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  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  concept. You've twisted my mind in ways I didn't know it could twist before ... equations and formulas that I learned in high school, but by making me apply ... problem suddenly makes sense.  And in those moments, I think I'm finally

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello world!

  

  Science), and probably more fields in the future. I've also taken more 18 (Math) classes than I need for my major, but saying that I dabble in the ... 'd like to go to grad school, but right now I'm not sure in exactly what

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  in college, I never took a visual arts class, despite looking through ... prickling in the back of my mind again. When I was in middle school, I wanted ... this summer, and I was in Cambridge. So I signed up for Alternative

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  "Dudamel - Open Rehearsal" and asked if I would be interested in attending ... in 2009. Yep. Definitely not a musical instrument. I got a little ... little timpani player. "He's the best timpani player I have ever seen in an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  my Astrophysics pset (I typed up answers in LaTeX.) So, I doubled back ... . I clicked my way to the PE site, saw that yoga was offered in the T ... before noon; I figured that even though classes start at ten past, it would

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  : Thursday, Thursday September 15, 2005. Keep in mind that there are three ... http://web.mit.edu/urop/students/mit/awards.html, for example last year I ... UROP students pursing research in the School of Science. It's pretty easy

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  🦆🦆🦆🏳️🏳️🏳️ 🦖🦖🦖 SIMMONS!!! RETREAT!!!

  

  , when I expected the retreat would still be going on. But a short email exchange later, I realized we actually would be back in time. I’ll fill out ... , October 14th at our Heads of House’s cabin in Concord, MA. As we drove, I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  More Updates from Cambridge It's CPW 24/7 here. We can't wait to see you.

  

  curricula in Course VI (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); I know ... registration, which can be a big pain. Notes for those driving in I've been living in Boston for 11 years now, and I don't own a car, and for good

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  people in MIT's legendary Course 16 program (Aero/Astro Department) would ... talking about in the morning, and I managed to catch a glimpse of it on my way to a 7.03 (genetics) exam in the morning. After the exam, I headed

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  the Lab back in June, but had no idea how it worked; at first, I didn ... I saw a tweet from MIT News late last week about how some researchers at MIT, centered at the Mediated Matter group in the Media Lab but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• 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 / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  three feet per second, and in last decade scientists have begun to understand how these little lizards can defy gravity. It turns out that gecko ... station. But Prof. Jeffrey Karp, an investigator in the Harvard-MIT Health

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  In a couple months, I’ll be back in Cambridge after 10 years of ... amount of time spent in CAD. I’m still hacking it out here in the world of ... internationally, which then enabled fun leisure travel. I’ve been able to keep in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  appear creepy. So as any self respecting artist would do, I sought to ... ="aligncenter" width="600"] a graphical representation[/caption] What I’ve noticed is ... part 2 of using my art powers for chaos. So how do you give someone the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  prefrosh. I’m curious to see how your view of me changes once I start talking ... two solutions. Here’s a huge hint, in black text on black background, so ... ;   кошка кошка + кошка собака   I’ve decided to try an

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  for my CMS.300 paper. In terms of how I found sources, I spent a lot of ... the hardest I've ever worked in a long, long time, but I'm really proud ... at how the role of the onlooker has changed over time in different

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  ? Everyone! Even those already accepted in Early Action.   When should I ... Midyear Report.   Got it. Ok, how do I fill this thing out? The ... the MYR is February 15th. How do I fill out the grades section?  

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  . Companies and universities are getting in on the game. I’m glad to know that ... Matt Damon? The actor? I thought MIT Commencement speakers were always famous alumni. How did he become this year's speaker? It sounds

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  Thomas the week before, and Ludacris is in town tonight) Last entry, I ... I'm a bit under the weather today, and I'm still working on the next ... , November 11. I saw Hot Hot Heat on a previous tour swing through Boston, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan ... the only remaining wookie. I must go now and weep gently. May my beard catch the tears that would otherwise run with the ink of your applications

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005