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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  . Let's take a look around 54-100. Shiny and state of the art. I did a ... 't take MY word for it. Read on. It's 12 units like most classes here and it meets 2-3:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays for lecture and some time on

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  weekend. “Being hosed” is an MIT phrase meaning “having too much to do and ... long for just one Saturday morning without a race on their mind and a ... do both AND watch an episode of “Glee” just blows my mind. Did I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  reintroduce myself and talk about life post MIT at MIT. I graduated June 8 and ... my research and being able to continue looking at unanswered questions ... learning how to cook and clean and all of the other skills required of

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  ‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

  

  Hi, everyone! The soccer season has just wrapped up, and I wanted to ... and compete for a spot in the [annotation note="National Collegiate ... 's and Men's Athletic Conference"] NEWMAC[/annotation], we won 10 games and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  supposed to be a priority, somewhere up there with getting good grades and ... morning, and strolls through rows of dark offices. And there are the "crust ... action and fun, certain things along the way make you think. It seems like

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  Dora '11, course 8 and Ancient and Medieval Studies double major at MIT ... is 1120 A.D., and the fates of four empires hang in the balance as the ... of Greece, Napoleon of France, and Frederick the Great of Germany, had

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  In just a few hours, you'll know whether or not you have the option of spending four years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Yes, that's right. In just a few hours, a simple flick of a cursor, a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  your own internal state, and I keep noticing in various unrelated ... The other day I was talking to someone new, and he asked me what year I was. I said junior, and he said, “ah, yeah, that’s usually when

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  wow. I'm Joe, and I don't really know where to start this post. I ... 'm still in a state of shock (so try to forgive me if this post is all over ... whole seemed so abstract and so distant that I basically thought it would

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  Signing in from sunny foggy and snowy and icy and rainy Greenbelt ... ) before second semester start in February. And I'm alone. No classmates down ... . (side note: my condolences to all those left high and dry when the IAP

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  graduation; and once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. The ... representing events from their first two years at MIT, and drawing upon suggestions and ideas of the entire class, RingComm designs the ring over a six

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  really fun to dive into; and I'm a frosh on [annotation note ="pass ... have a focus on writing and speaking, and we've got to take one each year."]CI-H[/annotation] class. I've really enjoyed it. I never got to take Greek and Roman history

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  ? Now that I'm here, and I have an entire set of shelves dedicated to skeins of yarn and unfinished crochet projects, I can say that I ... , appealing is subjective and ultimately depends on the values of the maker and

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  fire pits, grazing water buffalo and men hauling logs. Occasionally, a group of American college students come along and play ultimate Frisbee ... had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  university, and I obtained these twenty two computers the other day; if I ... that grease, dust, and oil be added to that list, at least for those of ... and Hobbes? Hmph. Guess I'll just have to reference the comic strip

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  ! Based on a comment I got yesterday, there are still people working... and ... entry. Given the locations of our cuts, I would say that thekeri and I are ... second day of classes and I have now had every class in my schedule at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  early to check the website and see if any MIT folks won. I have to be ... for the Nobel in Physics; his work on the inflationary universe is ... decided today to sleep in and not check on the Chemistry prize. Big mistake

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  : 21M.235, or "Monteverdi to Mozart". 21M.235 is offered in the fall, and ... ("Beethoven to Mahler", for you words people) takes up the baton and covers ... ). I loved having a class that taught me to listen, and was all set to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  Power tools East Campus brings to mind rollercoasters and huge construction projects. Fanciful monsters built up from wood and screws. Less so ... fact that it’s possible, that you didn’t need a company and dozens of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  interviews has changed (though Kim's observations on the interview and our ... enough to be back on campus it immediately feels like home, and I remember ... and have interviewed 50+ applicants in the places work and life have

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014