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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  means by "magnitude." In astronomy, we use the word "magnitude" to ... : That's a photograph of our little blue "pendant world," close by the moon and somewhere near the bigness of a star. There's no golden chain to be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  at the time, so i learned a lot - every time i wanted to visit a new ... district is confusing to navigate because a silly surveyor decided to align ... , so i will try to give a concise summary based on my understanding of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Mail Date: March 11 Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy stressful time.

  

  As you've probably read via the homepage, Friday, 3/11 is our goal. If that slips for any reason, I'll let you know. Less than a week until I get to shave... NICE Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  books, from a tiny copy of The Rubaiyat bound in leather, to a weathered e e cummings collection, to W. S. Merwin’s Shadows of Sirius found in a ... Alan sent out invites to join a summer poetry group — summertry, we

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  -9 was CPW, followed by my first real vacation in over a year. A whole week ... form by May 1 (postmark date) if you intend to enroll at MIT. How much ... us know that you wish to be considered for a blogging position. As most

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow Day? No Way! I'm totally counting down the days until the spring equinox.

  

  As you may have seen from Shannon's blog, everyone at MIT woke up to a rather snowy view outside. Here's what my fraternity looked like ... pretty good by then. :)   Happy Anti-Snow Day!

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  getting serious and deciding what to keep.  It also means unearthing things ... a laundry loop and get them back and continue the cycle.  So when I ... have to pack up your life from the past four years.  No more of this, "I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  application processes as a way for me to simply learn more about myself and get ... ! ~ Hamsika p.s. It might be a while before I get to blog again; I'm not ... didn't get in: I have a story for you! And hopefully, it'll make you feel

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  to see "Shopgirl," a movie based on a novella by Steve Martin. Claire ... kiss or sitting in silence outside of a movie theater on a date just to ... , which he proceeds to mail to her after doing a little Facebookesque

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  to be an admissions blogger read, Once, years ago, there was a Great ... day. Time and time again, a younger version of myself began to nod off over her equations, only to be jolted back awake by the heavy beat of

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW LiveBlogging Project A big experiment.

  

  's entries! I've decided to add to the CPW coverage by creating a CPW tumblr ... weekend, that'll be 500+ snapshots. Seems like a pretty cool way to live ... As you've likely read, Snively, Paul, and Bryan will be hosting a

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  LOLZ CATS In which he creates one of his own to explain his extended absence.

  

  'll get to your questions soon - although most of them are about missing materials, and Matt already did a great job of addressing that topic.) (Thanks to Christina for finding the picture for me.)

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  spend time in anther country. It’s difficult to justify spending a ... crammed in a semester’s worth of Spanish. It was by far the best language ... of cultural exposure. After class, we were free to get lunch at the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  Last Thursday, I went to “Food Truck 101: The Conference”, a 4-hour ... . To be honest, the food tastes a little too "healthy" for me, but plenty ... science department! We listened to presentations on "How to Invent Food on a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Ranking Every Class I Took at MIT it's that time

  

  As the name implies, this is going to be a tier ranking of all thirty ... semester to do so. But this is a great class. Honestly one of the hardest ... for a bit and spend three hours really dedicating yourself to a crochet

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  Exhibit B. Exhibit B Then BAM!!!, like a kick to the face delivered by ... the workload. This is evidenced by our test subject, Jon, in Exhibit A: Exhibit A Jon is the one closest to you, sitting at his computer after

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  ? (By the way, here's a general rule to pronouncing MIT numbers: the ... listening to songs composed by Alexander Borodin. Borodin was a chemist by day and a musician by night who also happened to be good buddies with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  morning of the 17th, when it went live, I was on a plane to Denver with my ... cannon, but with a firing range. In order to do that, though, we needed a ... tip was to build a compressed air potato cannon, so that we could

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet ... is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT ... connect. Crafting a class is similar - we go into painstaking detail to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  So today we're going to take a little trip to 3-370 for some Measurement and Instrumentation. Basically, this is a lab class where we learn ... have a 40 page paper to write, but such is life. The class is also an

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006