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  251 talks – avery a new podcast that comes out every week

  

  [annotation note="honestly, i'm definitely going to change this name. please ... the talks happen in my room, which is room 251. the general goal is to talk to lots of different people at MIT about their experiences here, and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to ... observing: sketching, assembling a telescope, using a telescope and a map to ... up on the roof (using a telescope to find Comet Pan-STARRS as the sun

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

  Meditation Mondays Achieving inner peace, just in time for my 14.05 pset

  

  attainment of inner peace necessary! Dress comfortably. I went to this meditation session tonight -- which I definitely needed after getting my French ... This was a fantastic session, short enough to appeal to beginners, but

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  maybe I need to start looking at the glass of science as half full. And ... around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them ... discoveries. They linked to two great articles, one from Wired Magazine and the

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 3

  

  Selection can be pretty mentally taxing, so luckily the days tend to be shorter (ending ~4pm) and we get breaks when we need them. During one of the breaks today, Stu, Amy, Mari and I headed over to the Student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 6, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Nothing is perfect… and it doesn’t matter a guest post by Tommy A. '21

  

  I rolled out of bed at 8:30am last Friday and raced to Pappalardo ... cuts and scratches littering my hands fueled my trek to campus. Today was the last chance I had to work on and impound my robot. It didn't work

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 6, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  me: I'm a rising sophomore planning to major in Mechanical Engineering ... just got back from my second visit to the beautiful town of Punta Cana in ... wind and trudging through the snow), I really needed a sunny vacation. I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  ;   You know what to do. Be yourself. Be good to others. Take care of your business, but try not to worry too much. Remember the difference ... 'll go is not who you'll be. Most of all, try to enjoy your senior year; it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Results from the Photo Scavenger Hunt On the bright side, there's alt-text!

  

  Much like the luminiferous aether theory, the Photo Scavenger Hunt ... --though if Schrodinger is to be believed, before posting the entry, I was ... to write an entry about my experience here at Los Alamos, but anything

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 27, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Glass Flowers A trip to Harvard to see the glass flowers (8 pictures)

  

  ?). Early this morning, some friends and I went to the Harvard Museum of Natural History We went mainly to see the Blaschka Glass Flowers ... (independently) were expecting glass flowers like at the Bellagio. Not so much

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  not even close to done packing. But, that's what tonight and tomorrow are for. I have to say, it's going fast. When I applied to MIT and got in, I always thought of MIT graduates as geniuses. These people went to

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer plans

  

  Switzerland to show you. Don't expect anything too soon, though - I'll need a ... even if there's no reason for me to get up, and usually get less, but ... tomorrow, it ends. Tomorrow, I get on a plane and fly to Newark, New Jersey

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dumb little poems and such emotional support procrastination

  

  the sky in fury wanting to do everything and nothing all at once.   ... material enough i can’t wait for the semester to end this course is too damn ... pretend   fight me if my past self could talk to me We thrash in

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 7, 2023
• Blog / Events

  A Faculty Dinner We invited our favorite faculty and staff to our hall for an awesome dinner!

  

  the GRT apartment. The Faculty  Once the faculty started to arrive, we had a greeter at the door to welcome them to our hall. Most of us ... ! And Chris Peterson was there!! I invited him to hang out with the crazy

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  Analysis of Algorithms) exam this past Thursday. Once it was over, my brain ... , post-6.046 exam. I know that before I came to MIT, my impression of the ... , several friends and I headed over to Harvard Square (about ten minutes away

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  reason why you shouldn't think about bringing a car to MIT! Once upon a ... town around exit 16 to buy soft ice cream and mountain dew from the ... for the day when he would not have to spent 2.5 hours [every day] of his

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Just a few notes -- that's all we have time for right now!

  

  email address) and I'll get the information to you. It should be fun and ... 'm sorry to say that I don't have any announcements about a decision date yet. As always, I promise to let you know as soon as I can -- hopefully soon

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  registration desk until a little after 8PM, went to the Prefrosh Welcome Event in ... news is that this has been an ideal place to see people as they arrive on campus. It's been great to meet people in person after corresponding with

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  and everything else needed to work remotely and collaboratively to ... I'm writing today to remind our applicants that we do not give any kind of preferential "bump" to students who apply to MIT during Early

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  something silly, something weightless, i want my laugh to echo and ... consolation, so here are some poems that i like to go back to every now and then ... . light pollution should have taught me that hope demands hurt to be seen

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025