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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  "how is it possible to construct heavy objects out of things that don ... can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that there are dues to be paid, you must accumulate a certain number and type

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  too many windows for it to fit on any wall, so it ended up in the living ... My dorm, East Campus, is a space made to be shaped by the people ... whatever random topic came to mind, funny quotes taken out of context

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  to wait six months for it to come in). Like many of the members of the ... is green for the line of cars parallel to you, go! If the light is green for the line of cars perpendicular to you, don't! MIT does have an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  hometown of Portland, OR. To be honest, my first year at MIT, the heavy New ... Happy November! Two days ago, it snowed for the first time this fall ... to enjoy these various snow photos taken by MIT students

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  fun facts for the price of one)! ... being witty and down-to-earth. I am never afraid of talking about my loves ... love going to the ballet, eating famous Boston ice cream (such as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  to think that I'd never get home in time for Christmas (this happened ... Montreal, we got through cutsoms and had to wait for maybe four hours at the airport before our next flight. Joe and I stepped outside for a bit, just to

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  A “World Record Attempt” We can do it!

  

  to campus as a freshman, for almost more reasons than I can count. My ... . This entry is a shameless plug for an event that Keri inspired me to ... It's Thursday. On Monday I'm heading back to campus, along with

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  over her equations, only to be jolted back awake by the heavy beat of ... general things to chew on to keep me going for a good long while. I even ... along the streets back, conserving my energy. (I opened them to check for

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  that for another time.) One of the reasons I was drawn to MIT was for its ... drills, and everyone I talked to had done tons of robotics, and it felt ... ) are able to take some of the wood and reuse it for their own ends. When

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  time to unpack them anytime soon, so for now they remain an extra coffee ... tried to put any of that in my mouth. The evening made up for a ... my friend Daniel's jade plant, that he's had for 63.6% (to 3

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  time filled with tons of events that will help you get to know the ... experience. For the rest of you, REX is the perfect time to explore MIT's dorms ... for you [ed: in case you want to move via FYRE]. Most of all, REX is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Introduction to Astronomy Looking for Care of Magical Creatures, try 21H.909 ... to Weather Forecasting Looking for Ancient Runes, try 6.875J ... BOOK FOR NINE YEARS ... ZOMG Oh and if you think you're going to post a

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  shipping expense. Just bring enough stuff for a few days to hold you over ... for your usage, they seem to be easily procured if you know where to ... two for hanging up your heavy winter coat (if you don't have one, you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  ), so it made sense for my teacher to present it this way ... model for how the d-orbitals of a metal interact with molecules bonded to ... particularly valuable, for learning how to give feedback and how to take it. Each

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  was working on my thesis I put out a call for a UROP to help me collect ... research game for a long time. So has MIT. Just to name a few of the media ... $500,000 and a ton of faculty sponsors to actually do it) There's been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  GRT is willing to cook food for us on a regular basis, besides doing ... his homework in a leather briefcase and can run from Random Hall to ... named Sylvester and pretends to be Stephen Hawking on weekends

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  to a time no earlier than 2 PM. Unfortunately for me, that will ... ." So far, the voice is compelling enough for me to immediately get up ... able to avoid them for so long means that even I belong to that party. I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  . Flashback to 2004: a few weeks before high school started, I moved from Texas to California, and during a typical afternoon drive with my dad, we saw a house for sale. It was October and we were still living in an

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  waited for the bus from NYC to Boston in a cramped doorway whose grimy ... character-building stories are for bloggers who secretly want to be Charles ... ) can score an online reservation for Jean-Georges and expect to be served

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  application becomes complete, it goes to the staff to be read. For applications ... applications for most of the rest of the day, listening to my new music. Tomorrow ... (remember, we're professionals); newer readers might take 30-45 minutes to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005