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• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  to upperclassmen as a warning not to mack on the frosh, Newton's Third ... ' experiences with freshman fall lie on the scale of "it was a little rough to adjust to" to "it was a nuclear disaster", and anybody not on that scale is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  important than mentoring the students I teach." A relatively new name to me ... Corridor was abuzz with activity, people excited for the new year of classes ... , for some reason, chose to enroll in MIT's hardest physics class, dubbed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  tricks to getting yourself around the world on MIT's dime. Start: 0 mi ... another line on your résumé, a language immersion, and free travel and lodging to a foreign country of your choice. That sounds like a win

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  . (Definition of MIT, #129: The ability to Taylor expand your states of ... Today, I felt: angry and heartbroken. Because: the first question on my Special Relativity test required me to add (and subtract!) numbers

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  you will enjoy. He says, "Remember that you're under no obligation to ... 's time to look elsewhere." Outside of the lab, Vivek enjoys playing on the ... an ultrahigh vacuum. The microscope will now be used to image the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  that is so typical of life here at MIT, I hear piano chords playing on ... together in our chapter house on Beacon Street on the Boston side of the Charles river. In addition to excelling in his coursework, Joey happens to

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 9, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  that I went on a bike ride for fun, instead of just to get to class ... about getting used to moving on the broom and handling the ball with just one hand (since the other holds on to the broom). We used a volleyball

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  holidays. Over the last few days, we've been trying to catch up on all the ... ! Rats, foiled again! I also hope to catch up on blog questions as soon as ... Thanks to reader Timur, who sent the bloggers some "holiday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Sign of Things to Come If Paul Revere went to MIT, he'd say, "The psets are coming. The psets are…

  

  I guess summer is coming to a close. My schedule was posted on WebSIS. :-( [In all honesty, I'm actually really looking forward to this semester ... . 2.ThA - Undergraduate Thesis How to write your thesis 101 2.A35

  • by Bryan
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  on your list, or you wouldn't have applied to them. And in truth, you ... haven't been reading your folders, working on plans for the big event. At ... had five on my list, he nearly fainted...that meant he would need to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  frats and srats, where frats have seemingly boatloads of money to spend on ... much smaller) single on Boston side, meaning I'll have to walk across the ... new people, and I think this is the best way to jump right into it. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  your summers if you want to. These range from spending a couple weeks on ... Training.  During your sophomore year, you apply for a slot to go to Field ... available to cadets.  What’s your favorite part of ROTC?  Besides what I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  Boston on Friday night. We expected to hit a lot of traffic, considering ... those on the left, so a clever minivan driver decided to turn around and ... family went to my parents' friend's restaurant in Rhode Island. If you're

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  cooler to capitalize on the dual "E.Jones" thing instead of having "E ... questions. How To Respond To Your Offer Of Admission. I hear from the folks ... campus. I'll get to work on that next week, no problem. EC. Matt and I

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  general things to chew on to keep me going for a good long while. I even ... long night ahead of you." Great. The thing is, I know how to handle these ... to be an admissions blogger read, Once, years ago, there was a Great

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

  Your college application motivational soundtrack for January patience, young grasshoppers

  

  College apps are done! You did it! You'll probably never have to ... waiting. And we know - it's a ton of waiting. So to make the waiting ... ://open.spotify.com/playlist/4VAlYwWWb7kMKZL904QOLv?si=KqyWGhCITIKEXmsToGnK5w https

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  , we were still focusing on adjusting to and getting used to college life ... 't really on either of our minds. And we were lucky enough to be in a position ... , worked together to make an animated short, and worked a lot on our blogger

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  -track minds), had two exhibits to thrill the animal geek in me: a new baby ... Columbus Zoo. I managed to make my annual trip to the zoo last summer, but ... withheld dinner from me until I agreed to go to the movies. Being wily and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  new nature. I make skeletons that walk on the wind so they don't have to ... surviving the elements such as storm and water and eventually I want to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  As a way to tie up our visual arts discussions on the blogs, we want to write a final installment in our Visual Arts @ MIT series. In the ... ways, from Borderline to Art Club to Animation Group to Freshman Arts

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020