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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  the Virgo galaxy cluster, of which the Milky Way is a member. We, of ... exactly what happened in the first moments of the universe. And word on the ... kicked by 8.05 (Quantum II) which sent me on a downward spiral of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! from post-blizzard New Jersey.

  

  “Snowpocalypse of (dec.) 2010" hit. New Jersey was smack dab in the middle of it. Where I live, we got 2 feet of snow overnight. The blizzard crippled ... , Good luck to those finishing regular decision apps! And Happy New Year

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 31, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  from The Other Side of college: one on where I live, one on what I do on ... SHELF of Isaac Asimov books at home) I went on a science fiction binge. I ... Prose," which was a birthday gift from a new German friend. Reading it on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  psets all night it becomes much too easy to skip meals and rely on fast ... I was having a chat with my friend Matt O. '15 when we both agreed on a few aspects of taking care of yourself we wish we had learned two

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  run on new hardware. TRANSFORM is this beast: https ... heard of it, and a good amount of people in the video raise their hands ... I chose to stay on-campus this summer because I knew that if I went

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  ’t randomly hit up someone on my floor to go get boba. Plus, many of my closest ... undergraduate experience was cut short by COVID-19, and this was a good way to ... research or industry experience on top of an advanced degree if you

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  of my extended family lives in India, so being raised in Nashua, New ... . on some days, Flora seemed normal, which made the thought of what was ... image of her in my brain. we laid her on her side, and if it weren't for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  light in his room is on. You're scared of knocking, though. He's an MIT ... huge contingent of MIT students tutor, both here on campus (for our ... . We teach classes on topics of our choice to middle and high school

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  in there. HOWEVER, this is a good way of understanding what's actually ... , blue to yellow, etc*. This seemed to depend on the shade of the original ... logarithmic (log) scale, which is a fancy way of saying that "twice the amount

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving

  

  of my friends are plugging their ways towards their PhDs, have crazy ... everything going on anymore.  A new dorm has opened since I've left, new classes have been created, there are new regulations etc and I'm not as good

  • by Snively '11
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  was a good day. Meta-comments: 1. Jessie and Ben commented on my host ... in my entry and is one of my good friends. Yeah, Molly --> Mollie ... (Note of warning: this entry may be short, because I seriously

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  it's a good way for me to try a new field. Full discloser: I am very ... track of time. I flew back home to Pennsylvania for the first time on ... a single thought of psets on my mind. I didn't anticipate the end of

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  wanted to keep it going. On the morning of the activities midway, maybe ... . On one level, I still enjoy being a member of hall and participating in ... summer i hit my ceiling of the amount of things i can work on at once that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo Goes Camping An adventure to the top of a mountain and a little cabin in the woods

  

  ever joining the group on an adventure through the woods of New Hampshire ... hiking in the snow. My car on the way to the cabin consisted of Duncan T ... Tetazoo. Last spring, I joined Tetazoo on an adventure to Rumney, New

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  say the L-word on this blog?), I won't deny that some small part of me ... was also one of the best. Earlier today, one of my good friends asked ... our tempers and egos to get the better of us. But one way or another, we

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  reschedule exams (like my exam on Friday potentially), the Dean of Student Life ... Several weeks ago a kid, a sophomore on my floor, contracted a strand of influenza that was tested to be neither A or B. Flu season hasn

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  on Monday about the importance of small farms 4. Brigitte Madrian ... few weeks ago on the ways form logistics affect retirement savings Read on for more! 1. Professor James Poterba, the head of the Department of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  are really good for branching out later on into all kinds of fields ... get really good marks in Physics (Maj.) Depends on how smart you are ... not graduated or not graduated on time as a result of failing classes

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  I think FUN would be a good way to describe this weekend. THURSDAY ... Hsin, a restaurant on Mass. Ave which has some cheap eats and really good ... up on this week's episode of Beauty and the Geek. SATURDAY Saturday

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  other night after a long day of travel and lugging. Good to be back, but I ... in Cambridge, a new land of activity and opportunity, all the while ... the same principle of a resident versus a tourist. If you live in New

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006