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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  means by "magnitude." In astronomy, we use the word "magnitude" to ... and somewhere near the bigness of a star. There's no golden chain to be ... astronomy. Here's another one (context: Satan is traveling to Heaven) "Down

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar ... friends and I decided to travel to Iceland!! This was my first time ever ... ! We planned out an itinerary, booked a hotel, found places to eat, and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  drowning. If drowning seems plausible, an individual can opt to take an ... plausible, not because you didn't know how to swim but because your ankle was ... hobbling around on crutches, and didn't get to take the swim test with your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  surreal moments that have happened while I've been here. *** Cut to the ... shops and randomly decided to eat at a fancy restaurant (Brasserie Liberte ... , "Just books?" As much as I wanted to impulsively blurt something sarcastic

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  if she waves to every passerby, or just the ones she is curious about ... Today, I woke up and walked to Trader Joe's. The elevator was taking a particularly long time, so I opted to walk down eight flights of

  • by Ella T. '25
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  and whether anyone has died from exposure to radio waves*. I show them a ... finishing touches on my PowerPoint slides. I love walking back to campus, and ... latter are a little stressed out. They are all wide-eyed as they try to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  . The marker points to the location of the MIT Club of Central Ohio Summer ... to be as awesome as planned? What would happen next? Next, I met MIT friends in Central Ohio. Calm upperclassmen who taught me how to pronounce

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  This blog post was written by a winner my entry for #BlogstonCommons

  

  [annotation note="Sharp calculated that the initial wave of molasses could ... 500 words first, which was the goal, but I was also trying so hard to ... [annotation note="According to Wikipedia, 21 people were killed and 150 people

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  calculate the future value of money. Then I scooted to the locker room and ate ... comes to mind might be math competitions, chess matches, or some form of ... ."]NCAA[/annotation]National Championships, the NCAA Woman of the Year (which is given to the top female

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To Defeat the Huns ...as Hamsika said, there's major business to get down to this semester.

  

  forwards to. Lots of equations, calculations, math-like things. Not to ... .013 – Introductory Biology (a GIR class) I’m ALWAYS excited to take biology, but that ... the course. I think this has something to do with the science education

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  Way's magnetic field. I managed to get much better precision than the ... . Small field. I took breaks from the poster to wander around, look at ... colloquium on a field totally unrelated to my project, and sat timidly on a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Snowy Birthday Party the #IAParty2011 is just beginning

  

  birthday celebration. Alumni and community from all over are making trips to Cambridge to see and remember all the great things that have come out of our ... months now to gather all the history and artifacts they can muster to make

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  to now give you a virtual field trip of sorts - into my dorm: Mc ... Thanks to the carefree nature of my elementary and middle school years, I have experienced a fair share of field trips, including a couple

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  was important. So there! I went through waves of vertigo. I went to the ... exotic to a city girl) his aunt took me to a fashion show, organized by one ... decided to have some fun with it: she got together a bunch of the residents

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  field, and not just lots of breadth.) 3) It's time to explore my major in ... our data to calculate the mean life of muons at rest; basically, after ... four semesters left. 2) I have to declare my concentration (every MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  every year. Unfortunately, we’re very limited to how many students we can ... in your first year of college, the earliest you can apply to transfer to MIT is during your second term of study. Students who at the time
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of ... 't shake The feeling I might make A difference To the human race ... the musical then transitions to a song entitled "It Sucks To Be Me" so let

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  , whose field of research involves detection of gravitational waves and the ... MIT Student Center who happen to read this blog and remember that one ... , however, accurately reflect the views of the author. Much to my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  introduction to physics@mit. This entry has been a while coming. I started ... : To say that I've been busy would be pretty false. I've been doing next to nothing. The IAP tide has crept ashore and I've been simply floating

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  Students who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed more ... college part-time, you should calculate your full-time term equivalency in order to estimate your eligibility. Keep in mind that eligibility will be