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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  _n, where T_n > 5 minutes from now. A week or so ago, Becky from somewhere ... experience? Is there anything about physics UROPs that make them different? Are ... . UROPs are more common during IAP and Summer, but plenty of people (like me

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Eating Disorder Awareness Week – The Secret I Kept by julia p. '24

  

  grade overall was good for me, as I found a new place where I felt ... all of my classes, I had an internship where I was able to work ... class picture like a “normal” person. There are days that are worse than

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  : There are four types of math major at MIT—pure math, general math, applied ... subject of this blog post. It’s important to note that there are significant ... about my pure math classes. The requirements are: one differential

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  graduation, Riess chose to attend MIT, where he majored in Physics (Course 8 ... to graduate school at Harvard, where he received his Ph.D. in 1996 in ... ? Probably it will end in ice, if we are to believe this year's Nobel Laureates

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in New York! where chicken and rice is so good.

  

  EPIC, but was also a sweet finish to a hectic junior year where I took ... City, where I live in an apartment in the Lower East Side. Every night, I ... -minute bus ride from my apartment, where I work on developing a novel medical

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 27, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AFROTC = stress, and why that’s okay Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps: "what do you do every week?"

  

  365 have 1-2 hours of class every week, where we learn about the Air ... , which is where we really get to practice our skills. LLAB is run by the ... where we met up with the AFROTC detachment from UMass Lowell. Hanscom

  • by ROTC
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  their heads and say, 'Where did you get him from?'" M.I.T Coach Larry ... ., where he drew recruiting attention from Division II universities and a ... are off-the-charts smart," he said. But he compensates by putting in as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  ? Where are my classes? Should I go to office hours today? What the hell ... facets of identity. There are so many nuances of friendships, academics ... story is not unique. Many of my friends at MIT are also on a similar

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  freshman-upperclassman relationships are strictly forbidden until November 1 ... upperclassman and far past the bad decisions made in my freshman year,  these ... , freshman fall is a disaster. most people leave their parents' house and are

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  the dorms[/caption] A few days later, I decided to buy pre-made red ... to lunch, and then glassblowing, where I was sniped by Jeremy in all my

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  mechanics is just a very elaborate inside joke that physicists made up a ... Engineering Laboratory). 6.2410 is a lab-based class where we build physical

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  logistics, tickets, and whatnot. We could have made the email a basic FAQ type ... Disorientation. It's a tradition for seniors to return to the place where they went

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  made. i asked my therapist if we could switch to weekly sessions for the ... -aware sort of person, where i tend to know exactly what’s wrong with me. but

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  think I wrote some quality pieces. Some of them made their way here ... I actually believe this. Most days, I love MIT. Even on the days where

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  ! recently i’ve been thinking about where i was/what i was doing exactly a year ... , and reading it made me tear up. our community being split up is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  down, hoping that my life will unfold like a romantic drama where a ... love. But I know that I’ve shared moments with people that have made me

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  where the whole sophomore class dresses up in everything from onesies to ... , check out my personal blog for a sewing post about how I made my dress

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  need to decide which classes to take and where that will lead me. That in ... decision. Rather, looking back and having that matrix warrants why I made the

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  as it was supposed to be, which made matters worse. While I was there I ... skulking asked a polite teenager if anyone remembered where her spot was. You

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  decision you’ve made/ You’ve put a stamp of approval on every part of the ... wheel - feel in control and accountable for where you go. Even if you

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011