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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  constitutes the most interesting thing I'll be doing all summer, I will blog ... the light or kept it from being absorbed or from shining right through ... by being a blogger this year, it's that most of the incoming freshman

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  Now that CPW has come to a close, the Class of 2013 is starting to come together quickly. The national reply date of May 1 is rapidly ... enjoyed CPW as much as I did. It was great to meet many of you at the "Meet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties MIT alumni-hosted parties in your area.

  

  Beginning tomorrow (Saturday), MIT alumni from around the world will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of ... your MyMIT portal for the locations and times for these events, and for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Perfect Match? because the right CPW host can make a huge difference...

  

  will be hearing it a lot) and hosts. We ask the same questions of ... is where they wanted to be, others were less certain. Some may even ... . That is of course, until they had the opportunity to experience all

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  ; white is the sum of all the colors, and all colors can be described by ... " as another? You might be tempted to suggest that twice the amount of ... entered your eye. If this were true, the following statement would also be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poems Robert Creeley today.

  

  out to be my favorite class that term (the others were 8.04 8.044 18 ... will come a time, yes, when it's later, and when the game is up, and all ... the world is mocking you for your clumsiness, you will retain your

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  - trying to formulate some expectations about the city that I would be ... Spain and also the Spanish class I would be taking (!! Don't forget that ... classes since the first semester of senior year, and to be honest, my high

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  for the next four years without having to be (as) afraid of failure ... the luxury of being within walking distance of one of the world ... noticed how sometimes you can be so focused on taking the perfect photo that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  , a sort of climax emerged. I was on the path to being part of Nigeria ... any clear results; midterm results will strip you of the pride ... began the problem set. My mind churned out chaotic thoughts. I won’t be

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  , and edited. “We’re very sorry to inform you that we will not be running Spark this year.” or “We’re very sorry to inform you that we will not be ... tuesday night. it’s a phase three waltz, and i’m dancing as the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They’re not just regular artists… ...they're Artists in Residence.

  

  of the TATS CRU will be at MIT throughout the week, giving guest ... noted artists to campus to work with MIT students. The program is called ... than 40 years. Some of the previous Artists in Residence have included

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  On abnormality

  

  I was reading back over the last two entries and realized I may have ... biology research is one of the loves of my life). So I decided to devote this entry to a small subset of the ways in which I am either unique (if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Capstone courses, and it has to be the best class at MIT by a long shot. You ... milestone, which will be a technical review of our concept. What's our concept ... that will just run you absolutely ragged, and at around noon, I snapped

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  will be a public livestream on mit.edu to introduce her to the community ... -elect; her term will inaugurate with the New Year on January 1, 2023. You can ... , now you know why."]in the auditorium of the new Welcome Center

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  of who I am right now, the steadiness of who I used to be, and the ... thinking of all the new growth as a phase, something that will go away once I graduate. For all I know, some of it might. I definitely won't be the same

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  , to be curious again, and that has been lovely. TBD whether that will ... class, it’s the first time that the number of hours my classes are supposed to take is less than the actual number of units, although it’s a bit

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  One of the defining experiences of my 3 years in high school(we had a 7-9, 10-12 system) was being a member of FIRST(For Inspiration and ... monstrosity to compete in a game announced in the first weekend of January. Dean

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Noam Chomsky Talk in 26-100 i still have to send these pictures to amnesty

  

  means to be truly unbiased, and our responsibility in wearing the mark of ... your beliefs. Defend yourself against him, and your values will be ... , scintillating equipment in the physics lab. That'll probably be a separate entry

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Not an actual entry Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of parenthetical statements mood today.

  

  dropping it off the Green Building (it's supposed to be able to be dropped ... parenthetical statements mood today.* Although I'm back in Boston for the moment ... I took the red-eye from LAX to Boston -- the flight leaves LA at 9

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  back in east campus jiggity jig

  

  come back to somewhere that should be familiar but isn't. the game also ... i moved back to east campus last weekend, and to continue the kinda silly tradition, here is a picture of my old room. the move was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 13, 2021