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• 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 / 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 / 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 / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  recent events I've been meaning to blog about for a while - and well, I ... . Pass/No Record is not an excuse to slack off and not learn the basics - it's a chance to adjust to MIT and learn the study habits you'll need

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  fun! Today in 10.37: Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design, we had a pop ... Green stopped in the middle of lecture at 11:22 to administer it, and it ... new gaseous and combustible form of water discovered by some guy at the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• 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 / Art, Literature, Music

  who else is watching infinity train?!?! *a fangirling hub that we will update every day this week*

  

  animals! Also reminded us of Steven Universe lol Atticus and One ... , is so cool and nerdy! One-One was so funny and such a unique character! And Corginia!!!! Land of Corgis! Equip with their own CORGI KING! How

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 6, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  I've always been a little bit of a hypochondriac, and while that is ... something, and I hate having to just suffer without immediate solutions. My ... first time. And yet again, when I woke up this Wednesday morning with the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  One time in Boston, my roommates and I were studying outside near ... psets and played around in it, demonstrating in a general sense the concepts of damped harmonic motion and centripetal forces, which is to say we

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  princess, and at 7 this morning I was being stretchered to MIT medical's x-ray room while wearing a paint-stained grey sweater and sweatpants. The ... House had its annual winter formal that evening, and I had asked my friend

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  This past week and a half I've been slowly adjusting to life at MIT ... California and practically begging my mother to send me back to the cold ... myself busy and attempt to be an actual college student. I made a lot of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  NOTE: I drafted and abandoned this post in the spring of my freshman ... post.  On the week of Pi Day, my friend and I both wondered how a ... comprehend my state of mind back then. I want to have a conversation with that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  Julie Gerberding and Compton lecturer Tom Brokaw, for example. We've also ... , written by MIT Professor Robert Tavernor), Hayden Christensen, and even ... finals are done and not during the actual term, but that's just the way it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  that maybe it’s too hard for the class and not the best assignment. I ... courtyard, only with more grass and buildings of a different color. This makes ... this reason. I listen to Stevie Wonder’s “Visions” and “All in Love is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  on campus, and scoring free swag (Woo! Free Swag!). Of course, the first week was needed to adjust to my new schedule and the loss of Pass ... MIT. Let's start with the hundreds of student groups and organizations

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  current state of the world, and damn, does it hit hard. highly recommend ... lot and are either binge-watching Netflix shows or sleeping for ungodly ... particularly tedious. we don't have classes for the next week and a half, so we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Events

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

  

  enduring symbol of class pride and school spirit. And right now for MIT ... ...a realization that is at the same time frightening, humbling, and empowering ... 've spent together so far, and to toast the next two years of our MIT journey

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

  The Last Day at Gymnasium Untergriesbach as part of the MIT-Germany Global Teaching Labs Program

  

  Scott Stephens ‘14, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT ... teachers, excellent students, and a beautiful school, I have been smiling for ... delightful high schoolers, and interviewing with a reporter from the newspaper

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 12, 2012