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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  is a Strange Place, a lecture given by MIT Physics Professor and Nobel ... to get Frank Wilczek, as he is also a writer, poet and is known to tell ... "how is it possible to construct heavy objects out of things that don

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  how much I love/hate the current series of events, or praise ... secure a holding assignment while your application is reviewed). We will ... 're into yoga or training for a Spartan race, activity is key to managing

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  things that are golden, part 2 a zine carved out of pink erasers

  

  experience, messing up is pretty much guaranteed. On the other hand, a 24-pack ... fracturing a setting sky so much for stardust warm street lamps long bike ... rail has caused me so much anguish this summer, but i'll defend her until

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  fun?" I think this is a very interesting question to pursue. So one ... -nighters six out of seven nights a week. Here's what I say to that; yes, MIT is ... recitation. The 7 is a little bit more amorphous. Some problem sets are easier

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  Times story). A Pell Grant is a need-based scholarship provided by the ... was out of the office reading international applications, which is a ... much to add beyond what you've already read elsewhere, but I do want to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  project is to compose a movement of a string quartet, and it’s cool because ... opinions about how music “should” sound, you end up spending a large number ... turned out! having other people perform music you wrote is always a very

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  On Selection Day 8 (Thursday), I wore a skinny tie, and worked with Mari and Prof. Patrick Henry Winston. Winston is what we at MIT call a ... process. This is a good thing for you, one more way that we make sure there

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  Exploration, or REX for short, which is part of how housing is assigned. According to MIT's Dormitory Council: Residence Exploration, or REX, is a ... . For the rest of you, REX is a great opportunity to find out about the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  there is a line. A LONG line. Just to get to the Self Check-In counters ... flying China Airlines and we actually had lu rou fan!. Lu rou fan is a ... I fly a lot. Fact: aside from April and July, I’ve flown every month

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  . Or intelligent. Or determined. But it is just a crosswalk. And some ... changed. MIT is a school. Not a reactor. Not a speedway to prestige or ... closed my eyes for a moment and leaned my head back. I opened them again

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  going on. The idea of a shooting occurring on campus was impossible in my ... seemed very grim. Needless to say, I didn't sleep very much last night ... .Take some time today to reach out to people in your dorm. Check on how they

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is MIT a diverse community?

  At MIT diversity isn’t simply a word, it is an integral part of the MIT experience. MIT Admissions is committed to reaching students from all backgrounds. We know that while for some students getting into a
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  . While we're travelling, you can check this out: Everything is Illuminated ... . I think the trailer's actually a little encouraging... it ... , otherwise it'd be pretty much impossible to adapt to film. Stylistically, it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  these. But this retroactive brainstorming is a fruitless exercise, and I ... "] look how *aesthetic* it is[/caption] We were both pretty happy with how ... Joon is at coding, but it's cool to have complete agency over a project

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  property. For example: L = {(a, b, c) | a + b = c} is a language of ... +w reversed | w a string of symbols} is the language of palindromes etc ... have languages, we want to think about how, given a string, we would

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  episode is being advertised with the tag line, "Turn a Poker Dud Into a Five ... 's taught me to think from a technical perspective, and it's much easier to ... featured on an episode of TLC's A Makeover Story. Andrea Wong '88 is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  , eating fish and chips is sort of a requirement. Traditional English ... ; friends A commanding view of the Thames The new London Bridge is so ... city of London put it up for sale to make way for a new bridge. Oil and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cancer on my mind Wait, shouldn’t that be Carolina?

  

  really impresses me is the way MIT understands how a wonderful art exhibit ... Cancer is on my mind lately. I know how to have fun, huh? But maybe ... exhibit is a work of art per se, however, and actually the most striking

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  grants me a rare solitude in my suite kitchen. The counter is clear, all ... naturally wake up very early. I know, it's a nice "problem" to have ... a stressful rush to get to school on time for first period. Here, each

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  difference is to give you a portrayal of what a typical day is like in both ... lecture is thermo & kinetics (5.60). This's actually a really interesting ... some work done. Desk is such a great job--basically getting paid to do

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008