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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  you are getting excited! CPW is overwhelmingly awesome), but take a look: This is what it used to take to get in to MIT-definitely a lot less work ... Years in the Stacks" blog, which is highlighting one book a day from their

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to take. 12.409: Hands-On Astronomy. It's a 6-unit P/D/F (your options are ... to find the Beehive Cluster using a map (that I read in red lamplight

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) to the 2020 MIT Protofrosh

  

  're probably nervous, which is normal. No one is certain they'll get in. That's a ... the admissions decision. That's a fact also. In the publishing industry ... , here is a list of Themed Online Distractors for MIT Decision Day: Pre

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home Away From Home Complete with Batman mask, kettle corn, and ticket stubs

  

  the Galaxy, my favorite series of all time. Last is a series of DVDs ... ) and a frisbee signed by the great Woodie Flowers! In front are a couple ... years in the making. The final "interesting" wall has a group of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  physics. Awesome, I picked a major that essentially is everything that I ... during sophomore year I'm noticing a trend in physics problems: they get harder. Check this out Junior Year of High School: This is a nice summary

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  Read Read Read Read Read Read Write Such is the life of a HASS major ... idea, there is a way to fail. There are readings that illuminate everyday subjects in an entirely new light. The question then is, “Why didn

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Dora the Explorer My long-lost twin has suspiciously wrinkly forearms.

  

  . ----------- Shocking observation: Sir Mix-A-Lot's song Baby Got Back is featured in ... , science, reading, and, yes, singing in the shower. Currently, she is trying ... ! Another factor I'll have to consider when selecting a class is whether they

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Concert / The View

  

  that non-concert goers may never understand is waiting. I wait in line, a ... 435th in line. But because Staples Center is so big, we were able to still snag a spot in the front row. Beach Bunny - Nov. 9, 2021 Arrival

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  compete at the 2018 US Championships. I came in with a nagging hip injury ... with my family, before leaving for the next leg in my trip -- a layover ... (the German equivalent of a high school) in Essen --  Leibniz Gymnasium

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Madonna is 48 years old. Seriously. Guys, I need a ... , and usually the entropy of activation required for that process is just ... during their Freshman year." That must make me a failure. Good thing I have

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  ZigZag 10 A new episode of MIT's video podcast, hosted by me. And there's mariachi.

  

  about their groups. Check it out! WARNING: The host (me) is wearing a ... valedictorian). Anyway, "White & Nerdy" is a parody of "Ridin'" (Ridin' Dirty ... contains a piece about the annual Freshman Photograph, the Kendall Square Bio

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  , who's in that other office, found a surprising picture of me under his ... hid in the biggest one, on top of the bed. Heroically maintaining a ... . The company is one of the big plusses of a summer research program. On

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part three) junior trinkets

  

  are parts 1 and 2 ! As we've described in the first two parts, we have a ... friend in it! 12) A Thanksgiving note from Katherine <3 13) Danny ... ’s Secret Senpai Gift Exchange! 18) A mug Allan won in a raffle at an

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  from? After a little academic archaeology, this is what I found. In an ... A few students pointed me towards this piece in the Wall Street ... fundamentally unfair. Selective college admissions is a zero sum game: every

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  . Every student in the MyMIT database is assigned an alumni interviewer, aka Educational Counselor (EC). The interview itself is usually conducted in your home town – or someplace close – in an informal setting like a coffee

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  friends are in a band at MIT that is affectionately known as Love and a ... . Other friends are involved in a capella groups on campus like the Cross ... you are in the area this weekend). All the art is his own and amazing

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / Events

  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners ... question. It was a bit weird to be sitting in the same room with the guy who ... - in person he's just a guy. Not the guy who revolutionized everything

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  :30 twice a week (for 24.900 - Intro to Linguistics - which is at 9:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays) after a term of never having to get up before ten is ... Things I have been doing since my last post: -Moving up a floor to a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Operabots with Personality Ahhhhh.....music to my ears

  

  his research in music and his involvement with Hyperscore which is a piece of software that will allow anyone to compose music. Tod is a ... opinion, this is a fact. Just as the sun rotates around the earth

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Open Thread: The Final Countdown a noble tradition of posting all day on the internet

  

  Charles in frustration over these EE bugs, this post is going to carry us ... a jerk. That is all. ... .org soon! As in: this Thursday, midmorning. Right now, we are finishing up

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2018