Angeles, Flight 264 from LAX to Logan Airport, and the fraternity in Boston where I'm living for the summer - so I apologize if this

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  checking the IAP events schedule pretty regularly, but unfortunately, most of the events that I find interesting take place during my Italian class or work hours. But today I was finally able to attend one of the seminars I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The Music Man is my least favorite musical ever. The ... 's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas." Ahhh, New York City, winning the ... THE WHALE! Nice weekend. More later. Okay, more. So, for words

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006