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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  early to check the website and see if any MIT folks won. I have to be honest: I was bummed yesterday when Prof. Alan Guth '68 was again shut out for the Nobel in Physics; his work on the inflationary universe is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  design, as well as the addition of Athena, but I would have liked it to say ... thought. If I'm misinterpreting the situation, leave a comment. In any case ... brass plated in the MIT Lab for Metallurgy. Just kidding! ('ll be here all

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  Boston.) Last January, I took a Spanish conversation class in Madrid with ... ’s gotten pretty large, so I’m putting it in its own category. Through this ... will be doing this IAP--January Scholars in France! I learned about JSF

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i’m doing typing in a comfort style for a change

  

  about the work i had to do - i was too busy thinking about how painful this was and how i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. missing out on ... it done in time, but that left me no time to give a good go at 6.006. i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  next 17 years, I would basically be pulling things from <a href="http ... /www/oldmb/history.html">here</a> and rearranging the words in an attempt to avoid blatant plagiarism. I ... the amazing Bill '07. He's on the left in this picture. I'm next on the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  detail like I usually do in my blog entries; rather, I'll just discuss the ... and I decided that not hiking would be a great idea. Yet, this day, more ... 's all a state of mind. Read on and find out how I spent the second day of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  in session and i have...an assortment of feelings. i guess my last post ... with pessimism either. i took physics c mechanics in high school and did ... glance. oh, how i was so wrong. i worked with my friend aiden who is also

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  front of the Senior House dormitory Now, I'm in New Jersey for the ... learning community in which you will be encouraged to explore how these core ... vision in our teaching, research, and operations; and how you can become

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  22, I went to see My Little Pony: the Movie in theatres at 10:30pm on a Friday night. I was one of two people in the audience. In my defense, I saw it so I could tell my 7-year old sister about it. Also in my defense

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  make some decisions? I'm going to ask you to go the following website and ... admit two, deny two and waitlist one. I've participated in this exercise ... the video clip, remember those factors that I touched upon earlier in

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  all day to tell me, because she knew I was involved in FIRST in high ... spectacularly. Like last night, we lost 1-0 in double overtime on the road and didn't get back to campus until quarter til 11. I mean, come on. Anyway

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  capabilities. If you're new to how MIT shows off your grades, then I should tell ... washing machines and ridiculous gyroscopes in 8.01, I felt pretty certain ... that this time around, the problems I'd have to solve would involve

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Enigma Gold Star Winners! Don, tell them what they've won...

  

  To follow up on this entry... Thanks for playing Engima Wrapped In A Riddle! Don, tell them what they've won. Wow! I am impressed by how many ... you are interested in seeing more of John Kostick's handiwork, please

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  to say goodbye to MIT in the way I would’ve liked. I finished my master ... , or the day before? When I think about endings, I think about how, in ... programming languages. I live in Seattle now, where I work on power management

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  head down, marching on highlights of spring semester

  

  lose skill in this case but I will be out of practice. It would feel like ... in the middle of the day. I was fleshing out ideas I would use again ... . I’m listening to SJ Tucker on my headphones that only play in the left

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 21, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  ." As for your questions, ask them below in the comments.  I'll ... I can't believe I've been blogging as an admissions officer at MIT for 9 years.  Over that time, I've periodically opened

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  weeks. I find that it really comes and goes in cycles, and this year it ... mostly incoherent emails. I will have been in several meetings, broken a ... thing or two I've picked up on how to deal with these weeks. One might

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  could have a contest, how much cultural enrichment can you get for free in ... buys food (Which is what you need in order to live. You’ll find that ... dinner in Boston but mostly I’m a TechCash guy. I wonder if that has

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  like you in that kind of way ;)” vibe. In my mind I would not be happier ... of the core aspects that caused me to work hard in high school. I would ... , looked it dead in its pale, white, papery face and said, “I will defeat you

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  campus. ACF or Asian Christian Fellowship, how I ended up in that club as ... what's going on both in my life and in MIT at general! (and one day I ... what my first year here was like. In the video I skipped explaining a few

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016