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  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  turns out that, much like a gourmet pretzel, life is full of twists. On ... -prizeworthy than I imagined, but, also much like a gourmet pretzel, it grew into a ... adjective to describe the same adjective. That's how much it blew the mind

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  negative box power” and I have never felt so disturbed by math before. How ... instead of wasting it staring at my phone. It is a way to have peace in ... Monday, my first semester here is abruptly coming to an end. I have

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  ütz followed by free dim sum. Freedom is a wonderful thing. Unfortunately ... concerned. I mean, how could I blog about life with a roommate unless I had one? (A roommate, that is. Not a life.) Anyway, she came back later

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  some context: web.lab / 6.148 is a web development course offered ... time, and marvel at how this is the first time you’ve ever seen the green ... weeks of web.lab, even though obviously 5 minutes is still a pretty great

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  a PS/2 (waterproof) keyboard. (He's got a much more technical ... Today does a cool piece on Helen Greiner '89 SM '90, founder of i ... Dheera Venkatraman, a crafty MIT student, has just completed the latest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No one: Absolutely no one:

  

  trying to imitate. And yes, that is how you spell "reply." But at the same time, we remember writing this, having so much fun, and how much of a ... ...uh,  plaque thing. There isn’t much of a story behind this, expect that we were

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  . Lodish: "Biology IS History." (he was trying to tie in how biology is a chain of evolutionary events, just like history is a chronicle of past ... primary reason is that I enjoy the feeling of spontaneity in a day. I enjoy

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  year, I never practiced all that much. Maybe a class would catalyze my ... something and now your arm is twisting backwards at a concerning angle. I was ... pounds of me, were to get in a fight, the last thing I’d want is for it to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  anyway. As a result, the class is much more open-ended and student ... this week). However, what I do have as a senior is the freedom to choose ... 965 is in Python. Although Python may seem like a blasphemous choice for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  equations for physics. What's not easy is knowing how to manipulate them ... 's my opinion that if a student is struggling in a class and is putting ... . Sometimes it's not fun, but it is feasible. If you get a class that seems

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hacking Story poetry, guitars, a hardware hackathon, and the time-to-pee scheduling metric

  

  time-to-pee. What is time-to-pee? It's a metric I made up for gauging ... the number of classes is your time-to-pee. A time-to-pee close to 1 ... maturity, childhood, war, the inherent nature of humankind. Poetry is a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 26, 2014
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

  setting is a pretty amazing thing to have once the explosion that is Orientation hits. Also, I learned how to work a lathe, use a bandsaw at an angle ... department. And also, Justin Timberlake is a bad man. Any questions?

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  Listen: writing well is hard. It is hard for a lot of different ... to guess. Sometimes it is hard because you have a lot of stories ... tumble out of you, all stiff and angular like a box of bent pipes. But

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  Star Market, a much larger and more conventional grocery store. It was ... Boston skyline are just so beautiful. It’s surprising just how much of MIT ... MIT with just a suitcase, a duffel bag, and a backpack. To the left is a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  . How old are you? 32 003. What is the link to your website, blog, or ... . Drank alcohol? yes 032. Gone to a mall? no 033. Eaten a box of Oreos? no ... choose Random... 066. How much cash do you have on you? Approximately $37

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  stuff. I know 48 units is already a big commitment, but this could be ... first blogged about this back in my first year at MIT, so this is a perk ... venturing down to Symphony Hall seems like a bit much, MITSO, MIT's own

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  is a Brass Rat? Well, it's a ring that comes in gold, silver, or ... ring premiere and delivery is its own smol tradition, although much ... saw, that *some* of us were r e a l l y drunk. What all of this means is

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  Zoom call is just so much lower than that of a meal together or a weekend ... This is the second part of a two-part series about being an MIT ... . Now I feel like I've known her for much longer than just a few weeks

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  this section. Next, we have provided you with a simple text box. This is ... . I know that’s not a lot, but do your best to be concise. How do I ... "midyear grades." This is okay. You can ignore the text boxes and simply

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  .
   Next, we have provided you with a simple text box. This is the ... can ignore the text boxes and simply choose the option, "I attend a ... Hi Everyone, The MIT February Updates & Notes Form is now

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016