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• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  ="I watched physics presentations and travelled to a debate tournament ... college applications. Despite the temporal distance, the prose and the ... -to-last year of college, and hopefully, by then, I'll have a little better idea

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  message to all friends and relatives of current college seniors: We hate it ... more disturbing things I've experienced. My AP Physics class shared a ... the period before AP Physics, and the materials left in the classroom

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  school. I'm taking 8.01 (Physics), 5.111 (Principles of Chemical Science ... for college when I took most of them (much like I have no idea what I ... for calculus, chemistry, biology, or physics. You may be tempted to say

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  Boston University, because Boston College is so far. If he's wondering, I ... situated at the midpoint between Boston University and MIT, and just as I ... to. I tell him I go to Boston College. I do that when I'm feeling a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  colleges. Teams from Suffolk University, Wellesley College, Boston University ... , Bach, Vivaldi, or Mozart, meet your new best friend: the BSO College Card ... have its students get some culture, the College Card is free with your

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  (and advocate for universal acceptance of) the “pset” standard, unless I ... singular, objective answers, such as Physics, Math, Biology, or Chemistry ... assigned psets. This semester, only 8.02 (Physics II) and 18.06 (Linear

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT campus lost power! Updates from a blacked-out physics colloquium.

  

  halls) for the weekly Physics department colloquium. The speaker is a guy ... physics classes and become exposed to new mathematical techniques and ideas ... universality. According to Anonymous Fourth Guy, "young people are terrified of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  made me realize how much of the physical world (pretty much all of it ... incoming frosh who want to do real physics, take 8.022). That being said ... ’m considering taking 8.286 (The Early Universe) on listener status. The class is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  To the rising seniors beginning to think about their college essays - hello, fellow kids. Are you as stuck on what to write your college essays ... college essays, and maybe you’re right, but I really like writing! College

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  the university she planned to attend. She thanked me and said she hoped ... college and life - and you have it in spades" -- really stuck with me ... happened, and I wanted to thank you again. I did end up attending [college

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  of voters that exist here, with more than 50 colleges and universities ... , and that change has to start somewhere. Having spent my time in college ... city with this country’s first and most well-known university, I can

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  . Welcome to REX. One of the first things you learn when you get to college is that there’s a pretty universal handful of questions that all ... , anyway. Since I made my college choice partially because I wanted to go to

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  where you’ll be attending college. In reality, that is such a small part ... college apps. Mentally, I had long since left high school behind and my ... college. I focused on my academics and used my free time productively

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  gone straight to college. Therefore, the question wasn’t really what I was going to do; rather, it was where I would attend college. As my ... , I realized that I didn’t want to worry. I didn’t want to go to college

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  they come and go, finishing up my physics pset. When I'm done, I print the pset out at the stud, walk over to the undergrad physics lounge on ... 2020"]staple it,[/annotation] then hand it in to a real, physical mailbox

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  MIT has A LOT of graduation requirements. Most colleges have some ... , physics, and calculus (these classes are known as the General Institute ... -Variable Calculus. If you score a 5 on both Physics C tests, you can get out of 8

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  colleges (comparatively to the amount we did into MIT) until we applied to ... finished applying to colleges, we tried being as calm as possible about all ... -messy-maze that is applying to college), it was that we didn’t give into our initial

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  responses comprised of more than just saying that 8.012 is Physics for Physics ... 're already forming "what if..." questions about AP Credit, college courses, making it through freshman year with no previous experience in physics, and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  of fake blood and medicine bottles on string lights. I chatted with a ... , someone else called me to help wrestle for fake money. I came to help and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Xanga Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part one.

  

  school. 23. I love taking pictures. 24. I enjoy girls who are fake. 25. I ... New Year's. 49. I am wearing a fake gold ring. 50. I love my friends

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 7, 2006