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• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  will ever exist in the entire universe--but after three years of problem ... I got good grades and applied to top colleges just because it was the ... college admissions departments too! I know you're reading this! I have

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Inherent Asymmetry Around.

  

  physics this saturday. Few things I'm doing to prepare for it: sleeping < ... all the physics I learned freshman/sophomore year, starting a week ago ... should, considering their preparation. The physics GRE tests very shallow

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  replacement for the college level classes MIT expects out of a potential student ... for you. You want to go to college and be happy, even if that doesn ... college or over the summer; the MIT website (as you probably know) suggests

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Lightning Round six eminent faculty on educational technology innovations

  

  . Barton Zwiebach (Course 8 - Physics) talked about reshaping the ... Visualizing Japan: an online course jointly produced by Harvard University and ... platform. Prof. Miyagawa also asked the prominent University of Tokyo

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  university level...must educate, educate, educate! (Earth) can live without us ... , I booked it over to 6-120, the Physics department's primary lecture ... of the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota. He

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ‘Twas the Night before Finals Likely the highlight of my literary career. And some words of advice to EA.

  

  hoping for at least one 5 AM rest; And I with my physics, roommates with ... . “I’m going to fail physics!” I saw one frosh yell. “Is torque in or out ... after a bit, that commotion died down, And I went back to physics and

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi, I’m Lulu ...a different kind of blogger; I take pictures.

  

  art. I like science, too. 8.012 made me fall in love with physics. You ... took one more physics class I'd get a degree in physics as well. So ... this one extra physics class (in case you're wondering the class in

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  Experimental Study Group (ESG) offers instruction in the core first-year subjects of biology, chemistry, math, and physics through small, discussion-based classes designed for students who are interested in taking an active role in
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  to cap the amount of physical space a number can take up. and just like ... called 0x10c, blurb: In a parallel universe where the space race never ... to wake up to a universe on the brink of extinction, with all remote

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  overwhelmed. You OX-ed the physics final and straight-up didn’t do the last ... firehose. Are you even good enough for college in general? Or are you just ... spent watching YouTube instead of preparing for your physics exam, all of

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  it interesting. With an abundance of physical demonstrations and weekly ... Course 8(Physics) and who has since changed from 6-2(EECS) to 6-3(CS) to 6 ... finding centroids. While it was mathier than what we had done in Physics

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  have fun! With this reality in mind, I went to Princeton University with ... ,000. It is the fourth oldest university, chartered in 1746, compared to MIT's founding in 1861. Though both universities share a similar profile in terms

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  understand how the physical space of a dorm impacts one's social life. This is ... means a negative aspect. Building Structure What physical structures best ... community without any physical manifestation of it. However, students who view

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  friends generally seem more settled into college life, as people tend to be ... to[annotation note="work as a teaching assistant for the class Physics ... basically knew nothing about college by this point and exclusively visited the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  times as physically possible – 0% complete. Okay, I SWEAR I'm going to do ... feels like applying to college all over again. I do hope that this will be ... one of many reasons it’s one of the best colleges out there. However, to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  failed Calculus 2? A freshman in college isn’t working at a Dow 30 company during the summer? A college student isn’t taking an absurd amount of ... experience, I was predisposed to fail Physics. That’s what it felt like. So

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  study for math, although I never mastered studying for physics.  Physics ... area and many students from other colleges like Wellesley and Brandeis and Olin college came along! After Birthright, a bunch of us stayed in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  semester, what my interests are, what I want to do after college. I talked ... plan", and walked on. You're always told that in college, teachers aren ... , MIT physics department. And thank you, MIT Physics Department physicists

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  like every single college tour ever created. I did learn by observation ... then she walked with me to 6-120, where a Physics class was in progress ... , I was straight-up enamored with 8.012, the afore-praised Physics

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  college student mentor for Team 97, and she invited me to the Manchester ... . You may have moved onto cooler things as a college student, but oh to be ... , you have clearly never seen me in front of a physics problem. And you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006