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  Short Thoughts Girlhood, editing, iPhone notes.

  

  I've spent the better part of a day trying to blog about my semester, but I can't think of a pithy way to put everything together, so I wrote this instead. There's frankly not too much to say because I've been

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  idea, there is a way to fail. There are readings that illuminate ... to?” This semester, I am taking two philosophy classes, though ... discussed, disproven, or altered. Then to be discussed, disproven, or altered

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  All Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action MIT Admissions announces a policy change allowing international students access to either Early or Regular…

  

  I wanted to let you know of a change in the admissions process for ... , including undocumented students) could not apply to MIT during the Early Action (EA) admissions round. We are pleased to announce that, beginning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  to activities like skydiving or a Red Sox game, and the rest of us ... to see this year's full event listing. I only had two final exams this ... the Arts Scholars to see The Tempest at the American Repertory Theater

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  like it's going to explode more so than in my avatar. I graduated a year ago, so perhaps you might be curious as to how different life is for me ... entire blog post without periodically saving it (I like to live on the edge

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  No Touching one plane, two planes, red plane, Corn Dog

  

  paraded their airplane into the hangar, it was common to overhear good ... , and compliments about everything from the landing gear design to the paint job. Sometimes people get enthusiastic and want to touch each others

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  .033, Relativity. Relativity is a great class to teach, if you enjoy designing ... amusing excerpts with you. Enjoy! (The point of the problem was to show ... linearly at relativistic speeds.) (Again, the problem was to prove

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  educational and rehabilitative game designed to help developmentally disabled ... , bouncing off ceilings and onto the stage. Needless to say, I was excited ... time constraint. It had to tie in somehow to the class theme for the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  my eyes (ears?) were opened to the glory of musical theatre. It’s second nature now to check local theatres, in this case Broadway in Boston ... of trying to get student rush tickets for Wicked (the untold story of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  Yesterday I met with Ta-Nehisi Coates to talk about writing. I ... this much. This week, to my academic detriment, I'm proof that energy ... to go be a writer! I'm going to write my essay right NOW!" So I went

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  As Matt wrote earlier, today was SpringFest 2013!  Or, to put it in ... awesome violinist (Rebecca Zeller) who had to switch bows after each song ... mean the memories of the seniors I was talking to.  Since I'm a freshman

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT honors Officer Sean Collier (photoblog) photos from today's memorial service

  

  turned out by the thousands today for a memorial service to honor fallen ... memorial service found other ways to pay their respects: Rest in peace ... Memorial Fund, which will support a Collier Medal to be awarded to people who

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to ... observing: sketching, assembling a telescope, using a telescope and a map to ... up on the roof (using a telescope to find Comet Pan-STARRS as the sun

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Poetry we do that.

  

  to work hard and play hard, and helping out with Terrascope. And ... , but we’re not obligated to make it fit the theme so long as we ... . You’d think it's an insane amount of time to be doing this, but it’s not

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  life update to catch you all up to speed.   Hair   If I had to name one aspect of myself that has changed the most in the last year, it has to be the volume of hair on my head. Although I always

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  around finals time, MIT had an invasion... Well as I walked to lab last ... another one! So I thought to myself, "What are these strange creations?!?" Baffled by these little men, I tracked down my friend Steven '15 (my go-to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Pics or it didn’t happen? It happened!

  

  in our stories. The contestants, from top to bottom, left to ... , "From Generation to Generation" // Bruno Faviero, "Vision" // Bruna Moscol ... ; It was incredible to hear how 15 different MIT students interpreted the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

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

  

  From May 9th to May 13th (a Friday, naturally), MIT students endured ... short span of two semesters, the term starts to lose its meaning. It's like calling everything and everyone a flurg - you start to wonder what

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  feeling stressed out right now. You can use the comments below to blow off ... application of course, or what you want to do with your life, and so forth - but ... to: 2) keep it civil - in tone, in subject matter, etc. we're all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  .) So last week, I decided to make up for it by...doing a 9.00 essay? How, uh, relaxing. And now, to punctuate the beginning of this week, I've got a 5.12 p-set, an 8.02 p-set, and a 9.00 test - all to be taken or to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011