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  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  -enviable genetic makeup is devoid of lottery-winner DNA, and (3) I've heard that it ... turns out that, much like a gourmet pretzel, life is full of twists. On ... audience that I have ever seen in 10-250, one of MIT's biggest lecture halls

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  again. In summary, here is a concise blurb of what I have to say to you ... that in mind, I would like to impart some advice regarding the ... challenge. Yes, I’ve had plenty of fun in high school, but when I picked a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  landscape. Look! Rita is a sloth! There’s no doubt that we are firmly ... remember is how to lace up my skates and how to fall. I’m probably an expert ... this strange new place home. I feel lucky to be living in a place where

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  existed in a constant state of "how should I be spending my time?". Working ... For the past year and a half I lived in Cambridge, worked full ... .[/annotation] I'll write about that experience more in depth in another blog, but

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  Institute of Harvard and MIT, he's got a hand in most of the things that are ... technology and techniques needed to do that work. But Lander is not one of ... Technology in 1990, Greiner founded iRobot with a classmate, Colin Angle, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  sense, collaborate with each other, in the sense that a novel is only ... moment I was about to take a flash photo. (Woah, that was close.) 7 ... against." (If I am doing a bad job at making this sound interesting, the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Nerd movie update

  

  bit nervous going in, I thought the film did quite a good job; I enjoyed ... author of Hitchhiker's Guide, spoke at MIT while I was still a student in ... hacks, I'd be doing you a great disservice if I didn't close this entry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 24, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  media. I thought of doing it on Bojack Horseman, a show that absolutely ... ourselves, which I think is very, very rare in a classroom setting. This ... world around me and see things in a perspective I've never really

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  is a freshman in college; I am old"]brother's high school graduation ... and I used to share a middle name, and now that is our shared last name ... 2021. I'm a student at MIT studying aerospace engineering. I live in

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  lectures. I am unsure of whether videotaping is common, but my classes in ... lecturer was British   That’s all there is to it! I enjoy this class ... PSA: This is a really cool guest post by my friend Katherine W. '17

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  major in a field that is not innately techical, such as Comparative Media ... . ------------------------------------- Visali wrote, "Can you explain why MIT is very selective? I know that it ... highschool and I'm starting my senior year on August 28th. How tough is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  latter, which is a [annotation note="my two roommates and i danced to My ... enjoyed how much effort we put into our events. I truly feel that our events ... In the past few weeks, I've been pretty busy with [annotation note

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  's worthy of a blog entry, even if I'm 2 years late in posting it. Yesterday ... is a huge project that encourages dozens of MIT students to teach ... blogged about, unfortunately in the same entry in which I posted a really

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s been 3 weeks the firehose is still alive and kicking

  

  weeks—that is to say, I’ve been floating around in the bubble built around ... meaning of midterm is fatally lost on MIT). There’s a lot that happens, and ... had to take place, one that resulted in a poem that waxed philosophical

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Boston, through the lens of my children Visiting Boston at 37 years of age was ...

  

  currently is, and I'm not totally sure how I feel about that yet. BUT WAIT ... new perspective. The first thing I discovered is that the T is just a ... this road in order to take the train, is that ok?" "Yes." So this is how

  • by Snively '11
  • October 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  the first floor with a window facing. I wonder if there is a chance that ... ? Also, I'm not sure if three is a huge hole in my floorboards somewhere or ... : ----------------------------- Construction in Back Alley Next to Bexley Dorm Hello, I'm wondering how long

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  though I will likely have very little to do with structural engineering in ... In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  flowers of fire and light making art with printed circuit boards!

  

  I'm using. Here we also specify how each component is connected to ... components that I was planning to use, but alas no. I can't find a suitable ... ="90841" image2="90844" image3="90837" /] A flower that lights up is cool, but a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  for me, this means that I have a ton of data analysis to do. Basically ... allowance" to incoming students, I decided to apply that money to a new laptop ... -year-old brother, and I am the happy owner of a shiny new Sony Vaio! My new Vaio is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  . In other words, if we feel that a mid-year report is needed to make a ... /she got all A's senior year" - that app would never have made it that far in ... Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006