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• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  shown on PBS stations nationwide on Tuesday, October 11. The program ... 's own special theory of relativity. More information on the program is ... information on Einstein's life, the importance of the equation in today

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  How do I apply to the Women’s Technology Program?

  students to Mechanical Engineering (ME) through hands-on classes (taught by ... WTP is a women-focused program aimed at empowering students from groups that are historically underrepresented in engineering by providing a
• Blog / Classes

  Exam Cram a comic in which my friend tries to save me from chem

  

  Bonus: 3.091 (Solid-State Chemistry) class has a weekly meme contest. Because I'm a try hard and didn't know how to make proper memes, I drew a comic. The topic was on orbitals and hybridization. I really like it, so I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  pass that advice on in the posts to come. A visit to Boston to visit ... and tour, we encourage you to explore MIT a bit on your own, visiting ... It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  for the fall semester. i decided to do this for a lot of different ... will also talk about in a later post). right now, i just want to talk ... requirements. i did a [annotation note="everyone at MIT has to take two

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions Beginning To Arrive How are you guys doing?

  

  't seem to get anything done. I'm working on the big Q&A thread that I ... folks (1|2|3) and deferred folks (1|2|3). Still, I'd love to hear from you ... this job - so it's nice to know what you're feeling. Ben

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students

  

  Town and Rural Students) College Network, a collaborative effort of a select group of 16 colleges and universities, including MIT, dedicated to ... communities.  While the initiative is new, the concern for these students is not

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 4, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  education, to which there are a few common responses: 1) Not following up ... small talk mode. We don’t have to have a deep conversation about math, but ... on from there. It’s so interesting to hear people talk about why they

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

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  childhood memories... and decided to make a yo-yo based on the 1996 movie ... a mold. The warm plastic is then sucked down on top of the mold to ... hands-on environment. Plus I got to spend a semester hanging out with some

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  ...which may not be a big deal to most of you, but since I was on a ... we run to Jamaica Pond, which, as the route is also a team favorite, is ... and I had just woken up to go for a run, so at the time I pegged it as a

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  So I'm about to cook a turkey for the first time in my life, but before I foray out into the world of basting and boiling, I wanted to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to you all. And just remember had it been for

  • by Bryan
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  turn the dial to 88.1 hello caller, you're live on the air.

  

  . So last Thursday, one of my friends, Shaye, who has a radio show on WMBR, the MIT radio station, invited a few of us to go join him on the ... won season passes to Astroworld from a failing radio station back in my

  • by Bryan
  • August 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part three) junior trinkets

  

  went to see an Opera on this year’s New York Art Scholar’s Trip! This was ... event there was a dinner that spaces opened up for, and we volunteered to ... arcade I went to! 26) A snowman plushy our grandparents brought us when

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  Weighing the Pros/Cons I'm going to use a couple of initialisms here so that ... Row SSS- Super Special Seat (To be explained later, there is only 1 on ... leave seat / Beautiful View Have the air / window to sleep on

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  funk. A deep funk. It took me awhile to notice. A few long months ... always be a part of who you are it just takes on different forms some ... , but it is a lot to put into words at the moment—so I have chosen to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  calls it the Brass Rat). Basically, every class gets to choose a committee to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so ... apparently the class of 1999 was the first to have the Hacker's Map on the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX continued The rain killed my hawaiian outfit.

  

  So REX or Residence Exploration began on Sunday afternoon with a ... wheel - a lazy river - a bouncy ball drop Monday, I planned on ... -house rush is going on, and then tomorrow, freshmen will get to use me as free

  • by Bryan
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  . Whether you want to explore dorms, go to a fraternity party, sit in on ... much going on! Even if you're going to be a guest blogger, I'd recommend ... Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  Domingo and New Jersey, caused a literary sensation. Twenty ... ’s “New Faces of 1996” and has since garnered a PEN/Malamud Award for short ... using parts of our class discussion as research for a follow-up to his

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  on Orientation 2006 and the state of Orientation. More on that in a ... Last week was one of those weeks where I had either a test or ... made very difficult, but we can earn back up to half the points we lost

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006