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• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  . -A wave on a rope is a wave. -A wave in a pipe is a wave. -A wave on a transmission line is a wave. -A wave in vacuum is a wave. -A wave is also called ... in contact with the ground. ² Since a is roughly 20,000 g, the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  , we had a 0-45 min wait time for our bus depending on how ready ... probably 6:30 or 6:31 pm. We logged in. Our letters wouldn't load for a dreadfully long time. Here is a gif portraying the eternal and existential

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  just like good noms. There's a few eateries in the Cambridge/Boston that ... , I was fixing for a crepe late last week and strolled in to Sebastians ... icing on a cake. It looked nothing short of inviting. (Had I known how

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  drinking age is 21. It was a culture shock. How would a bunch of 18- and 19 ... , took a trip to Cape Cod, ate our weight in free food and got to raid one ... homeland. The reason for the commentary is a proposal to clamp down on binge

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  Hi! this is going to be a sorta long blog so here’s a tldr: I went to Italy to do some light research and travelling, stayed in a castle ... .   castle “so anyway, we’re staying in a castle—” wild cheering

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• FAQ / Transfer

  How much does the transfer application cost?

  The transfer application costs $75. Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the ... -blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won’t have any impact on your chances of
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  -goers. Faneuil Hall is also beauitful in the winter, with lights, music, and a ... ) Faneuil Hall is both a reminder of Boston’s glorious revolutionary past and ... -renowned performers, and sometimes, you can watch four at a time in various locations

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  yet. GI JOE A free gift from the HASBRO building at Toy Fair. $25 ... love a class so much at the same time? 18.02 Book Wait, I took ... at MIT. Planner MIT gives all the freshmen a planner. This is mine

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  do justice to how otherwordly it is. For a day, I was a princess ... concert! Beautiful harp concert.  Turns out that King Richard is a ... between-MIT-semesters life, the free time commodity. Here's how I spent it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  't recognize you. And that is why you should have a beard at MIT. On the first ... order them on Amazon. I decided that it was either time to invest in a beard trimmer (to reap the benefits of free super saver shipping) or to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  was—not-thinking about MIT decisions, much like how a child does not think about the marshmallow in front of her, or how you’re not thinking ... dangling some brightly colored yarn in front of a hyper cat. I know it helped

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  in. The cup on the right is a perfectly fine clear cup. Its main issue ... didn't blow out as much as I thought. The result is a very thick and small vase -- you can see how much glass is left at the bottom of it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  year here, I joined a business club because I was interested in ... there, and I realized that if I actually pursued a career in this ... nobody in 18.032. Due to a mandatory recitation for another class, I would

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  Patterns is the name of the curriculum that is being taught in all of these ... be used to maximize happiness, called Gale-Shapley. Here is a picture ... was able to communicate with the girls and get around in the city in a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  living space. Perfume cards – This one is a bit weird, but it is a free ... priority in housing preferences."]having a single[/annotation] has been great ... -smelling room is either: a room lacking any perceptible scent, or a room

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  lounge how much free time they have in the average weekday. Mark '07 ... be possible for me to have four free hours per day. This is a pretty ... is a baseball player, so he has several hours of free time per day

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  good idea to live in a quad because I'd get to meet three other people ... . Here we are, Baker 411, in December 2003. (You'll note I had a mustache. What a bad idea.) Living in Baker availed me the opportunity to be in

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  . At least every once in a while.) My hair is now an alluring, yet quasi ... that parents have a much easier time leaving their children in MIT dorms ... A note about the title: when I was little, my mother (who is a 5th

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  . Last season was intended to be my last. But a last-minute injury in the ... wasn't how I wanted to end my career. I took a long break away from the ... familiar in a place where everything was new and different. Skating was a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  (seriously, 41 kbps? WTF.) for five and a half days. This is probably the longest I've gone without real internet in a very long time -- when I went ... be cutting it a bit close. Hee. 2. Chris asked how I spent my summers

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006