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• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  past and different pieces of drama and I've just never cared about any ... from our floor lounge to the homepage of the admissions website and got ... 's how it goes. Y'all don't care about what's going on in the life of a 30

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  I'M DONE WITH FALL CLASSES! and am now back home in London, doing ... speed of light, people falling into black holes, and people stretching out ... on one of our psets, which refers to "Professor Alan Guth," father of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  , on Fifth West, which is a wonderful hall filled with cats and friends ... that has rubbed off on me. I made a friend at Next House, and spent time ... start my second year here on 2E. I really like it here - mainly because of

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  , and mostly, by hacking on their robots. The students work in teams of ... all of a sudden it was Monday, the robot was due on Wednesday, and it ... official description of the class is: 6.270 is a hands-on, learn

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  . More than not there's some aspect of selfishness and self-validation to ... upperclassmen to exert on freshmen, and that because they've been there longer ... could rise above the tired old notion of coolness and likeability somehow

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  , what to expect of it, how i was failing at expecting and on the other hand, the deep, deep sadness of leaving everything behind. my home, my ... home for the longest time. in fact, i was fascinated and envious of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  family, and home, Trying to make sense of the mysterious workings of code ... and tried miserably to do it all, Getting new emails by the hundreds, on ... feat considering my veritable lack of skills. Hacked a few buildings and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... aiming for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our ... -- approximately 2.9% of applicants -- a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Ellie on the M.T.A. writing about the T, on the T

  

  and passing Charles/MGH, watching the MIT sailboats glide on the ... rave (it was really loud). On the last day of Orientation, all of the ... his pencil drawing of Jesus. At CPW, I missed my stop and ended up in

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  might be, are spending more and more of their precious childhood ... begin, in the interest of honesty and full disclosure, by telling you the ... life. It wasn't any of the fancy (really cool) summer programs I blogged

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  I just got this email, and I'm excited. Any recommendations on who ... Professor Virk teaches 10.301 and I hear he's a fan of Nelly ... professor out to a nice dinner on the town. And we'll pay for it. So, not

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Comments on A Boring Friday lItErArY aNaLySiS

  

  through the events of a Friday. The game starts at midnight and continues ... . Each choice is of equal significance, and there are many possible endings ... the passage, and an option that moves on: In the blog post choice

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  mimicked in a higher-pitched voice and some sort of everlasting smile. It was past three in the morning and I'd just returned home from Studio 7, a land of glue, x-acto knives, mounds of paper, pencil and pens

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  sitting down to write and constantly was on the verge of tears and anger ... Cormick, and of the remaining 40%, 25% said they explicitly didn’t know any ... name than what's on a roster has been so helpful and welcoming

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  quantum optics – think lasers, mirrors, and whatnot. Except instead of the $5 lasers and mirrors you can find on Amazon, we use the “Quantenkoffer ... process for us and dramatically speeds up experiments. Instead of placing

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 3: Koumon ou rele? Which is Haitian Creole for "What's your name?"

  

  poured down my face and into every crevice of my body. On top of that, the ... . Darryl and Marvin '10 are working on a project that uses pedal power to ... mechanic to discuss the feasibility of the idea and put the machine together

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  call the "Nance Effect" a home of sorts, thank you for your continued ... believe that I've only been at MIT since July of 2005 and this blog has only ... of learning and growing physically, mentally and emotionally. Most

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my ... out using data and careers information from the *French version* of the ... faculty and professors that we'd previously invited, and a generally good

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  students have lots of freedom and unique opportunities. Some students will do ... 'll travel 13.7 billion years back to explore the Big Bang itself and how state-of-the-art measurements are transforming our understanding of our cosmic origin and ultimate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  ), which before had annoyed me on plenty of occasions, and the podunk central ... having something to come home to at the end of the day and someone to ... reruns of The Office on Hulu was fun, but it wasn’t the same. Nothing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011