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• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  wedding ring on his desk, trying to see for how long he can get it to spin ... !), the YouTube video is broken up into two parts below. Check it out, and ... airing without the benefit of writers, due to the strike (soon to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  a pretty good sign -- it means the department is excited about your ... . And it's all free, from the airfare to the hotel to the sunset walk on ... know about is biology admissions -- I'm currently asking around to see if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Business As Usual

  

  Virginia's scenic New River. And now it's starting to get cold here in ... it is occasionally a problem. One guy is drilling holes in a glass ... It's been business as usual for me here at MIT, following the routine

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  edges out the US and UK for "most stereotypical bear." Nevertheless, it is ... event. One other thing that you can see in Berlin is two ... bear. We're right in between the United Kingdom bear, who appears to be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Hawk Flies High Spontaneous jazz improv at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  night. At first I attributed it to the loudspeakers that blast rock and ... composition?" "If you want to call it that, man, I'm just blowing!" When he ... out who this guy is. As he sat down to expertly roll a loose

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  , girls, or gender non-conforming, it is always a privilege to meet ... listened to. Stories like these both encourage and dishearten me. It’s ... 0.005% dramatically boosted its number of women returning to work

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  joking - this is my father we're talking about. (Hi, Dad.) I drove back to ... nonblogging is apparently reason for you to yell at me. Please don't. Every post I tried to start sounded really, really boring ("So... I'm at home, it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  why I was there. It's cliche to say that I came back to push my limits ... experiences to shape my interests and goals? It was around this time that I ... felt like writing this story because it's easier to get the full picture

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive

  

  of Burton Conner. REX, which was from August 29 to September 1st, is ... about our history and traditions is crucial to sustaining the culture we ... since we don't have our own space to host things anymore. this is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  my blog job), and cheerleading, it is rarely possible for me to have ... emailed back saying that it is "mature and thoughtful... I wouldn't change a ... be possible for me to have four free hours per day. This is a pretty

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  . note: Yes, he is a boy. And he is a boy who gets to hang out with ... physics behind a new radio telescope array that is to be built in the radio ... the left. And it's super-sexy. Alas, I had to crop it out. As for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  .  It was a great opportunity to see some wonderful speakers, connect with ... -dominated field. It was also a chance to get a selfie with CTO of the United States ... and programming team led to some interesting situations), it was quite

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  hand, is getting slapped around by the fire gods as if it was nothing ... knows more about this than I do, but the gist of it is that Simmons has ... look taller than it actually is. Students have realized that the windows

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  works. It takes another three pages to derive the social demand curve ... is no help, and I am not compensating others for this. If I had to pay ... providing free flu shots in the student center. WELL it turns out my suitemate

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  lines, it's refreshing for others to embrace and impart a message that is ... worth it to be in the presence of so many bright and thoughtful people on ... share in the experience. But now that I think about it, it seems hard to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Notes on Cancer rate my handwriting

  

  can get to [annotation note="now that tumblr is effectively dead, are we ... .[/annotation] That's such a cool sentence to type out. In the past, I've had issues ... an exam. This semester, I'm going to experiment with rewriting my notes

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Who’s that girl in uniform?

  

  the stairs (since it actually is possible to be a complete klutz and a ... in my life, because out of everything I do, it means the most to my ... C/3C Rachel Williams ‘12 My name is Rachel Williams, and I work

  • by ROTC
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  The ‘Game’ Supporting inter-collegiate relations.

  

  to Yale.) And WAIT! This really is not just a rivalry of two schools ... So last week, I made a trek out to the school down the street for The ... I had the chance to go to the game. We started off by visiting the

  • by Bryan
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  's just what everyone does." The bottom line here is that it is okay to slow ... when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... that it wasn't a disaster, but rather an indication that he might want to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  CPW is over. The May 3 reply date is quickly approaching. What to do ... , we're happy to help. One resource we're providing this year is an ... sure about whether or not to attend MIT, please let us know your decision

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010