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• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  the way where I have to cross a side street, or switch sides of the road ... Bridge:     When I bike back home in the afternoon, I have ... ; Usually, I'm biking home in the sweet spot of post-rush hour and pre

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  mean? These are the questions that I ask myself about 20 miles in. I can ... reason that I should be awake right now. In less than 3 hours, I am ... , New Hampshire, all to finally walk 34 miles back to where I started. I

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  , you can see the article here. Basically, what I gathered from the ... in lab watching the hours go by until I get an interesting data point ... paper-hungry but not with regards to money, but to how many journals I can

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  Saturday) in teams of four. It's a good deal: five evenings a week, I have a ... really special. Juan can speak four languages, and Davie sings in his room ... , where are you from? Ben: Ben was born an errant macaroni farmer in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  students in the middle, about three quarters of the applicants, were deferred to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  semester where I can breathe a bit more, and I've found that the #1 way ... should work where you're happy and productive. Personally, I've ... ?   "Greetings from Chile, where I am observing with the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

   "Emergency Morale Booster Night" and the content was: - Salut la maison! I hope ... resident Queen of Party, I've been getting the feeling that some of my party people are feeling a little down and/or exhausted at this point in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  "I got it on Reuse," people say, with the emphasis in the word falling on the re-. When I see the word elsewhere and say reuse in my head ... . I gave in. I now speak in numbers and nicknames and mailing lists

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  . Depending on your major, you may have covered more ground in one science
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  should read more poetry for class. - Where did I leave my bike? In senior ... and on. Poi has become a sort of meditation for me, where I can just let ... of two strings in cool patterns. I first got introduced to poi during

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  Square. I went to Chameleon back in January 2019, bundled up in a coat ... procedure and jewelry. Once at MIT, I did some research about where to get ... piercer named Owen. He allowed Priscilla and I to be in the piercing room

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  warm day in Boston today, I still had applications to read. However, I ... by Building 66 (where I spent much of my undergraduate life). I like ... 'll go bed after I put in just one more piece, I promise." It's not a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  as is my house back in California. I remember being gently startled the ... alleviate the dissonance in my mind every time I accidentally referred to MIT ... no home and no place and no thing that is perfect. I love MIT in the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  jebby moment"]its like drawing in MS paint,[/annotation] where you can ... of who I am then all the big philosophies I can compose in my head. And ... note="and i must clarify with the pain in my heart that i now also

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  you'll be happiest. 2.In one year, a lot will be different I can pretty ... around this time. I can hardly believe how much has changed in just one ... place, it's perfect for me, but I definitely understand how people can be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  of this was because I grew up on Macs, and so I've always thought in Mac. I can make a Windows machine go, and I can bumble around a *nix ... products, from my Macbook to my iPhone, are omnipresent in my life - Steve

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  I'd write about celebrating an American holiday in Britain. Although to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2.5 months already!" I've been more along the lines of "I can't believe it

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change?

  You may! Understanding the complex, long-term changes in our land, air, and water requires breakthroughs in measurement, modeling, and ... global environmental changes that arise as a result of human causes. In
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  aspects of MIT. Then I noticed something that I had missed in my post ... I got so much free stuff that I won’t need to buy shirts for another ... HackMIT. I found out about it back in August and wanted to sign up ever

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  working in admissions was nowhere on my radar. When I was in my senior year ... awareness of jobs in higher education, I applied to positions in admissions. MIT Admissions was at the top of my list of places where I wanted to

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018