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• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  , this is a physics problem. And when there's an important physics problem ... : Well of course. Probably by spinning a ring. Prof. Fisher: Well, you can ... the record, setting a new mark of 51 seconds! This spring, you can see

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  been in a drought). Combined, heat and humidity are killer. But when you ... , a poncho, and an umbrella if there's the slightest chance of rain later in the day. Maybe that's a bit overboard, but the rain is something

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  is one of the best things you can do to prepare for college. Not only ... As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is ... to be different than everyone else to get into a good college. You

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  admissions blogger- you can never escpae your past. I figure my reputation is ... , it prints out a header page with your username on it so you can quickly ... people who thinks that Stata is the most hideous excuse for a building I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  hope you all can hear us. The idea is for everyone to take a break from ... everyone proud. Finally, since today is a snowy day, I wanted to leave you ... the heating time based on the water level and ensure that there is hot

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  light drizzle that preceded a good rain. There isn’t much that was ... . This is me now:   I woke up today, to a similarly pleasant scene. The sun is shining over the Boston skyline. The river moves with a gentleness

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  ramble on about, but there are things that I can't/won't put into a public ... you think. "I like what you're doing, keep it up" is a valid answer, as ... people involved. They can't. Similarly, I can't give you the true lowdown

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  admission, there is a bit of role reversal as a new decision date approaches ... , and for the most part is what happens. Some, however, really want a ... to apply again in a subsequent application cycle. There are cases when

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  : I have a new blog now. Here it is. and now, here are three thoughts ... to "where do you live?" for many of us during those four years would ... , our residential life culture is a rich component of being a student at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t Miss the Battle of the Bands Watch Ben Jones's band, Tremulant, perform with Marilee Jones at Battle of the Bands this…

  

  part about the refund is a lie, but the rest of it is all true.) There ... open at 7:30 PM, show starts at 8:00 PM Where: Lobdell Food Court, 2nd Floor of the Student Center Who: YOU! Battle of the Bands will be a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  out a standard. But ~apparently~ life is a freaking grey mess :( and you ... , everyone is a nErD!!1!!1! Being smart was no longer a distinguishing identity ... makes me angry because adults will be like yOu wOn'T cArE aBoUt tHis iN a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  to a video you posted last year about your room.  I can offer you some ... is a qualified lightly"]lightly[/annotation] annotated version of his ... -rise now; this is the vertically stacked grouping of entries A, B, C, D, E as

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  "I like how you say that with a smile on your face," my hallmate ... on time Tuesday morning, so I can't tell you about the tour of Boston ... . We realized just how dark a house without windows is under diffuse

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  -- I can go into his office and plop down on a chair and whine about my ... the automatic sense of community that you get when you walk into a room ... Name: Mollie Burgoon Hometown: Pickerington, Ohio (a two-horse town

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  you have a personal blog that you can use for we readers to be updated ... to organize everything properly so that my postdoc can do a few final ... . If you're googling my full name, could you please leave a comment

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  :') I went to [annotation note="there's a lot to be said here about PR ... Wednesday was the final boss of the trip. we did a "chinchorreo," which is ... my ears could handle it, I saw a bunch of people buy earplugs so they

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  from MIT; he is now a professor at Berkeley. If his surname sounds ... . He is one of the few people to win a Nobel prize in the sciences ... on Friday. What's a girl to do? So, here it is: It doesn't really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  success. You can go to a community college and still end up at the top of ... I thought it was really a good story, and maybe some of you would ... you'll get over it but you feel like you never will.[1] So if I can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Orthostatic Tolerance [by Ken Haggerty '11] It might not be such a bad idea to visit this…

  

  Mylar® for the piece above. As you can't see, the cube contains a hand-blown hollow glass replica of a human circulatory system. The reason you can ... Not Be Such a Bad Idea if I Never Went Home, is really one of the best

  • by ARTalk
  • June 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  : Gambling is good. Just kidding, for all the protofrosh out there, if you felt the same way I did, you can try this bet with a friend or a loved ... When I was once a high school senior drowning in college applications

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023