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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  officially a "Medievalist"; he is versed in Old English, Latin, Old French, Old ... "special": this is a chance to read Medieval texts - significant, milestone ... so far: "Ye knowe ek that in forme of speche is chaunge Withinne a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  squirrel--isn’t it cute? how does it survive? why is it scared? Pluck a blade ... admissions (and life) is stupidly simple: work hard and be happy. How you ... I'm in the process of writing a post about my own summer, but in the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  ,388 ft). It is an active volcano and a well-known symbol of Japan that is ... season, and there is a line to the summit past the 8th or 9th station - but ... therefore pretty much climbed the damn thing myself. Oh, and its sunrise is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  what the class is about, which is a bit concerning given that my first ... HASS classes this semester, 21W.762 and 21L.430.  21W.762 is a poetry ... is a quick update on my life.  I am still a Medlink and I am still an

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  /No Record is a great time to do this – to adopt the “I want to be busy, but ... ’m learning how to reserve a room, how to publicize, and basically how to run an ... . Unfortunately, this means that prioritizing is necessary; there are a zillion

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  , mirrored last year in a paralyzing way. And maybe this is a sign that I'm too ... I know is exhausted. So I'm going to talk a little bit about ... floor. A recurring problem: too much food. 6) I can't stop looking at

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  hardware system from scratch is really really hard. it took a lot of scratch ... ". emilie du châtelet was a french physicist and philosopher who is generally ... food. i found a cookie recipe over the weekend that's really working for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  (a devout math major who watches Jeopardy, not that this is relevant ... : How do you know adding mayonnaise won't help the taste of say, a lettuce ... temperature in Kelvin (on accident), took a partial derivative, tossed up a pan

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Public MIT panel on the science behind vaccines, and ending the evolving pandemic

  

  such a threat to humanity * How vaccines are designed * What the new ... A few days ago, President Reif emailed the MIT community to announce a webinar on the science of vaccines, and the role they will play in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 4, 2021
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  let MIT use a forklift to remove it. This is one of those cases when ... was rather impressive. How did hackers manage to get a 600 pound ... Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  . What they can do is impose a fine on *not* consuming the good, but still ... them.) An example of a negative externality is antibiotic resistance ... So in my previous entry, I talked about how the Medlinks were

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  extraordinary and everyday beauty the city in fall is my city

  

  say is honestly pretty reasonably-sized for a grocery store). As I left ... with, Lorde is playing in your ears, and a light breeze urges you onwards ... I got up a little early this morning thanks to the time change and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 4, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat the heat in the Z Center Pictures of the MIT gym

  

  a big area called the Rockwell Cage: This list is by no means ... This morning I went for a miserably hot run along a busy road by my ... Center. A few of you were curious about the facilities, so I thought I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  is now much easier with the advent of threaded comments ... a long, philosophcal answer are not ideal for this format.  Otherwise, ask away! Let me give you a brief update from campus...  The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  ... fortuitous signage come back soon! One of my colleagues had a much ... Chris M. scooped me, but I just couldn't let a visit from the MV-22 ... is by far the coolest toy in the inventory. So when I heard we were

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  title, this has something to do with twitter. It is in fact a historic day for me, much like the day I bought my Mac, after being vehemently ... that aren't worthy of a full blog post (like, for instance, announcing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Weekend in New York [by Davie Rolnick '11, Guest Blogger] Art Scholars go to see Wagner at the Met!

  

  Cycle. It is the tiddler of the bunch, lasting but a single act and being only two and a half hours long. But the opera is self-standing and ... it on loop while writing long math papers... It is effectively a

  • by ARTalk
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  college process for most high school students. How important is your GC ... be seen as flaky. How do you avoid being seen as a flake? Again - do ... application, less is not always more. Create a working, professional

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  or 40 years. It is more likely that you will have a bunch of different ... ! - Summertime is a great time to visit colleges. You can go to information ... then venture further out. Visiting colleges over the summer is a smart

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  " - sophomore Gabriel Blanchet is taking a semester off to hike 2,179 miles. USA ... childhood was a festival of notes. I'd wake up to a note on my bedside reminding me to brush my teeth; on the bathroom mirror a note would remind me

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011