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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  fun in the fall and I’m grateful for the stress relief you provided. The ... freshman anymore, so while most of my fellow freshmen will be on the ABC/no record grading system, I get the pleasure of being acquainted with

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  The media has been buzzing about the Fundamental Physics Prize: nine ... our understanding of the universe.  One of those winners is an MIT professor, and the inventor of The Inflationary Theory Of Cosmology, which is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  named. Some people call it hell week, but I've found that even in the short span of two semesters, the term starts to lose its meaning. It ... ask Fodor? Has anybody ever read any of Fodor's stuff?) The way I see

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  On my first day at MIT, I fell flat on my back in the Student Center ... was about to start playing Ultimate Frisbee. The teams stretched, casually tossed a disc around, then lined up at our respective ends of the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  in the sun for the last two days, and when I got on it to ride to work this morning the grip literally melted to my bike gloves. 2) Vacations. Since we don't get much free time during the winter (or fall, or spring

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  over the last week. I have so much to say and so much to remember, but I just wanted to capture this feeling for now before I fill in the details ... through the city at the latest we'd ever been out here - we've been making a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  from the dorm, I knew a full Pre-Thanksgiving week of MIT won’t be pretty. It was pretty ugly. Checkout the iCal for this past week. [Calculus ... , Physics Quiz, CLASSES!!!] For the moment, I have no profound thesis for a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  and the arm of my coat ripped three-quarters of the way off. I always ... for why in the time it has taken me to write this new blog entry I have grown and shaved full-length two beards, and that reason is called the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  ?) Besides the plenitude of classrooms, some of Building 4's most enjoyable ... , proximity to the Infinite Corridor, and - most relevant to this blog entry - easy access to the Undergraduate Math Office in 2-108. Why is the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  MIT, being at the forefront of a lot of things, is a very neat place ... there is high voltage on the other sides of those signs, right? That ... open this door you will likely receive a shock to the palm of your hand

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  fact, today was the first time I've been back in my dorm for more than ... 've really been home that I'm on the verge of emailing housing and telling them ... -run volunteer ambulance service that provides basic life support to the MIT campus

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are, the louder the complaining. Sometimes they complain about the cold, sometimes about the yankees, about their radiators not working, or the sink

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  stressful situation like this: fight or flight. The alternative is to combine the two: fight (by studying hard for two weeks), then flight (home for the holidays!) Many students will come back to MIT around January 7 for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  over the last week reading blogs, blogs, and more blogs. No exaggeration: you guys are amazing. Every year when the call for new bloggers goes out, I am reminded of both the breadth and the depth of MIT students and of

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  's entry -- this is a challenging time for the MIT admissions office, and ... the class 21L.702 Studies in Fiction: "James Joyce and the Legacy of Modernism." Joyce's Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man were

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  to Medical! One drawback to the program, however, is that you don ... at the Registration Day meeting and Continuing Education sessions (like ... Mental Health Services) and the like, but it's not like when a sick

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  Well, today was my last day of class as an undergrad. Technically the ... , just a test review led by the TAs. I don't believe in test reviews (I think I've attended a grand total of one since the end of my freshman year

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Kelly Clarkson is the first artist to have five top ten singles from the same album (courtesy Mitra). You all left a lot of lovely ... Syndrome. I love the way Frau Jaeger raises her eyebrow and the weird scarves

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  I've noticed, in my travels around the country and the internet, that people are really interested in the experience of female students at MIT. I was asked several times at my grad school interviews how the environment

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  Marjorie, will be leaving for South Asia at the end of this school year. Which means that we will have to find a new housemaster. The new ... housemasters, Student Life staff, two GRTs, and two residents of the dorm. We

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005