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• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  title wouldn't fit on the image below. Paper and pencil Antiquated, I ... .  Equations, diagrams, and graphs are no fun to try to reproduce on a laptop or ... depends on your needs, and I'm not looking to start a flamewar here.  I will

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  on one of our psets, which refers to "Professor Alan Guth," father of ... 's what I like to see on a problem set. :)

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  depends on how patient of a person you are, but I don’t think I’ve ever ... nine long months to birth with a lot of snarling and kicking around. On the day I finally arrived on Earth, my patience had fast vanished, which

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen

  

  and learn about resources on campus where they can build things themselves! I'd definitely share more details about the program on the blog

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 17, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  alumni that have lived on my hall, going all the way back to the MIT class ... pulled and that went on during their time here at MIT, and they inspired us ... on and on about stories of the origin of many of the most famous hacks

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  : under my keyboard, behind my monitor, on the side of my computer. Raphael ... hid in the biggest one, on top of the bed. Heroically maintaining a ... . The company is one of the big plusses of a summer research program. On

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to take. 12.409: Hands-On Astronomy. It's a 6-unit P/D/F (your options are ... up on the roof (using a telescope to find Comet Pan-STARRS as the sun

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  !  Presently, I’m sitting here on Saturday night (well I guess it’s Sunday morning now, daylight savings time is weird) on the 6th floor of the ... fraternity/sorority and don’t have big productions to put on for your

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  sketched up this guide on one of my flights after 4 hours of intense analysis. Or maybe 20 minutes of doodling on napkins, you can decide.   ... Row SSS- Super Special Seat (To be explained later, there is only 1 on

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  A couple weekends ago, the average age on campus suspiciously ... brother, Ryan (who insists on being called a pre-teen). There are very few ... videos. The folks on campus certainly did, as upwards of six people

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  school as part of a club you were in? Or one of those hands-on engineering ... put together, on steroids, enhanced with access to a network of former ... ’re getting trained in and feedback on. At least for me, I have trouble

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  first year at MIT has flown by and it's about time I update you guys on what's been going on.

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  shoutout on the blogs here - so thanks for everything, guys! You might also ... verdicts on felonies and misdemeanors. At least that's the impression that I ... sophomore arrived: ICE ICE BABY It all looked really nice on the night of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  circumstance, this would have been a mere blip on my daily radar of Shiny-Things-That-Distract-Me. But on this day, Chris not only had to give me hard time for not knowing ... don't know about the giant rocks on campus...), but he even had to go as

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  's last terms are comparatively lighter, with lots of time to focus on all ... 're a small group working collaboratively, our physical meetings on Tues ... Computer Science (EECS) department, 6.041 focuses on thinking about

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  tracer, on the other hand, builds upon a ray caster, but traces rays ... -level gist of it is pretty simple; on a low level, we had to build in tons of ... on it with actual, beautiful graphics engines that took organized

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  's already going long on the overall process. Early one morning, I saw a ... ; far be it from me to weigh in on it with empirical evidence. But what I ... 's hard to accept brilliance at face value when, well, sub-A level grades on

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Are you a high school student? Do you want to learn more about MIT or possible career paths? If so, read…

  

  the most active groups on campus. "We are pleased to invite all high ... and work on career development. The students will be able to network

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

    On Friday, I'd had it. I was coming off of one of those weeks ... finger as crowds amassed on the sidelines to see what the commotion was ... might have also seen this picture on Matt's entry: Wait a minute

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  Last Saturday, when I should be working on a model of a performance ... Hatch Shell on the Boston Esplanade - across the river from MIT. As soon as we got on the bridge towards Boston, I knew it was going to be a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011