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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  you want, learn what you want- it's 4 years of your life and your ... really good at physics. (And cheerleading.) That digression aside, of ... Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  emphasis on the preservation of democracy through civics and the humanities ... , on the function and qualities of imaginative and creative leadership ... While reading Whitney Zhang's article in the Tech on the history of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  Jackman on MSNBC about "the physics of Van Helsing" where he said something ... film for a grand total of about three minutes, and he coincidentally had ... American History, colonists at Charleston did better by stealing the tea and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  Following up on JKim's entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT ... two years at MIT, and drawing upon suggestions and ideas of the entire

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  at Mike's Pastry. Mike's Pastry is one of many bakeries and cafes in ... In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted to do before I graduate and one was to get through this list

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  This will default to miscellaneous Finishing this blog entry was my biggest accomplishment today

  

  , without the routine of classes and classmates and well-defined goals. Without the people and the place that have become a home for me. Well there ... not be in charge of my own destiny #5: LOL. my gums are showing and I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  through each and every one of my actions over and over and over again. I ... days - and not my usual ten minutes - of moping, I've finally decided to ... all of them. I've picked up so many random but interesting deets on

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  surprising fact. If you pick any pair of original vectors, like red and blue ... reversed on the right. There’s also the same number of swaps, and they both ... What is a zonotope? Get a sheet of paper and draw some vectors in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

   from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our ... once in a while and catch my breath, and re-immerse myself in the awe of ... 't have any pics saved on my phone. I finally got those pics to her

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  amount of people have told me is really helpful, and I plan on turning it ... resources at MIT Medical and on campus to get the help students may need ... issues on campus. We brought up some really good points, and the number one

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Doonesbury Conclusion Official Doonesbury news.

  

  on the updated version of his hack site, "only keep one instance of the ... suggest any others use the same, with command lines such as...") and a curl ... , humorous, and convincing posts on our Blowback page, all making the case that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  can make your week fun to rid of all that anxiety! On Thanksgiving Eve ... rolling out the MIT bubble and into an alien world. For the few on hall, the prospect of four days of academic freedom exhilarated, and our evening

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Sweet Transvestite "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can only run like that when…

  

  , first of all, the T only runs until about 12:30, so without any way of ... mirror off of somebody's car on the way down. Still, he was determined to ... important. As the scarlet V of lipstick on her forehead symbolizes, Ruth was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Saturday, 12/17/22, 12:17 PM ET

  

  waiting all too well. It's easy to sink into a sea of anxiety and focus on ... gathered from the title of this post. To check your decision on the 17th ... hard. And, no matter what happens, there will be open threads on these

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 12, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship for future engineers Chance to win $2,000

  

  Are any of you high school seniors who are Massachusetts residents ... Engineers Scholarship. The application has been posted on the ASHRAE's Boston ... amount of $2000. The deadline is May 30, 2008. For more information: http

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

  classical physics. You have an object and you move it. The length of the path ... between the intitial position of the object and its final position is called ... sleep at night. And I don't get much out of it. One hour spent and very

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  and visualize pretty much whatever you want in 3D regardless of what you ... would look like using some pictures of the wall and created different 3D versions of the sign on top of the pictures to see what people thought

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  how to draw dotted lines on chalkboards, mit style dotted lines go brrrrr

  

  . And there is one really, really cool thing you can do on chalkboards ... chalkboards on one of his walls. (I talk about this more in the whiteboard post ... alter the angle, firmness of grip, where you hold the chalk, and even how

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  feeling that the weight of cancer was sitting on my back, and my back alone ... . As time goes on, it is no longer just a question of what you want to be ... devote the rest of my life to cancer research. As time went on after that

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  interviews and information sessions set up on campus. But undergrads don't have ... the Beaver was presiding over a platter of delicious chicken wings and ... been there twice before, just because I'm never on the 5th floor of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006